Durst · Medium format · 1983–1990
The M707 was Durst's 6x7 color enlarger of the 1980s. Durst's own service list gives it the factory name SEVEN and dates the M707 Color from 1983 to 1989, with an M707 B&W version added in 1987 and dropped in 1990. That black-and-white version then carried on as the Modular 70 B&W, the module-based system that took Durst's amateur range into the 1990s. Don't mix it up with the AC 707 Autocolor, a separate machine that measured and set its own exposure. Very little M707 literature has surfaced, so we can't give you the lamp, the carriers or the column specs with confidence. UK darkroom dealers still list it as a 707 B/W or color enlarger, and owners use it for 35mm and 120 film. Buy one on what the photos show.
Darkroom check
Should come with it
Hard to find if missing
Check the listing photos against these lists, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing carrier, condenser or lens board should come off the price.
Durst's service support for the M707 Color ended in 1994 and amateur spares stopped at the end of 2008. We found no published list of common faults, so check that the head lights evenly and the filters move.
New to used enlargers? How to check a used enlarger covers the bellows, the column, the lamp and alignment, and condenser, diffusion and color heads explains which light source suits how you print.
We haven’t been through this model’s listings yet. Search eBay and run every listing through the checklist above. Ask which negative carriers, condensers or mixing box and lens board come with it, for a photo of the lamp lit, and for a photo of the bellows with a light inside them. Pass on any seller who won’t answer.
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