Hello;

I recently picked up a very good Leitz Valoy II enlarger with the diffuser and neg carrier, bit there seems to be some bits missing. There is a track in the chassis behind the lens which assume is for a red filter. Is that correct? Also, I got the last bulb Kindermann Canada had and I wonder what experience others have had with bulbs for this unit. I tried a small 75 watt reflector spot bulb and have measured the corner light falloff as less than 1/2 stop on an 11 x 14 enlargement, which seems pretty good and easy to compensate for in printing.

Also. what would be a good price for one in SB 9/EX condition?

BTW it came without a lens, but I found an excellent Russian 50mm 2.8 Vega lens at a second hand shop in Shanghai for $US 20 and it is every bit as good as my Nikor EL.

Thanks

-- RICHARD ILOMAKI (richardjx@hotmail.com), October 28, 2001

Answers

This chap from the Leica-Users buys and sells Leica enlargers all the time. He may have the parts you are looking for.

Dan Post(dpost@triad.rr.com)

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), October 29, 2001.