Help needed with Kienzle A69S

Film Photography & Darkroom discussion

Moderator: Keith Tapscott.

Post Reply
Pihl
Posts: 1
Joined: Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:02 pm

Help needed with Kienzle A69S

Post by Pihl »

Hi,

I am a user in public darkroom in Aarhus, Denmark. We have just been given a very generous gift, a Kienzle a69s. It is by far the most advanced enlarger we have, but it came without a manual and I wondered if somebody could help me understand what the d-max control does (none of our other enlargers have this) – and why the contrast seems to have an additional half step to 5,5?

Cheers,
Kasper

Keith Tapscott.
Posts: 551
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:58 am
Location: Plymouth, England.

Re: Help needed with Kienzle A69S

Post by Keith Tapscott. »

Pihl wrote: Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:19 pm Hi,

I am a user in public darkroom in Aarhus, Denmark. We have just been given a very generous gift, a Kienzle a69s. It is by far the most advanced enlarger we have, but it came without a manual and I wondered if somebody could help me understand what the d-max control does (none of our other enlargers have this) – and why the contrast seems to have an additional half step to 5,5?

Cheers,
Kasper
I do not know this Kienzle enlarger, but my guess is that the d-max control is some sort of neutral density filter. The additional half step of contrast of 5.5 is a nice touch. It should be very straight forward to use.

Post Reply