What Odyssey has done is replace the negative stage of an analogue enlarger with a sophisticated digital imaging system that uses a high-resolution Liquid Crystal Display to simulate a conventional negative.
Using an LCD out put device to make virtual negatives from digital files, prepare images in Photoshop, merge printer and enlarger technology, employ Tungsten light to project the image, and – Hey! Presto! – digital images are produced in the traditional way in the dark room at less than half the capital cost of any other photographic device. The DE VERE 504DS was born, bridging the gap between analogue and digital in the dark room, by merging existing and new technology.
So, what if the normal tungsten light could be harnessed so all existing RA-4 materials, black-and-white, multi grade, fibre, etc., could be used? Also, to get the best results, special photo media has to be used as images are transferred via laser, LED, etc. Many have too much capacity for the mid-size lab or organisation. During the last few years, several output machines have appeared that work particularly well, but at a high capital cost and with high on going maintenance. The question was how to do this using existing dark room equipment, such as RA-4 processors, dark rooms, enlargers, etc. With the digital revolution in full flow, the traditional dark room had started to disappear but it emerged that photo paper was the best, lowest cost, and most responsive media to receive the out put from digital files. (Boyce formed Odyssey Sales to sell and maintain DE VERE equipment when the British company folded more than a decade ago.)
About four years ago, John Boyce, a DE VERE man of 40 years standing, had two ways to go – up or down.
So along came the DE VERE 504DS Digital Enlarger. How does a company of 50 years standing making analogue dark room equipment stay alive in this digital world? Easy – make digital dark room equipment. DE VERE 504DS Enlarger Review A historic name in enlarging has come alive again, thanks to some digital tinkering to an analogue machine… The Enlarging Picture
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