[Leica] Focomat IC questions

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Of course when you print with your focomat, you are eligible for FOM2 
;-) OK, but I intend to keep nagging all you slow coaches: keep those 
submissions coming in ;-)

On 27/09/2005, at 12:48 PM, M. R. wrote:

> Hi there--
>  I just inherited (from a friend's father) an old Leitz Focomat IC--it 
> looks
> to be in beautiful condition, if a bit dusty due to 20+ years of 
> disuse.
> Some very specific questions I couldn't necessarily find the answers 
> to on
> the list (which might have more to do with my search skills than 
> anything
> else):
>  1) The lens that came with it, an "Elmar 5cm 1:3.5", is hazy and 
> scratched,
> so will need to be replaced. It also has one section with the letters 
> DOOGS
> and one with the letters DOORX. Assuming at least one of these might 
> be an
> extention tube, which one do I save to use to adapt a replacement 50mm 
> lens
> to the enlarger? And how do I get it off--do they screw off, or do I 
> need to
> loosen tiny screws on the sides of the barrel, or need a spanner 
> wrench,
> etc.? Also, I lack the budget right now to replace the lens with a 
> Focotar,
> so what "modern" 50mm lens would complement this enlarger best?
>  2) The screw-on anti-newton glass plate (that presses against the 
> neg) is
> included--how best to clean this, and with what?
>  3) Shockingly, the original bulb in the head still works! What do I 
> replace
> it with when it finally goes?
>  4) and finally....does anyone have a manual for this? I found one 
> scanned
> and posted as a pdf online, but some of the scanned pages only download
> partway.
>  Thanks so much! This is my first Leica ANYTHING (I didn't realize 
> what I
> had a hold of until I googled it!) so I feel very much out of my 
> depth--I
> have only ever used Omegas and Beseler enlargers.
>
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Alastair