lukas.erba@gmail.com
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yes! i actually find burnt wire very easily! good...i will fix it tomorrow with some tools
one question about wires under the base board, do you now which socet is right one or it doesn`t matter, which i will connect the wire from column in? thank you!
one question about wires under the base board, do you now which socet is right one or it doesn`t matter, which i will connect the wire from column in? thank you!
Landshark
Well-known
With regard to the filter holder. I haven't priced them but suspect the holder would be more than I paid for the enlarger. Because of that, I'm making one from aluminum I got from the hobby shop. The flat surface is 1.5mm thick. The edges can be aluminum angle
screwed to the flat plate. The tube is 7.7mm diameter. I just set the length by pushing the tube inward until it stopped and cut it off, leaving about 100mm protruding.
The plate that covers the filter drawer opening is replaced with a larger plate at the front of the holder. It has to be large enough to block stray light.
screwed to the flat plate. The tube is 7.7mm diameter. I just set the length by pushing the tube inward until it stopped and cut it off, leaving about 100mm protruding.
The plate that covers the filter drawer opening is replaced with a larger plate at the front of the holder. It has to be large enough to block stray light.
Rangefinderfreak
Well-known
I would go to a Multigrade head, there you get the the lamp, filters and the clock...Check Ebay...
lukas.erba@gmail.com
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hello guys! i change the wire...now it works as it should...and back to my 100mm lens problem
...i check the adjustment ring, 100mm cam and roller that is on it...everything seems to be as it should be...the one problem is in the barrel. its way off, as it is shown on picture at the top of this page, when i focus - its focused, but AF doesnt work....moving head up and down, will make me focus again and again. ...when I screw the barrel inside the tube, i cannot focus at all. I also checked the thread of the lens and thread inside the tube. There is only one option how to screw them together, so there is no problem. any ideas???
...i check the adjustment ring, 100mm cam and roller that is on it...everything seems to be as it should be...the one problem is in the barrel. its way off, as it is shown on picture at the top of this page, when i focus - its focused, but AF doesnt work....moving head up and down, will make me focus again and again. ...when I screw the barrel inside the tube, i cannot focus at all. I also checked the thread of the lens and thread inside the tube. There is only one option how to screw them together, so there is no problem. any ideas???M.Hilo
Established
I may give a call to this former Leitz repair man. Don't get your hopes up, he is not always available.
What I would like to know beforehand:
On the right of the 2C there is the enlarging scale, going from nrs 2 to 11, I want you to keep an eye on it. I will describe what I do, bringing my own enlarger down and looking HOW MUCH and WHEN the bellows is dropping.
With the 60MM:
- At nr 11 the bellows is folded in completely
- Going down to nr. 9-10 the bellows starts to go down, gradually
- At nr. 4 the bellows makes quite a jump going down more
With the 100mm:
- At nr 11 the bellows is folded in completely
- As soon as bringing it direction nr. 10 the bellows starts going down, gradually
- At nr. 5 the bellows makes the jump going down more
(with the jump I mean it opens more quickly than before)
Now tell us what your enlarger does.
What I would like to know beforehand:
On the right of the 2C there is the enlarging scale, going from nrs 2 to 11, I want you to keep an eye on it. I will describe what I do, bringing my own enlarger down and looking HOW MUCH and WHEN the bellows is dropping.
With the 60MM:
- At nr 11 the bellows is folded in completely
- Going down to nr. 9-10 the bellows starts to go down, gradually
- At nr. 4 the bellows makes quite a jump going down more
With the 100mm:
- At nr 11 the bellows is folded in completely
- As soon as bringing it direction nr. 10 the bellows starts going down, gradually
- At nr. 5 the bellows makes the jump going down more
(with the jump I mean it opens more quickly than before)
Now tell us what your enlarger does.
Vickko
Veteran
hmmm, I wonder if the tube for the 100mm lens is the wrong one.
I recently sold my two Focomat IIc black tubes.
Here are the photos.
I recently sold my two Focomat IIc black tubes.
Here are the photos.
lukas.erba@gmail.com
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hello again!
thank you for you advices, but here is the result:
with 60mm lens (that works just perfect, when head is up, nr.11, negative is focused, when head is completely down, nr.4 negative is focused)
at nr.11 bellows is folded completely
at nr. 4 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) to distance around 2 cm
with 100mm lens (still out of focus during instead of AF)
at nr.11 bellows is folded completely
at nr. 8 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 2cm
at nr. 6 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 4cm
at nr. 3-4 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 7,5 cm
to VICKKO: as you can see from picture my tubes are little bit different (according to the handle) so i cannot compare, but both of them seems to be original
can someone measure the black part of tube as I note on picture??? thank you guys!
thank you for you advices, but here is the result:
with 60mm lens (that works just perfect, when head is up, nr.11, negative is focused, when head is completely down, nr.4 negative is focused)
at nr.11 bellows is folded completely
at nr. 4 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) to distance around 2 cm
with 100mm lens (still out of focus during instead of AF)
at nr.11 bellows is folded completely
at nr. 8 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 2cm
at nr. 6 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 4cm
at nr. 3-4 bellows moves from zero (completely folded) into distance around 7,5 cm
to VICKKO: as you can see from picture my tubes are little bit different (according to the handle) so i cannot compare
, but both of them seems to be originalcan someone measure the black part of tube as I note on picture??? thank you guys!
Tom A
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It looks more and more like the thread is started wrong! It is tedious to find the right starting point - but you only have to do it one. It could be that the tube is for the older 95mm lens too.
