Minimal budget setup for 6x6 negative printing?
Hello everyone,
I recently got really into analog photography again, specifically medium format. At first I thought I'd only shoot and offload development and scanning/printing to a lab; however, I soon realized that it would be a lot more cost effective (and rewarding) in the long run to do it all myself. So I ended up purchasing development gear and chemicals and I really enjoyed processing my own roll of film and seeing the negatives come out. However, currently I have no way of actually turning these into "real" pictures. I would really like to complete the process analogically and print my own photos, but looking online the equipment price (especially the enlarger and lens) are kinda prohibitive. Hence I turn to the community - what is a budget friendly way to assemble the bare minimum necessary to print out my own 6x6 negatives? It is often suggested to buy vintage enlargers online, but almost all of the affordable ones I found only do 35mm. The Intrepid looks like a really nice new machine, but (at least on fotoimpex) the only lenses available are ridiculously expensive, at least twice the price of the body itself. Any solutions? Or is my only option to just grind my teeth and save up for the future?
Thank you in advance for your help.
P.S. I am based in Europe, so no shipments from the US unless absolutely necessary
EDIT: I forgot to specify, I am exclusively talking about B&W