There is no need to settle for disappointing prints from EM negatives and longer. When important detail is lost in shadows or washed-out highlights, the limits of photographic or digital scanning techniques have exceeded; even a skilled photographer is limited by dodging and burning in techniques, and digital scanning can only modify (filter) an image as a whole. But the Egoltronics EM-55 Scanning Enlarger System, using incremental electronic dodging, can produce uniform prints which reveal detail otherwise lost in shadow and highlight areas, which can be dodged independently and incrementally.

With the EM-55 II, Egoltronics offers an innovative, comprehensive solution to contrast control problems through the use of automatic incremental dodging on a spot-by-spot basis. The EM-55's cathode ray tube light source, operating under computerized electronic control, continuously varies the local illumination on the negative to optimize the exposure of each small area to print. The process may be totally automated or the photographic skills of the operator may be used manually to further refine the result.

The Multidodge II electronic control system automatically evaluates the negative prior to exposure and applies the required control to automatically correct exposure and dodging levels, assuring consistent and repeatable results. The MultiDodge System, with its patented Prescan and combination of intensity and velocity modulation controlling the scanning light source, is installed in a variety of photographic devices. The Multidodge II, with its greater brightness range, program memory storage and prompting menu system, is a second generation improvement over the original Multidodge.

The combination of intensity modulation (IM) and velocity modulation (VM) results in shorter exposure times, an extended dodging range, 2.4 density units in each of four brightness levels (brightness range of 250:1). Variable Ratio Dodging permits the operator to select from IM/VM dodging control to VM only.

The menu-driven keypad interface permits the user to establish and store exposure and dodging settings for a wide variety of photographic materials and imagery. Keypad entry is operator friendly, menu-driven, and easy to understand and operate.

Enhanced contrast control and dodging are achieved by rigorous suppression of electrical and magnetic interference and the reduction of flare and stray light in the printer cabinet, optics, and the light source (CRT) itself.

Small area dodging is improved by the use of adjustable scanning spot sizes. Exposure efficiency is maintained by increased CRT brightness combined with a multiple sweep exposure.