V35 and VC Head with RC papers.

[Ljós]

wow, lot of work but soooo funny!!

I have to learn how to use properly the easel and I need to aligne the head, but satisfied:

Wet Print, first attempting! by Bruno Gracia, on Flickr

Congratulations, Bruno!

Something different that you might find helpful:
Another stupid 🙂 but effective trick for drying your prints:
When I started out, I hung my prints from a clothes line, using two clothespins. One in each corner, seemed to make sense.
If you hang it from just one corner (you can put a second clothespins on the lowest corner as a weight), it dries faster: the water collects at the borders of the paper, where it flows down. That way, there are no droplets or drying marks on the print.

 

[Fotohuis]

The minor thing is that the Philips 75W HLX bulb for this enlarger is not available anymore so that will be a problem in the near future.

The good thing is that Heiland Electronics in Germany developed a LED cold light source for this V35 Leitz enlarger. You can buy it with potentiometers or with their Split Grade version. With the Heiland Split Grade controller you have a full automatic enlarger exposure time and contrast/filter management system. So in one measurement the system takes over the right exposure time and the right filter which is automatically done in a real Split Grade exposure (filter 00 and filter 5).
All sensiometric curves of the actual photo papers are in the software which you can also get a free upgrade.

The system is also available for about 32 different enlargers. You can buy it with use of the regular HLX bulb or with a LED cold light source.