DURST M-35 (MICROMAT) AUTO FOCUS ENLARGER -THE FERRARI OF 35mm ENLARGERS EX++

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DURST M-35 (MICROMAT) AUTO FOCUS ENLARGER WITH
DURST/SCHNEIDER COMPONON F/4 LENS
THE DURST M-35 IS BY FAR THE BEST 35mm ENLARGER EVER MADE AND THIS ONE HAS BEEN CARED FOR FROM NEW
FOR OVER 50 YEARS BY SOMEONE WHO TREASURED IT AND KNEW ITS VALUE.
WITHOUT GOING INTO A COMPLETE TREATISE ON 35mm ENLARGERS HERE ARE A FEW SALIENT POINTS:
1. TWIN MIRROR CONDENSERS FOR EDGE TO EDGE ILLUMINATION + NO HEAT TO THE NEGATIVE
AND PERFECT ILLUMINATION WITH AN EASY TO FIND 75W OPAL BULB.
2. THE BEST 35mm GLASSLESS, AUTO FLATTENING NEGATIVE CARRIER EVER DESIGNED...PERIOD..THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE LIKE IT AND YOUR NEGATIVES WILL NEVER BE DAMAGED AS THE NEGATIVE IS HELD FLAT WITH A RUBBER GRIP    (SEE PHOTOS)
3. FILTER TRAY ABOVE THE NEGATIVE STAGE SO ANY FILTRATION DOES NOT EFFECT SHARPNESS
4. A TILTABLE NEGATIVE STAGE TO CORRECT CONVERGING VERTICALS.
5.
PERFECT
...TENSION CONTROLLED, EXACT
AUTO FOCUSING.
.
EVERY TIME.
.NO SMALL ITEM WHEN YOU HAVE A
LOT OF ENLARGING TO DO.
6. SUPERB IMAGE QUALITY WITH A DURST CHOSEN, COATED SCHNEIDER COMPONON LENS.. THE BEST YOU CAN FIND.
7. COLUMN CAN BE RAISED AT THE BOTTOM TO
ACCOMMODATE AN ENLARGING EASEL AND MAINTAIN AUTO FOCUS.
THE ORIGINAL HANDBOOK AND ENLARGER COVER ARE INCLUDED AND ALTHOUGH INFORMATION ON THIS RARE ENLARGER IS HARD TO FIND, WITH THE INTERNET ALMOST ANYTHING CAN BE SOURCED WITH A LITTLE EFFORT.
FOR THOSE ENLARGING MINIATURE SPY CAMERA FILMS SUCH AS A MINOX,DURST MADE SPECIAL CARRIERS FOR SUBMINIATURE FILM ( MIMC) AND EVEN A COPYING CASSETTE (MIREP) AS WELL AS MANY OTHER ATTACHMENTS.
AT ONE POINT THERE WERE A FEW CHIPS ON THE TOP OF THE BASEBOARD WHICH I HAD REPAIRED BUT THE ENLARGER ITSELF IS AS GOOD AS THE DAY I PURCHASED IT AS IT HAS BEEN USED WITH GREAT CARE.
(the slightly reddish color on the bottom of the column that can be seen in some photographs is a reflection from the baseboard, the column is
chrome
plated and in perfect condition)
LOOKING AT THE PHOTO OF THE ENLARGING BULB, THERE IS A MIRROR WHICH FITS BEHIND IT WHICH HAS BEEN PACKED SEPARATELY AS HAS A HEAT ABSORBING FILTER AND AN EXTRA RUBBER MAT FOR THE NEGATIVE CARRIER.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST 35mm ENLARGER AVAILABLE.. THIS IS IT... THERE IS NO OTHER ENLARGER EVEN CLOSE.
IDEALLY IT WOULD BE BEST TO PICK IT UP LOCALLY BUT IF IT IS TO BE SHIPPED..40LBS +/- AND PROPERLY PACKED I WILL CHARGE FOR THE PACKING (which I will do as if I were to receive it)
IT IS SIMPLEST FOR ME TO OFFER SHIPPING WITH UPS BUT IF YOU WOULD PREFER SOME OTHER METHOD, AND ARE WILLING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST, CONTACT ME.
ALSO, PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER ITEMS THAT I WILL BE LISTING:
I WILL BE SELLING MY LIFETIME COLLECTION OF CLASSIC CAMERA EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A 24" ROTARY PAPER TRIMMER, SEVERAL CAMERAS INCLUDING A CANON D20 A CLASSIC PENTAX SPOTMATIC 11 , SEVERAL NIKONS AND AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF FIBER BASED PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS FOR I AM CLEARING OUT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
THESE ARE FROM A 50+ YEAR COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND A PROFESSIONAL DARKROOM.