It was just that their versatility was added on. Their unadorned "plain vanilla" appeal, however, never meant that they weren't versatile. And they were always extremely simple machines. Traditionally, they have been rugged, well-designed units that made up in toughness what they may have lacked in finesse. Opemus 5 enlarger with color headMeopta enlargers are, and always have been for as long as we can remember, machines designed to offer a lot of performance. Specifications : Meopta Meochrom color head, CCO-150 filtration in cyan, magenta and yellow, color coded illuminated dials, 12-volt, 100-watt halogen MP5 lamp, 12-volt power supply adjustable to 110 or 220 volts. Other Features : Red filter, filter drawer. 212 enlarging lamp, negative carrier, built-in masks and interchangeable glassless inserts, slit-line rangefinder focusing system, adjustable negative positioning stops, interchangeable lensboards, inclined 28" high upright, wooden 15" x 22" baseboard, friction drive lamphouse elevation and focusing, 6 in. Specifications : Opemus 5 enlarger, accepts negatives to 2 ¼ x 2 ¼ in. VINTAGE 1981 DARKROOM COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ENLARGER IN ORIGINAL BOX WORKING BUT UNTESTED SEE LINK BELOW MADE IN CZECHOSLAVAKIA Opemus 5 and Meochrom Color Head The following unsigned reviews appeared in Modern Photography magazine, March 1979. any other advice regarding this particular enlarger is most welcome and particularly useful would be a repair manual as stated above.GRAB A BARGAIN,THIS CAME TO ME BY WAY OF A FRIEND WHO`S FATHER WORKED WITH THIS APPARATUS. I have quite a lot of experience rewiring things so i should be able to tell what went wrong when I can see what's going on inside.Īnd finally: is it possible that this enlarger is not designed for the usual 240v Australian power supply? It has our local plug on it and was plugged in the same as the other Meopta enlargers. 100-200W".ĭoes anyone have a repair manual for this enlarger, or even just an exploded view, or can tell me how to get into it. What globe does it take? This may be unrelated but it says on the front plate "Proi. So! my question is, what could've gone wrong and how do I fix it? but no, just the poor old durst went pop. Think oh crap teacher'll kill me if the timer is broken. BOOM! pop went something and out shot some electrical embers. Anyway, I set it up on a bench, plug it in to a timer, just as you would with one of our Axomat enlargers. lovely mechanical negative carrier which low and behold can fit MF which is what i want it for. I got it out, looked at the lens, beautiful almost perfect circular aperture, heaps of blades. Finally got around to having a look at the Durst 609 enlarger that's been sitting under the desk in my school darkroom.
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