Why a Leitz enlarger? Leitz enlargers are the finest enlargers made. These older ones are precision machined metal enlargers that would sell for a small fortune if manufactured today. The Leitz 35mm enlarger condensers rest on top of the negative, eliminating contrast degrading light bouncing around in the air space between negative and condenser. The precision machined metal castings of the Leitz enlarger insure that your negative is in perfect alignment every time. Leitz enlargers do not need alignment; their design guarantees it. Leitz enlargers are the fastest operating enlargers made. Leitz enlargers retain their resale value because their utility and aesthetics are timeless. They are not making these precision machines today; the last Leitz enlarger made was plastic. Leitz does not make enlargers today.
Color heads for Leitz enlargers: virtually all Leitz enlargers may be used as color enlargers by placing filters inside the lamphouse above the condenser. Optically clear filters may be used underneath the lens. Leitz did not make a color head for the predecessors to the Focomat 1c. Leitz did make a few Focomats with filter drawers and called them color enlargers. Wallner made a color head for the 35mm Leitz enlarger. I have seen a reference to an Agfa color head in the Leitz IIc instruction manual. I have had the Agfa color head in stock on a Minox enlarger. Durst literature mentions an adapter to use the Durst CLS 450 color head on the Leitz enlarger. Mornick made adaters to use Mornick heads on Leitz enlargers. Other manufacturers color heads may be adapted to the Leitz. I have had adaters and I have had the color heads, but I have only once had a complete color head factory adated to Leitz. In short, factory adapted color heads for Leitz enlargers are rare. If you want a color head for your Leitz enlarger, you will have to adapt one yourself or buy one that someone else had adapted. Below you will find color heads that I have adapted to the Leitz.
35mm LEITZ ENLARGERS
Leitz Focomat Ic, 32" column, 16X20" oak baseboard, negative carrier, lens extension tube, with Cosar Mornick #395 80W 30V dichroic color head, convection cooled--no remote blower needed, with regulated power supply, uses readily available ELB quartz halogen bulb with built-in reflector, instructions, Ex+, $1650 w/easel locking hardware, $1550 w/o. This head replaces both the top and bottom halves of the Leitz lamphouse, and is solidly attached in the same way the Leitz lamphouse was attached, with a retaining ring. This color head is available separately; see below.
Leitz Focomat 1c. This one has been sold. I rewired it because these older black 1c enlargers virtually always need to be rewired. The buyer, who works for one of the classier photo magazines, visited to inspect it and perhaps take it with him. I told him to bring some negatives he was familiar with, some prints he had made from those negatives, some paper and chemicals, and we would make some prints in my working darkroom. This photographer shoots with an M series Leica and a Leitz 50mm Summicron. Knowing the quality of his equipment and knowing that he was a competent individual I assumed that he had quality negatives. Indeed, his negatives looked perfect as do those of everyone who has come in to test an enlarger. So when I saw the prints he brought, I knew we could make superior prints with the Leitz 1c and the Focotar lens. He did the print making and indeed the prints were far superior to what he had made with some other enlarger. Leitz enlargers are that much better. BTW, I will do the same for you. Come to my studio to pick up an enlarger and lens and I will be glad to demonstrate it for you. Bring negatives, prints, paper and chemicals and you may test the enlarger you are about to buy.
Leitz Focomat 1c with extra tall column and extra large baseboard. This one is a very late model. It does not need rewiring because a superior wire was used and the wiring is not as old as in your typical Ic. The column is 47.5" high. The baseboard is 22X25". This is the cleanest Leitz 1c you will see this side of yesterday. It came from a dry climate in Southern California. There is no rust. The lens is clean and clear. The baseboard is ever so slightly less than perfect. It is complete and even comes with some optional extras. It has the 35mm negative carrier. It has the adjustable "lens in focus detent stop." It has the rail rider adjustable stop pin for the column. It has the anti-Newtonring filter with the spacer ring. It has a Leitz below the lens filter holder. It has the original Leitz ens cap for the included 50mm F4.5 Leitz Focotar lens. It has the baseboard locking lever. The detachable power cord is included. Many Leitz enlargers have come onto the used market since digital cameras came out, but you will not find many in this superb condition. The large baseboard and tall column combined with the Focotar lens, the sharp and contrasty condenser system and the superb alignment and rigidity of this fine enlarger allow you to make quality large prints conveniently. $1200
Leitz Valoy II. The Valloy II used to be my favorite enlarger. I liked it for its utter simplicity of design. I am no longer buying Valoy II enlargers. Although the Valoy II has adjustment of the bulb socket in the horizontal plane, it does not have adjustable height as does the Focomat 1c or the older Valoy. Modern enlarging bulbs are longer than those made to work with the Valoy II. Using a modern enlarging bulb on a Valloy II will result in uneven illumination. There is a solution; installing a spacer between the upper and lower lamp housing to make up for the increased length of modern enlarging bulbs, however, the $350 cost may be prohibitive. I leave these photos of the last one I had in stock up for your benefit. The last photo shows the difference between an original bulb on the left and a modern bulb on the right. The bulbs I offer for sale are all modern bulbs.
