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Saunders 6700 Dichroic Enlargers

4.25/5 (4 Reviews)


Product Description

Feature for feature, dollar for dollar, the D6700 is the best value in color enlargers anywhere. The D6700 is an outstanding choice for black and white as well. The dichroic filters can be dialed to B&W variable contrast filter equivalents. What's more, the diffusion-type light is much more tolerant of scratched or dusty negatives, making printing much easier; a worthwhile consideration, especially for school use.


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Reviews 1 - 4 (4 Reviews Total)

User Reviews

Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by DW a Professional

Date Reviewed: January 4, 2004

Strengths:    all

Weaknesses:    none

Bottom Line:   
In my years in the darkroom, I have never used a more versatile and easy to use enlarger. The roller springs are great with the easy lock mechanism. Obviously the best enlarger for the price.

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Duration Product Used:   6-10 years

Price Paid:    $400.00

Purchased At:   Downtown camera, Tor

Type of photography:   Fine Art


Overall Rating:4
Value Rating:3
Submitted by SARDAR ZAFAR a Professional from LAHORE.PAKISTAN

Date Reviewed: March 7, 2003

Strengths:    High price, good specification, most functions easy and smooth in operation. Stays in alignment indefinitely.Tilt movements available for perspective correction. roller spring are weak.

Weaknesses:    In orginal shape supplied the blades in the four blade neg carrier do not move far enough apart to reveal the full 56 x 70 mm frame.This is easily fixed by dismantling the carrier and filing down the blades a little. which is a tension.
The image in the grain magnifier tends to move sideways slightly when focussing. This is not a big problem but is mildly annoying. then the spring is too weaks and does not support rapid jobs.


Bottom Line:   
LPL ofJapan, this enlarger is marketed as the LPL C7700MX outside USA.
It is well designed, well made, versatile and reliable.So is 6700. If you never want to print larger than 6x7cm size this unit will cover all B&W and colour requirements in fine style. Easy to use with 35mm

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Duration Product Used:   11-20 years

Price Paid:    $658.00

Purchased At:   karachi

Similar Products Used:   Drust

Type of photography:   Other


Overall Rating:5
Value Rating:5
Submitted by Smallman a Expert from Sydney, Australia

Date Reviewed: November 1, 2001

Strengths:    Reasonable price, good specification, most functions easy and smooth in operation. Stays in alignment indefinitely.Tilt movements available for perspective correction.

Weaknesses:    As supplied the blades in the four blade neg carrier do not move far enough apart to reveal the full 56 x 70 mm frame.This is easily fixed by dismantling the carrier and filing down the blades a little.
The image in the grain magnifier tends to move sideways slightly when focussing. This is not a big problem but is mildly annoying.


Bottom Line:   
Made by LPL in Japan, this enlarger is marketed as the LPL C7700MX outside USA.
It is well designed, well made, versatile and reliable. If you never want to print larger than 6x7cm size this unit will cover all B&W and colour requirements in fine style. Easy to use with 35mm.

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Duration Product Used:   11-20 years

Price Paid:    $750.00

Purchased At:   Sydney, Australia

Similar Products Used:   Omega D2



Overall Rating:3
Value Rating:4
Submitted by Tom Van Veen a Professional from Virginia

Date Reviewed: October 11, 2000

Strengths:    Price, Filtration


Weaknesses:    focusing, modularity

Bottom Line:   
A fairly solid enlarger. Suffers from a slight difficulty in focusing, and lack of extra parts to customize. It would be nice if there was a way to extend the column. OTOH it isn't too hard to reverse it.

Good if you don't plan to make big prints too often.

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Duration Product Used:   2-5 years

Price Paid:    $461.00

Purchased At:   Adorama

Similar Products Used:   None

Type of photography:   Other



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  • Other Features<li>Accepts formats up to 21/4" x 23/4" (6x7cm) <li>5 year warranty


 

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