Saunders 4550XLG Enlarger Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by:

mitch1
( Intermediate)

Review Date
October 15, 2009

Overall Rating
1 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Review 1 of 3

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

Personally I prefer the Beseler 23CIII XL to this enlarger. The amount of time it takes to make a decent print is way to long and I prefer using my own filters instead of the seamless filters in the enlarger head.

Weaknesses:

Long exposure times.
Not enough contrast
Huge learning curve.
Not simple to use

Similar Products Used:

Beseler 23CIII XL

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Rating
Reviewed by: Smallman
(Expert)

Review Date
November 1, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
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Review 2 of 3

Price Paid: $2250.00 from Sydney Australia

Summary:

Strong, robust well made unit for almost any enlarging duty. Made in Japan by LPL and marketed as the LPL7452 outside USA.Comes with VCCE, Dichro colour and plain B&W light modules.

Strengths:

All operations smooth and precise. Fine focus knob very welcome.Stays in alignment.Easy to use with 4x5", 6x7 or 35mm. Lens is 355 mm in front of the column allowing a Saunders 20x24" four blade easel to be used easily and centred properly.

Weaknesses:

A couple of grumbles. The 4x5 frame does not allow the full 4x5 negative to be projectd, a bit is trimmed off all round. The blades on the negative stage plate do not close down enough to mask a 35mm neg correctly. I got around this by making a mask the correct size from a discarded piece of 4x5 film and taped this beneath the negative carrier.

Similar Products Used:

Omega D2

Customer Service:

Very good from CR Kennedy in Sydney

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Rating
Reviewed by: Ken Grunzweig
(Expert)

Review Date
July 15, 2001

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 3 of 3

Price Paid: $2100.00 from Keeble and Shuchatt

Summary:

Get it for 4X5, very solid. I bought the VCC head and love the fact that I can go to color with a simple module change.

Strengths:

Excellent and durable enlarger. Perfect alignment out of the box. Easy to use.

Weaknesses:

None

Similar Products Used:

Beseler, Omega

Customer Service:

NO problems

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