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Colored safelight *bulbs* still available?
When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb
that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. TIA Steve To reply by email swap the numeral 0 and the first letter o when counting from the left. |
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In article , Louie Powell wrote:
(Stephan Goldstein) wrote in : Steve - it is still possible to get those small (15 w) red bulbs that have a standard Mazda base and that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. I would look at Home Despot or Lowes. I used one of those when I first set up a darkroom, and I still get it out if I need an additional safelight in a dark corner of my darkroom. Louie Thanks! I've got a HD on my way to work (more or less) and a Lowes close by the office. |
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In article , Louie Powell wrote:
(Stephan Goldstein) wrote in : Steve - it is still possible to get those small (15 w) red bulbs that have a standard Mazda base and that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. I would look at Home Despot or Lowes. I used one of those when I first set up a darkroom, and I still get it out if I need an additional safelight in a dark corner of my darkroom. Louie Thanks! I've got a HD on my way to work (more or less) and a Lowes close by the office. |
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In article , Louie Powell wrote:
(Stephan Goldstein) wrote in : When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. TIA Steve Steve - it is still possible to get those small (15 w) red bulbs that have a standard Mazda base and that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. I would look at Home Despot or Lowes. I used one of those when I first set up a darkroom, and I still get it out if I need an additional safelight in a dark corner of my darkroom. Louie Thanks! I've got an HD on the way to work (more or less) and a Lowes not far from the office. I'll check them today. |
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In article , Louie Powell wrote:
(Stephan Goldstein) wrote in : When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. TIA Steve Steve - it is still possible to get those small (15 w) red bulbs that have a standard Mazda base and that are slightly smaller than a golf ball. I would look at Home Despot or Lowes. I used one of those when I first set up a darkroom, and I still get it out if I need an additional safelight in a dark corner of my darkroom. Louie Thanks! I've got an HD on the way to work (more or less) and a Lowes not far from the office. I'll check them today. |
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Stephan Goldstein wrote:
When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. Sure. Any place claiming to have a darkroom section will stock them. But they're only cheaper if you never need to replace them. You can get a brand new 5x7 light for not much more. If you just get a red bulb from a non-darkroom source make sure you test it well. OTOH test any safe light well. Nick |
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Well...if you must, try this link in Freestyle sales:
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_pro...=2108&pid=6007 The last time I saw the CLEAR red or amber glass safelite bulbs, made with ruby or amber colored glass, they were not cheap (like $10-20), the painted ones are cheap but how safe they really are is anyone's guess. I guess when I can buy a 10x12 Kodak Utility Safelite (model D?) for ten bucks with filter at a swap meet I'm not very interested in the alternatives. (Even better, I bought a Thomas with filters and bulb for $45.00--use that safelight and you just don't have any dark corners!) I worked in a place that sold the cheap painted ones and used them in their darkroom and recall many quality moments spent patching the coatings on those bulbs with heat resistant black paint to blot out all the dang-blasted white pinholes. BTW, the ones made with colored glass were really intended for graphic arts applications and may transmit too much of the wrong color light to be really safe around VC papers. But if $10 is really too much? Make your own housing and beg a couple sheets of RubyLith form a graphics arts guy, since they are all going digital they will probably give it to you for free. The RubyLith is tacky enough to stick to a piece of glass. BTW I also had the good fortune to pick up a couple rolls of 3M lithographers tape, it's like clear cellophane tape but dark red in color, great for patching pinholes in safelights and a couple layers over the lens of a small AA flashlight make a great safe flashlight for checking lens aperture settings, looking around in those dark corners or under the edges of counters for the dodging tool someone just dropped (it's never happened to me of course). Great for sky parties, too, if you're an astronomer, makes it easier to find the Thermos with the hot chocolate. -- darkroommike ---------- "Stephan Goldstein" wrote in message ... When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. TIA Steve To reply by email swap the numeral 0 and the first letter o when counting from the left. |
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Well...if you must, try this link in Freestyle sales:
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_pro...=2108&pid=6007 The last time I saw the CLEAR red or amber glass safelite bulbs, made with ruby or amber colored glass, they were not cheap (like $10-20), the painted ones are cheap but how safe they really are is anyone's guess. I guess when I can buy a 10x12 Kodak Utility Safelite (model D?) for ten bucks with filter at a swap meet I'm not very interested in the alternatives. (Even better, I bought a Thomas with filters and bulb for $45.00--use that safelight and you just don't have any dark corners!) I worked in a place that sold the cheap painted ones and used them in their darkroom and recall many quality moments spent patching the coatings on those bulbs with heat resistant black paint to blot out all the dang-blasted white pinholes. BTW, the ones made with colored glass were really intended for graphic arts applications and may transmit too much of the wrong color light to be really safe around VC papers. But if $10 is really too much? Make your own housing and beg a couple sheets of RubyLith form a graphics arts guy, since they are all going digital they will probably give it to you for free. The RubyLith is tacky enough to stick to a piece of glass. BTW I also had the good fortune to pick up a couple rolls of 3M lithographers tape, it's like clear cellophane tape but dark red in color, great for patching pinholes in safelights and a couple layers over the lens of a small AA flashlight make a great safe flashlight for checking lens aperture settings, looking around in those dark corners or under the edges of counters for the dodging tool someone just dropped (it's never happened to me of course). Great for sky parties, too, if you're an astronomer, makes it easier to find the Thermos with the hot chocolate. -- darkroommike ---------- "Stephan Goldstein" wrote in message ... When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red- colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared, but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom. TIA Steve To reply by email swap the numeral 0 and the first letter o when counting from the left. |
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