Leitz Valoy, helical focusing mount--no bellows to go bad, same condenser system as 1c or Valoy II, adjustable height bulb socket, without negative carrier, without lens, without extension tube, wingnut column lock, $100. The wingnut lock is slow and inconvenient, but the helical focusing mount is superior (no bellows to go bad) and the easel locking hardware is more compact than on the 1c. Definitely an excellent choice. See accessories for this enlarger listed below including an easel clamped to baseboard below with listing of the easel locking clamps, head ventilator, head spacer and copy arm.
35mm LEITZ ENLARGER ACCESSORIES
Osram 75 Watt enlarging bulbs, $15 each, 4 for $50, 6 for $60. Note: see photo of bulb and read about it under listing of Valloy II.
Osram 150 Watt enlarging bulbs, $15 each, 4 for $50, 6 for $60.
Mornick Dichroic color head, Model 395, 80W, 30V (ELB bulb) with voltage stabilized power supply, with Leitz adapter, Ex+, $650. There are 200 units of yellow, 170 units of majenta, 170 units of cyan filtration. This head replaces both the top and bottom halves of the Leitz lamphouse, and is solidly attached in the same way the Leitz lamphouse was attached, with a retaining ring. Convection cooled--no remote blower needed. See this Mornick Dichroic color head on a Leitz 1c enlarger above.
Leitz anti-Newtonring filter for 1c or Valoy II, with spacer. Leitz anti-Newtonring glass is the finest quality. The spacer goes underneath the condenser inside the well that the condenser slips down into from above. The spacer is the thickness of the filter and allows the condenser with the filter to properly align with the film atop the negative carrier. The spacer is often not with the filter. Clean, RARE, $300.
Leitz 1c red filter holder shoulder screw. $25.
Leitz 1c filter holder with special shoulder screw. Replaces red filter and the red filter retaining screw. Accepts 2.5" square or 67mm square or round filters. RARE. $130. This photo is of one that I previously sold. The filter holder I have available now looks like this one, but will come with a custom made shoulder screw because I did not get the original screw with it.
Leitz 1c condenser retaining spring and lock ring. $100.
Leitz 22X27cm or 8X10" glassless easel, for later Focomats, with dovetail grooves on bottom that work with the locking hardware on the enlarger baseboards, 2 masking blades + adjustable borders on the other 2 sides, $100.
Leitz 4-BLADED 18X24cm or 7.375X9.375" METAL glassless easel, for virtually any enlarger, with dovetail grooves on bottom that work with the locking hardware on the enlarger baseboards of later Focomats. RARE. $350.
Leitz clamps to hold easels on Leitz enlargers (Valoy, 1a, 1b); not for Valoy II, Focomat 1c, 2a or 2c, $50. Also illustrated in use holding an easel on Valoy enlarger above. The glass easel has been sold.
Leitz spacer for Leitz enlargers (Valoy, 1a, 1b); not for Valoy II, Focomat 1c, 2a or 2c, $25. This spaces the head at a given height to make prints of a specific size. It is designed to be used together with a Leitz 8X10 easel to provide full frame images. It is made of felt covered spring steel and snaps on and off the enlarger column; lower your head to rest upon it.
Leitz ventilator and spacer for Leitz enlargers (Valoy, 1a, 1b); not for Valoy II, Focomat 1c, 2a or 2c, $50. These early enlargers were designed to be used with 75W bulbs, not higher wattage bulbs. Add this ventilator and spacer and you can use 150W and 250W bulbs in these enlargers.
Wallet size locking easel for Leitz enlargers. You will not find this anywhere else. A GLENNVIEW product. In the 1970's I was photographing soroity girls, graduating nurses classes, etc. I would make wallet size prints and mount them all on a large board with the name of the organization; the end result was called a composite. This easel has a dovetail groove in the base and may be locked down. Locking such a small and lightweight easel down is essential. $65.
