Dinas Dave Posted June 10, 2008 Share #1 Posted June 10, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi...I am new here,so greetings to you all from mid-Wales.I have gone back to film with an M6TTL from a Nikon D2X.I want to set up a darkroom after about a 30+ year break.Has anyone used the V35 enlarger with RH Design's Analyser Pro. I am a bit confused about how you would calibrate the Analyser with the V35.Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tobey bilek Posted June 11, 2008 Share #2 Posted June 11, 2008 Like any other analyser. Make a good print by trial and error. Then measure the shadows and/or highlite density with the analyzer allowing for any cosine error. Put the new neg in the enlarger, measure the new highlight that should be the same paper tone and adjust the lens stop so the meter reads the same as the sample from the first. Color balance is done the same way using the space between frames, black area or white area. You analyzer may have some fancy controls, but generally this is how it is done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinas Dave Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted June 11, 2008 Thanks...life was much simpler in the early seventies! What I am thinking about is the effect of the ND filter in the V35 on the analyser....do I understand that you simply correct for any inaccuracies as you would normally,and that no special steps are necessary to allow for the ND filters? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christer Posted June 11, 2008 Share #4 Posted June 11, 2008 Hi...I am new here,so greetings to you all from mid-Wales.I have gone back to film with an M6TTL from a Nikon D2X.I want to set up a darkroom after about a 30+ year break.Has anyone used the V35 enlarger with RH Design's Analyser Pro. I am a bit confused about how you would calibrate the Analyser with the V35.Cheers. Yes, I use the two together. However, calibration is as with any other enlarger, BUT... RH Design has a calibration tool which will set you back about 15 pounds sterling. It is a good investment and will facilitate life for you. I have it and I use it. I have also made the calibration without the tool, that was before the tool became available. Now I would not be without it, although I do not need it frequently. The tool consists of a well written and easy to follow instruction, a test negative with a number of grey tones, 19 if my memory is correct, and two small printouts of almost complety white and black to be used as reference points. You will be wasting time and material if you do not use the calibration tool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinas Dave Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share #5 Posted June 11, 2008 That has answered my query perfectly.Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
haris Posted June 12, 2008 Share #6 Posted June 12, 2008 Go to RH designs web site, download or see online instructions for Analyzer pro (and other informations) and then you can decide if it suits you or not. Analizer pro is independent of enlarger, that is it works with every enlarger. It is calibrated for paper, not enlarger. Another option is to see Heiland analyzer. Heiland also have multicontrast heads for particular enlarger (which modify or replace original enlarger's head), and their analizer can be calibrated as RH designs analizers, but you can ask Heiland if you buy with them head for your V35 and Heiland analyzer, if they can calibrate their analizer to that head and paper(s) you use. But, again, analizers are calibrated for papers, not enlargers/heads. Calibration for paper means that when you once calibrate analizer for paper you use you then use same analizer settings for that paper no matter if you change enlargers. Both, Analyzer pro and Heiland are precalibrated for some papers in factory, and they have values already determinated for some papers which are not precalibrates. For other papers, just follow instructions, or if you are not happy with precalibration for paper you use, you can modify it following instructions. As I can see, RH designs is in some sort of cooperation with Heiland, I saw they mention eachother on their web sites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinas Dave Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted June 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) All this has been extremely useful....thanks again to all...Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
francofile Posted June 14, 2008 Share #8 Posted June 14, 2008 Just to add to the advice from everyone else. I have been using the Analyser Pro for two years -it is probably the best purchase I have made in the darkroom. However - it is only worth using if you take the time to calibrate it correctly. If you have downloaded the manual you will know what this involves. In practice this means that you calibrate to the paper and developer that you will use (assuming that the enlarger does not change). Once calibrated the effect is outstanding in the degree of control that it gives you over the way a print looks. The downside is that you have to calibrate every paper and developer combination that you use. The Analyser stores 8 different paper settings. Unless you have a very experimental approach to printing this should be sufficient to cover a range of RC and fibre based paper. Good luck Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinas Dave Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share #9 Posted June 15, 2008 Thanks Andrew...I am currently on the lookout for a V35 and have pretty much decided now to get an Analyzer Pro.I have downloaded the instructions as you suggest and I will certainly give it a try. Thanks, again,Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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