LPL Enlargers: Brand: LPL: Name: Universal Glass-Type Masking Negative Carrier (Hinged). Brand: LPL: Name: MANUAL FOR COLOR ENLARGER C6700: Catalog #: LPL33810003A.
LPL 7452 Enlarger Review Large, Precise and Likeable First, I’m thinking it may be useful for recently converted traditional film users to have the occasional equipment review to help them make one of the most important decisions on equipping their darkrooms. Having said that, what can more one say about an enlarger that’s basically a pleasure to use, looks great and has no vices. In more than a few words plenty! Create Closing Binder In Pdf. Although there are a couple of minor niggles, the only immediate problem you could have with this enlarger is how to lift and fit the boxes into your vehicle (or truck) after you’ve bought one. Large the LPL 7452 certainly is laborious to use it certainly isn’t. This beast is one of the nicest enlargers I’ve ever used mainly because of two features (a) it has a perfectly counter-balanced head which can be raised or lowered with the touch of your little finger, and (b) the fine-focus control with its 5-to-1 gearing is low enough to tweak the magnified image of grain in and out of focus a couple of times before settling on the precise focus setting.
Construction Although earlier models of LPL’s 5×4 enlarger shared a column design and size with the smaller 7700 series (which says much for the 7700’s rigidity) the later 7451 and current 7452 models (also previously marketed as the Saunders 4500 in the USA) have a considerably stronger support with a 90x110mm extruded aluminum column bolted to a steel channel reinforced 25mm (1 inch) thick baseboard. Whilst the baseboard has ample dimensions at 600x600mm (2×2 feet) it has to be positioned 60mm from a wall in order to allow free movement of the head. This may cause problems in darkrooms which have standard 600mm deep worktops, as I had during the review period, because the enlarger’s two front shock-absorbent feet are positioned too far forward although a pre-assembly tweak with a drill and screwdriver could reposition them to your own needs. An alternative to this (and you would need a very solid, vibration-free darkroom wall) would be to use the proper wall-mounting brackets. The stove enameled matt-black enlarger head and its carriage are fabricated from cast aluminum and sheet steel. Like many enlargers nowadays the 7452 is “modular” and can be adapted to other uses and formats with accessories. You simply purchase what you need initially and add further bits and pieces as required later. Installer Failed To Initialize Adobe Mac.
Although the two previous models were available as plain “black-and-white” enlargers the 7452 was only supplied (in Europe, as far as I knew) with a Color or Variable Contrast module. But even if you are primarily a monochrome worker it is probably a good idea to purchase the Color version so utilising the yellow and magenta filters for your multigrade monochrome printing. If you know that you will never want to do color printing then the VCCE (Variable Contrast Constant Exposure) module is not only the cheaper option but the more user-friendly of the two.
The VCCE’s built-in filters are calibrated for both Ilford Multigrade and Kodak Polycontrast enlarging papers so that prints can be made at any grade without having to recalculate basic exposure times (although recalculation does have to be made when using the hardest grades 4 to 5). A single knob is used to dial-in grades as fine as one quarter or less exposures being kept constant by a built-in compensating neutral density (N.D.) filter. Not so hot news Any 5 x 4 color enlarger has to have a bright light source and mixing chamber in order to illuminate a large negative area evenly and to make enlarging times reasonably short. Installing Hyperterminal On Windows 2000. The 24v/250w ELC quartz-halogen lamp used here results in 1-stop of extra light output and some extra heat. Although the cooling system has been redesigned on the 7452 (the fan ducting has been modified to improve efficiency and the wiring circuit has been changed so that it is impossible to switch the light source on without the enlarger’s fan being on) there is still a certain amount of heat generated and transmitted. In fact this heat transfer was so noticeable that I took measurements inside the negative stage to compare the rise and fall in temperature over a period of use that would be deemed normal but not excessive.