graham__1

Does anyone know where to obtain Minox shutter blades please.

I have tried to contact NHDoc but my emails are returned.

As I have a C with one bent blade your help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Graham

Have Model III, make following observation in attempt to minimise

impact of vanishing globes on Minoxers.

Chasing the Fischer bulb seems an expensive way to achieve what is

essentially a simple matter of placing the collimator lens in a proper

relationship to the bulb.

Put another way, forget the bulb and mount the collimator lens 10mm

closer to the non Fischer lamp using a simple 10mm high tube. Such

tube can be made to lock onto the existing collimator support with

minor or no alteration. A disc placed on top of the tube can provide

an identical collimator lens mounting to the existing plate.

REMEMBER, if you do this, DO NOT TO FIT the Fischer bulb when using

the 'tube' else it will likely hit the collimator lens or the element

will be so close as to possibly cause it to crack from heat.

Bulbs need not cost USD50 ever again, that I note is what some hopeful

is putting as the first bid price on ebay. Done neatly the enlarger

need not stray from its original condition.

It would have been nice if the collimator plate could simply have been

inverted - that would have moved the lens 10mm toward the lamp. But

the internal lamp shield wont allow this - it would have been so neat.

Just a note on scanning.

There is a site on the net which shows scans at 2700. 4000 and

6000dpi. Whilst 4000 appears the max initially - because grain shows

- the 6000dpi scans still give better detail. These scans are of 35mm

film stock. But it does look as though scanners are nearly at the

limit and, incidently, digital cameras are generally not in the

running.

As for the direct scan suggestion I think its catch 22 situation. If

you project onto a screen you have the noise of the screen to contend

with. Conversely if you remove the screen you are scanning the film

direct anyway.

Hope these comments help discussion.

Graham