Excellent and durable enlarger. Perfect alignment out of the box. Car Mechanic

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Excellent and durable enlarger. Perfect alignment out of the box. Easy to use. Engine Repair

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The motor makes this a breeze to use when changing print sizes.- semi truck air brake service

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Puts the lens axis just over fourteen inches from the column, making the enlarger easy to use. The price, quality, and performance are not bad. | Commercial Fencing

None so far.

Long exposure times.
Not enough contrast
Huge learning curve.
Not simple to use

Personally I prefer the Beseler 23CIII XL to this enlarger. The amount of time it takes to make a decent print is way to long and I prefer using my own filters instead of the seamless filters in the enlarger head.

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Beseler 23CIII XL

All operations smooth and precise. Fine focus knob very welcome.Stays in alignment.Easy to use with 4x5", 6x7 or 35mm. Lens is 355 mm in front of the column allowing a Saunders 20x24" four blade easel to be used easily and centred properly.

A couple of grumbles. The 4x5 frame does not allow the full 4x5 negative to be projectd, a bit is trimmed off all round. The blades on the negative stage plate do not close down enough to mask a 35mm neg correctly. I got around this by making a mask the correct size from a discarded piece of 4x5 film and taped this beneath the negative carrier.

Strong, robust well made unit for almost any enlarging duty. Made in Japan by LPL and marketed as the LPL7452 outside USA.Comes with VCCE, Dichro colour and plain B&W light modules.

Customer Service

Very good from CR Kennedy in Sydney

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Omega D2

Excellent and durable enlarger. Perfect alignment out of the box. Easy to use.

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Get it for 4X5, very solid. I bought the VCC head and love the fact that I can go to color with a simple module change.

Customer Service

NO problems

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Beseler, Omega