Dark Room Safe Light Views

General Goods

A darkroom is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of light sensitive photographic materials, including photographic film and photographic paper. Darkrooms have been created and used since the inception of photography in the early 19th century. Darkrooms have many various manifestations, from the elaborate space used by Ansel Adams[1] to a retooled ambulance wagon used by Timothy H. O'Sullivan.[2] From the initial development to the creation of prints, the darkroom process allows complete control over the medium.

Color print paper, being sensitive to all parts of the visible spectrum, must be kept in complete darkness until the prints are properly fixed. However a safelight equipped with a Kodak 13 Safelight Filter (amber) and a 7½-watt bulb can be used for color printing if necessary, the safelight must be kept at least 4 feet (1.2 metres) from the paper to prevent fogging, or accidental exposure.[3] A 'paper-safe' - a light-proof box to safely store photographic paper not immediately required.[citation needed]

Another use for a darkroom is to load film in and out of cameras, development spools, or film holders, which requires complete darkness. Lacking a darkroom, a photographer can make use of a changing bag, which is a small bag with sleeved arm holes specially designed to be completely light proof and used to prepare film prior to exposure or developing.

A new improved Model 300 Darkroom Timer. Shows minutes and seconds in total darkness. The 60-minute time range can be set in minutes for developing and seconds for enlarging control. Two hands permit quick setting by seconds, minutes, or combinations of seconds and minutes. Two separate outlet receptacles control an enlarger or printer and safelight by a combination time/focus switch. Each outlet has a 750-watts capacity. This model also can be used with a relay for heavier loads. Easy to read numerals on a large 6 hfrac12;b" diameter face. Luminated by phosphor fluorescence.