I made a huge jump toward having my own darkroom tonight. I was eyeing craigslist this afternoon for deals and came across this great Beseler 45 enlarger. I have been shopping around for this model for a while because it has the ability to print 4x5, 6x7, 6x6, 645 and 35mm. This makes it compatible with all of my cameras. Glazers camera has one of these used for $500 at their shop. I picked up this enlarger along with (3) lenses, (2) film holders, hundreds of film sleeves, (7) boxes of paper, (1) grain finder, (3) 11x14 developing trays, (2) developing tank, (1) timer, (1) safety light, (1) roll of film and (3) tongs for $100 cash. I was just as surprised to find this good deal as the seller was surprised that someone would want all of this stuff now that digital imaging is so popular.
I got to talking with the seller and it turns out we attended the same photography BFA program at UW and graduated only 2 years apart. After shooting weddings professionally for 3 years he got burned out on photography and now does more sculpting that photographing. I assured him this setup was going to a good home and that I will have it up and running again in no time. Here she is!
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