Durst F60 - Page 14

8.0.0. Simple enlarging step by step
1. Place the negative with the emulsion
side downwards in the n- egative carrier.
(Inserting it with the emulsion side up
yields laterally reversed pictures.) Switch
on the darkroom lamp (orange safelight).
2. Fully open the lens aperture and raise
or lower lhe enlarger head on the
column to bring the projected negative
or the part of it you want to the required
size on the masking frame.
3. Accurately focus the projected image
for maximum sharpness. Stop down the
lens to
obtain an exposure time of about
10 seconds for a properly exposed print.
Switch off the enlarger lamp and put a
sheet
of enlarging paper (emulsion side
up) in the masking frame. The masking
strips produce a white margin on the
print,
hold the paper flat and can be ad-
justed to crop the picture in any way
you want.
4. Expose by switching the enlarger
lamp on and off. Find the correct
exposure by a stepped exposure series
on a test sheet. Develop
this test print
for the time recommended by the paper
manufacturer. The test should then
include a correctly exposed strip to
indicate the required exposure time.
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