M.Hilo
Established
Ok, this will come as a surprise. I have two 2C enlargers and since their auto-focus works fine, I never looked at the position of the tube for the 100mm. When focussed, with both enlargers the braz thread of the tube is visible!! Sorry I did not notice this before. Attached are images of my lenses & tubes
I have 3cm easels with the enlargers in the 30mm slot positions.
Are you sure the 100mm does not stay in focus when you move it up and down? I would check this using a 6X6 negative (or close), in the dark, with the lens wide open. Forget the grain finder for now, check it with your eyes . . . you should have a 150watt bulb.
You want it to stay in reasonable focus and don't go too small (no smaller than 15X15cm). When you'd print you will always check the focus with the grainfinder - like all of us
Some comments on previous remarks:
- the black part is indeed about 1.8cm
- your tube should be for the 100mm. The different design (vertical striped grip) comes later with both 1C and 2C, and I have the feeling the 95mm was already replaced then by the 100mm.
- the dropping down of your bellows seems ok. But check one thing: in the 100mm position, does it begin to drop down right away from position 11 to lower? Both my enlargers do that, at 10.5 it's dropped some millimeters . . .
I went back in your early post and noticed the picture of the 100mm cam. Compared to the cams of my two 2C's, your cam may be positioned slightly different. I attach images.
Notice in both cases by looking at the screw on the right of the cam, there is still quite a bit of space in the slot on the left of this screw. Looks like in your picture the cam is pushed to the right more. Could be coincidence, but . . .
Finally, are you sure the round wheel is rolling ON the 100mm cam? And not against the side of it?
I have 3cm easels with the enlargers in the 30mm slot positions.
Are you sure the 100mm does not stay in focus when you move it up and down? I would check this using a 6X6 negative (or close), in the dark, with the lens wide open. Forget the grain finder for now, check it with your eyes . . . you should have a 150watt bulb.
You want it to stay in reasonable focus and don't go too small (no smaller than 15X15cm). When you'd print you will always check the focus with the grainfinder - like all of us
Some comments on previous remarks:
- the black part is indeed about 1.8cm
- your tube should be for the 100mm. The different design (vertical striped grip) comes later with both 1C and 2C, and I have the feeling the 95mm was already replaced then by the 100mm.
- the dropping down of your bellows seems ok. But check one thing: in the 100mm position, does it begin to drop down right away from position 11 to lower? Both my enlargers do that, at 10.5 it's dropped some millimeters . . .
I went back in your early post and noticed the picture of the 100mm cam. Compared to the cams of my two 2C's, your cam may be positioned slightly different. I attach images.
Notice in both cases by looking at the screw on the right of the cam, there is still quite a bit of space in the slot on the left of this screw. Looks like in your picture the cam is pushed to the right more. Could be coincidence, but . . .
Finally, are you sure the round wheel is rolling ON the 100mm cam? And not against the side of it?
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lukas.erba@gmail.com
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dear machiel!
thank you! one mystery is solved, i hope!
i use 75W bulb, because 150W is too strong for a small positive enlargements, that i do...i do not think that this can be the reason for out of focus with my 100mm lens...and yes, bellows are dropping down from 11, just a few millimeters..
and i moved the cam back and forth and it is still out of focus...
..and yes, round wheel is ON the 100mm cam, here is picture
anyone any other ideas, please??
thank you! one mystery is solved, i hope!
i use 75W bulb, because 150W is too strong for a small positive enlargements, that i do...i do not think that this can be the reason for out of focus with my 100mm lens...and yes, bellows are dropping down from 11, just a few millimeters..
and i moved the cam back and forth and it is still out of focus...
..and yes, round wheel is ON the 100mm cam, here is picture
anyone any other ideas, please??
M.Hilo
Established
You are right, the bulb has nothing to do with the autofocus of the lens. I just wonder if you are actually seeing well? (no offence meant!). To focus a medium format negative is less easy than a 135 negative. Best is to use your eyes when bringing the enlarger up and down, not the grain finder . . .
lukas.erba@gmail.com
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when I go under enlargement of 15x15cm Its getting really out of fucus...when I am working between the largest possible enlargement covering full baseboard and 15x15 as smallest possible enlargement it is still out of focus, but not so dramatically. I did this finding just with my eyes. When I use grain finder it is more obvious.
I can still try to tune 100 mm cam..but not sure if it helps as i have already try that..
I can still try to tune 100 mm cam..but not sure if it helps as i have already try that..
lukas.erba@gmail.com
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btw, what kind of easel do you use? I would like to buy leitz easel, but it seems to be 2 cm heigh, is that right? Seems to be useless with focomat IIc... thank you!
gumanow
Snapshooter
column collar
column collar
Lukas, In your photo above where you show the collar with the different notches for the height, you don't have the collar screwed all the way down to the height/notch adjuster. You need to move the column collar down.
column collar
Lukas, In your photo above where you show the collar with the different notches for the height, you don't have the collar screwed all the way down to the height/notch adjuster. You need to move the column collar down.
gumanow
Snapshooter
Lukas, I use a flat easel as well as the Leica easel. you just have to adjust the column height with the notches you point out above and then adjust the column collar.
gumanow
Snapshooter
I had that problem with the 100mm lens when the Bowden cable wasn't kicking in correctly. Make sure you lift the bellows assembly slightly and that the lens gets into place. Before I got my Bowden cable, I couldn't find the focus. Now it is spot on 100% of the time.