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Jagglé launched the Berlinova daylight table-top enlarger for black-and-white prints without a darkroom (on Kickstarter).
Darkroom printing on the go or in small apartments has been difficult or practically impossible until recently. To turn a negative into a photograph, you need a dark space, a sizeable enlarger, and multiple trays for chemical baths.
Jagglé Berlinova enlarger makes the job easy with its portable, light-tight construction and clever cassette holder that keeps the paper and accepts chemicals. The built-in high-CRI LED battery-powered USB-C-chargeable light is calibrated for proper exposures, and a bespoke fixed 50mm 𝒇4.0 Tessar lens makes perfectly focused projections on 10x15cm/4x6” paper (which may be upgradable to 13x18cm/5x7” if the project reaches a stretch goal).
I briefly covered this project in last month’s Community Letter (analog.cafe/r/film-photogr…), where you can refer for a bit more detail on how this works and to learn about its author, Wicher.
There are still a few Early Bird packs of the enlarger (with lens & paper cassette) available on Kickstarter for the 4x6” enlarger at €275 (~$300), which will continue to sell for €285 while the project is live:
Wicher is seeking €80,000 (~$87K) in total funding to produce Berlinova enlargers at an injection moulding facility for the highest quality and durability.