11X14 Kodak easel, 2 blades plus .25" to .75" adjustable border on the sides. .75" height; add .25" high feet to raise to 1" autofocus height. Felt base is easy on your fine wood baseboard. Spring tension hold-open feature will not fail on you like the pneumatic ones will. This easel doesn't require much room behind it, so it will work on enlargers that do not have room for 4-bladed easels like the Leitz Valoy II. There are threaded holes on the base of these easels to accept tilting easel supports for perspective correction. $125 2 available: one with wood surface and one with a black painted surface, $125.
Custom solid oak baseboard, 4X51X77cm, or 1.6X20X29", presently undrilled, newly finished with 2 light coats of satin finish polyurethane, with new rubber feet, rounded corners and edges, $275 or $325 drilled for Leitz 2c, 1c, or 2a enlarger columns. See photo of 6X9 IIc below to see one of these baseboards.
Leitz 1b baseboard, top delaminating, dovetail channels filled with wood putty, switch missing, feet dried out, but at least the mounting hole is properly sized and located and it is otherwise solid, put a piece of oak veneer or Formica on it and it'll serve you well, 15.5X17.5", $25, or $30 with a new set of rubber feet
Leitz 1b 32mm diameter column, 32" tall, includes cast base with retaining nut that clamps column to baseboard, will work for Valoy, will not fit Valoy II, Ex, $75
Leitz adaptor for using lens elements from 50mm F2 Dual Range Summicron on Leitz enlargers. Leitz recommends that you use the camera lens for very large blowups. Ex+, $50 with 1c tall column enlarger, or $100 separately.
negative carrier, for Ic, 1a, 1b, Valoy, or Valoy II, and 126 film, ~27X27mm, Mint, $100.
The elusive full frame negative carrier, for Ic, 1a, 1b, Valoy, or Valoy II, for full frame 35mm--something which the standard Leitz carrier will not allow. Leitz made these. Customers have asked for them, but I have never seen an original. I do make them from other carriers. This one was made from a carrier that had a 23-24mm square window and took 35mm film. I milled out the carrier and blackened the brass window edges. I do not presently have a carrier in stock suitable for this purpose. If you have an appropriate carrier you want altered, the price is $150 for the labor.
negative carrier, for Ic, 1a, 1b, Valoy, or Valoy II, and 16mm film, 12X17mm, Mint, $100
single sheet glass negative carrier, for Ic, 1a, 1b, Valoy, or Valoy II, for ?, 42X30mm, w/scratched glass, Ex, $80
Leitz double glass negative carriers for 1c, your choice, $100. The top carrier is is 53mm wide by 161mm long by 3.7mm thick. The bottom carrier is is 36mm wide by 120mm long by 2.7mm thick. 2 of each available with clean glass.
Leitz 1c enlarger easel locking lever. NEW. This is often missing. People who do not intend to use the Leitz easel often remove the easel locking lever because it is in their way. Knowing this, I bought the last one that Leitz had in stock. $125. Do you have one in nice condition to offer me?
Leitz enlarger alignment plates. These go between the column and the baseboard. Sometimes you will find that someone may have tightened the column down too much and unevenly so that the column is pulled into the wood baseboard unevenly causing misalignment. These thin plates correct that problem. For the 1c, the plates are supplied with a replacement column head-rest-pin that takes into accout the increased distance of the head from the baseboard. For Leitz 1c, $65. For Leitz Valloy II, $50. The one on the left is for the Valloy II. The one one the right is for the 1c; the socket head screw with the thumb nut replace the column rest pin to space the head slightly higher for proper autofocus spacing and operation. A GLENNVIEW product.
Leitz enlarger wrenches. These are original equipment with Leitz enlargers. The 14mm and 10mm combination is for the 1c. The 14mm and 13mm combination is for the 2c and 2a. Your choice, $20.
1c Filter drawer: none available. The Leitz 2c filter drawer does not fit the 1c. I have 2 inexpensive filter drawers that are listed on my Beseler web page--in case you want to make your own filter drawer head. I would like to buy a grey 1c filter drawer.
6X9cm LEITZ ENLARGERS
Leitz Focomat 2a, 6X9.5cm autofocus, 95mm F4.5 Focotar, 50mm F3.5 Elmar original equipment factory coated lenses, swing-out red filter, 32" tall column, ~21X27" large oak baseboard, universal glass negative carrier for all formats, space for simple masks beneath (5 custom masks included--cut to proper O.D., windows need to be cut and then black anodized), instructions for 2c, baseboard imperfect--but serviceable (about 2% of veneer missing at rear corner), bellows are in very nice condition, newly rewired, some pitting of column and some other chrome plated parts (these chrome parts have been cleaned and waxed), condenser lenses perfect, negative carrier glasses slightly imperfect--but serviceable (I do have some replacement glasses listed below), lenses slightly scratched, without easel locking hardware, $600
Leitz Focomat IIc, 6X9.5cm autofocus condenser enlarger, color filter drawer, 60mm F4.5 focotar and 100mm F4.5 V-Elmar lenses, illuminated magnification scale, 6X9cm universal negative carrier with new glasses, 40mm thick newly refinished 20X29" solid oak baseboard with rounded corners and edges without easel locking hardware and without the holes for same, newly rewired, cleaned, lubed and adjusted, Ex+, $2000, 2 available, other accessories listed below. Note: the filter drawers with both of these enlargers are gray, the enlargers are black.
