On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Chris ... > > Keep it simple, good, and inexpensive - an El Nikkor 50/2.8 is a very > fine "starter" lens. They are generally quite good optically, and they > are common, which makes finding a good example relatively easy and > fairly inexpensive. It's also good enough to make larger prints. > > As for an enlarger, there are two ways to look at a first purchase. One > way is to buy something inexpensive and simple, to use while you're > learning, until you know what you want to do in the darkroom. At that > point you'll have a good idea of the features you'd want in an enlarger, > how big you'd like to print, and the formats that might be of interest. > > The other is to spend some money and buy an enlarger that you can grow > into. Beselers, Omegas, Saunders, some Dursts, are all common brands > with good reputations that offer good quality. > > So, first decide how you want to proceed, then look in those areas.
I guess it depends on what the pockets can afford :) I am going to try to process some of my first b&w negs (Tmax 100) this weekend, I have to get a tank, reel, and chem. I have a thermometer, I think that is all i need. The lens lengths confused me, I saw a lot of 50mm so I assumed those were the "Standard" to start with. I am not sure how they relate to the printing process. I am going to wait another week or so before I get ready to buy an enlarger. Thanks for the help. - Chris -- Chris Murray /"\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ - 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 .
