Not sure about the enlarger types, I have a Durst 606 at home, the school has besselers, they are huge and have bellows that the negative carrier goes into, they are brand new,I am not sure of the model number.
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:00 AM Subject: Re: BW Developers-Grain differences > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RH" < > Subject: BW Developers-Grain differences > > > > Hi all, > > I have a question for all of you B/W chemical experts. I am > printing pictures > > at home and at school using enlargers both with 50mm lenses. > At home I use > > ilford universal paper developer and at school they use some > kind of kodak > > developer. > > > > Now,I printed some pictures at home of the same negative I > used at school and > > there is noticeably more grain in the picture. Will different > developers do > > this? Is ilford a large grain developer or something? Could it > have anything > > to do with the enlarger, at school I have a much larger one, > but when focused > > on my 8x10 paper, both my one at home and the one at school > are roughly the > > same height off of the paper. > > I doubt if the developer/paper combination would cause this. You > didn't mention if you are using the same paper at home as at > school. > There are a couple of other things more likely. First, are both > enlargers the same type of light source? A diffuser source will > show less apparent granularity than a condensor source, all else > being relatively equal. > Also, you could also have a much better lens at home than what > the school has. > William Robb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