Leitz enlargers are great, but Leitz does not have a monopoly on quality. See also the Agfa Varioscope 6X9 autofocus enlarger, which is designed after the Leitz 2c. It is on my Other Enlargers and Enlarging Lenses we page. Durst made some enlargers equal to Leitz enlargers. See my Durst Enlargers web page.
6X9cm LEITZ ENLARGER ACCESSORIES
Osram 75 Watt enlarging bulbs, $15 each, 4 for $50, 6 for $60.
Osram 150 Watt enlarging bulbs, $15 each, 4 for $50, 6 for $60.
COSAR MORNICK ADAPTOR, adapts Cosar Mornick colorheads to Leitz 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c chassis. The color head light pipe slips down into the adapter and the adapter slips into the bottom half of the Leitz lamphouse. This is a copy of the Mornick adapter, but a lot better made. $100
THE RARE AND ELUSIVE IIc GRAY FILTER DRAWER. The above 2 IIc 6X9cm Leitz enlargers came in with gray filter drawers, although the enlargers themselves are black. This happened occasionally as the filter drawer was an optional extra. When purchased initially without a filter drawer, the enlargers were supplied with a filter drawer cover plate. By the time the owner of these 2 IIc enlargers got around to ordering the filter drawers, the IIc was being produced in gray, so the filter drawers were also produced in gray. The filter drawers fit either the gray or black enlarger equally well. The filter drawers are not available new. I have had many requests for filter drawers by themselves. I have only recently decided to offer the filter drawers by themselves. I will either sell the enlargers with the filter drawer cover plate or I will make filter drawers for the enlargers. I will deal with that when the time comes. $450 each.
Leitz IIc 35mm negative carrier, NEW anti-Newtonring glass, Ex, $700
Glassless inserts for any format for your Leitz IIc carrier, inserts are black anodized Aluminum, will fit your 6X9 Leitz IIc carrier, you specify the dimensions of the opening, or you may send me your negative for sizing, want it oversize to allow printing of the full negative?--whatever you want, custom made by GLENNVIEW, $250
Glassless inserts for any format for your Leitz IIa carrier, inserts are black anodized Aluminum, will fit your 6X9 Leitz IIa carrier, you specify the dimensions of the opening, or you may send me your negative for sizing, want it oversize to allow printing of the full negative?--whatever you want, custom made by GLENNVIEW, $300
Leitz glasses for 2a negative carrier, one new and one used, slightly scratched, $150 only with 2a enlarger listed above
Custom solid oak baseboard, 4X51X77cm, or 1.6X20X29", presently undrilled, newly finished with 2 light coats of satin finish polyurethane, with new rubber feet, rounded corners and edges, $275 or $325 drilled for Leitz 2c, 1c, or 2a enlarger columns. See photo of 6X9 IIc below to see one of these baseboards.
The LEITZ REPROVIT IIa is the best copy camera Leitz made. Most convenient to operate; focusing is done by projecting grid onto copy--copy lights go on automatically and lens aperture is stopped down when camera is slid into position.
LEITZ REPROVIT IIa copy camera, for use with M-series cameras, maximum area copied 18X27" with 50mm F4.5 Leitz Focotar (lens extra), focoslide, focusing magnifier, and right angle light pipe for illuminating copy area and focusing with projection lamp built into head. Instructions, schematic. Mint-, $2000.
LEITZ REPROVIT IIa, as above but with non original 9X12 opal glass set into center of baseboard for use in copying transparencies. Instructions, schematic. Ex+, $1000.
LEITZ COPY LIGHT SET for REPROVIT IIa, 4 reflectors on 2 arms designed for the Reprovit IIA, with end plugs to mate with Reprovit, wires go through light arms to keep them out-of-way, Ex+, $400 with Reprovit or $500 separately
Leica Mda camera body specifically designed for use with the Reprovit IIa, VG, $550
COPY LIGHT SET for REPROVIT IIa, set of 2 Mole Richardson type 2921 Molequartz 1K Nooklites, 1000W each, 3200 degrees Kelvin with dichroic daylight conversion filters, with very high quality (adjustable angle and distance) light arm set designed to clamp to Leitz baseboard or another flat surface, with end plugs to mate with Reprovit and with standard endplugs for use off of Reprovit, wires go through light arms to keep them out-of-way, Mint-, $700
24mm F4.5 Leitz Repro Summar, with diaphragm marked with stops 2, 6, and 12, with ~25mm long Leica 39mm threaded extension tube, designed for use with the Reprovit 11a for magnifications of about 7X, Mint, $500 or $300 without the extension tube.
