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5/23/2025, 4:32:13 PM
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>Wish my photos were good enough to justify printing. Any enlarger recommendations?
Printing will help you take better photos. It forces you to get things right in camera that scanning allows you to cheat. As for enlargers, I use a Beseler 45MXII which works great but it's a gigantic beast of a thing. If you shoot 4x5 or think you ever will shoot 4x5, I would get one of the Beseler 45s or an Omega D series. If you shoot a lot of 35mm, the Beseler is compatible with the "negatrans" carrier which allows you to scroll through a roll of 35mm with a knob instead of having to open the negative carrier and manually move the film to the next frame, which is neat. The Beseler 45s also have a motorized elevation system and voltage regulator built in which is nice, and they can pivot back to project onto a wall which would theoretically allow some truly massive enlargements. On the other hand, the Omega is a little more compact, and they were more prevalent back in the day so it may be easier to find parts and accessories, although Beselers were very popular with schools and now that most schools are scrapping their analog photography programs they are a good source of Beseler parts and equipment.
If you don't ever plan to shoot 4x5 or panoramic 120, then a Beseler 23 is also a great option.
>Wish my photos were good enough to justify printing. Any enlarger recommendations?
Printing will help you take better photos. It forces you to get things right in camera that scanning allows you to cheat. As for enlargers, I use a Beseler 45MXII which works great but it's a gigantic beast of a thing. If you shoot 4x5 or think you ever will shoot 4x5, I would get one of the Beseler 45s or an Omega D series. If you shoot a lot of 35mm, the Beseler is compatible with the "negatrans" carrier which allows you to scroll through a roll of 35mm with a knob instead of having to open the negative carrier and manually move the film to the next frame, which is neat. The Beseler 45s also have a motorized elevation system and voltage regulator built in which is nice, and they can pivot back to project onto a wall which would theoretically allow some truly massive enlargements. On the other hand, the Omega is a little more compact, and they were more prevalent back in the day so it may be easier to find parts and accessories, although Beselers were very popular with schools and now that most schools are scrapping their analog photography programs they are a good source of Beseler parts and equipment.
If you don't ever plan to shoot 4x5 or panoramic 120, then a Beseler 23 is also a great option.
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