25mm f2.8 Leitz Summar (macro lens designed for flat field work--no diaphragm), with Leitz helical focusing mount, Mint, $400. Note: can also be supplied with Leica 39mm threaded extension tube @ $50
Leitz Valoy II copy stand, 32" column, very fast operating, with quick release handle for height adjustment and with fine focus knob, with 2 lights on flexible arms for copying and with right angle camera mount that replaces the enlarger head. There are 4 ways to use this camera mount. One mount is original, set up to work with Leica cameras. The 2nd is with Leitz adaptor--custom adapted for use with Nikon F and most other Nikons. The 3rd way is with a Leitz Focoslide with focusing magnifier and provision for Leitz screwmount camera body, listed later. The 4th way is with a Leitz bellows with visoflex with focusing magnifier--listed later. Mint-, $400
Leitz part that mounts on the Valloy II column rider and accepts virtually any 35mm or digital camera. The aluminum bar at the bottom of the face of this device was added in order to allow you to align the front edge of a Nikon F or F2 camera body so that body will be parallel with the copy. Some other (Nikon, especially) cameras may also align themselves to the copy with this bar. If you remove the aluminum bar, you are left with a flat surface where you may mount virtually any camera using the Leitz 1/4-20TPI camera screw included. This device is illustrated in use above and below you see the part you are getting. To mount this on your Valloy II rail rider, remove the enlarging head and you will find that you have 2 screws that hold this part on the rail rider in place of the enlarging head. $120.
Leitz bellows with visoflex for use with screwmount bodies and with adaptor to mount on Valloy II enlarger and copy stand rail rider. Visoflex is designed to be used with double cable release, which I do not have. Choice of 2 bellows monorails (one with scales for 50 and 135mm lenses, the other with scales for 125mm and 135mm lenses) Mint-, $350
Leitz bellows with visoflex for use with screwmount bodies. Visoflex is designed to be used with double cable release, which I do not have. Choice of 2 bellows monorails (one with scales for 50 and 135mm lenses, the other with scales for 125mm and 135mm lenses), Mint-, $300
Leitz bellows (designed for use with visoflex--not included). Choice of 2 bellows monorails (one with scales for 50 and 135mm lenses, the other with scales for 125mm and 135mm lenses), Mint-, $100
Focoslide with quality helical focusing mount and focusing optical magnifier, for Leica screw mount body, screw mount lens and Valoy II stand, Ex+, $300
Leitz Valoy II column rider and head or macro bellows support, w/squeezegrip & fine focus, Ex+, $160. Note: add $60 for custom camera mounting adaptor.
Leitz helical focusing mount, marked E. Leitz New York, screw mount at rear, screw mount at front with adaptor, extends from 40 to 61mm, came in box marked catalog #70442, black barrel with chrome ends, Mint-,$125
Leitz copy arm for Leitz enlargers (Valoy, 1a, 1b); not for Valoy II, Focomat 1c, 2a or 2c, $25. This copy arm has an industry standard 3/8-16 TPI camera screw that couples with most tripod heads. Here you see it with a Feisol ballhead and a Nikon F3 camera--both of which are available separately and may be found on my Tripods and 35mm and Digital Camera equipment web pages. You see the copy arm mounted on the Leitz Valoy enlarger listed above on this web page. You may buy the enlarger for the column and baseboard. I can ship only the column and baseboard or only the column to save you money on shipping if you have no use for the enlarger. $60.
LEITZ/LINHOF ARISTOPHOT macro copy stand for use with or w/o microscope, also Leitz macro and micro lenses--see copy camera list
Leitz Eldia printer, allows contact printing of 35mm film to 35mm film, allows you to copy fine line detail without loss of detail, instructions, Ex+, $100 Note: I once copied pages of type onto Kodalith, contact printed the negatives in an Eldia printer for finished slides for projection without loss of detail.
Leitz 1c instructions, copy, $25
Leitz Valoy 2 instructions, color copy, $30
Leitz 2c instructions, copy, $40
Leitz Reprovit 2a instructions, copy, $40
Leitz Eldia printer instructions, copy, $15