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Subject: [Leica] was: Focomat Ia now PH211 bulbs
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Tue Jan 27 10:44:44 2009
References: <C5A4A1E1.176D%jcsanford@pshift.com> <p06230904c5a4ff1d7de8@[10.0.1.200]>

Jake at Blue Moon www.bluemooncamera.com and Citizens Photo 503 232  
8501 have new old stock enlarger bulbs
On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 11:34 AM -0500 1/27/09, Jeb Sanford wrote:
>> Leina,
>>
>> I agree that it should be a 75 watt bulb. Years ago, could buy bulbs
>> specifically designed for enlargers, ie, good quality uniform  
>> coating inside
>> the bulb and no wattage marking on the exterior. I discovered  
>> those after
>> finding that ordinary light bulbs were both "hot" in the center  
>> (from the
>> filament and insufficient coating) and also produced an  
>> undesirable shadow
>> from the wattage marking. Ammonia will remove the exterior marking  
>> easily,
>> eliminating the latter issue. Enlarger bulbs are probably not  
>> available
>> anymore. I would be interested to know what a compact fluorescent  
>> bulb would
>> produce, perhaps providing a cold-light head that would have been
>> unthinkable in the original.
>>
>> Jeb
>>
>
>
> This would work:
>
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/20189-REG/ 
> General_Brand__PH211_Enlarger_Lamp_.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/aa4h69
>
> or this:
>
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/173272-REG/ 
> General_Electric_40569_PH211_Lamp_75.html
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bo6bem
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>>
>> On 1/27/09 8:11 AM, "Leina Gonzalez" <gonzalel@online.de> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi Chris,
>>>
>>>  Indeed, I will need to switch to the 75watt bulb, I'm not sure  
>>> how the
>>>  previous owner used a 150watt? In any case I am pretty sure that  
>>> the
>>>  condenser is in great condition but unless I am mistaken the Ia  
>>> model
>>>  were never fitted with the AN glass. Actually I am not sure where I
>>>  would install the AN ring/glass. There doesn't seem to be space  
>>> for it,
>>>  as the enlarging head doesn't tip back like the Ic model. Will  
>>> have to
>>>  find a good solution for that, but I will need to see about the  
>>> Ilford
>>>  filters as well. It also came with two exposed 8x10 photos taped  
>>> to the
>>>  baseboard. Any reason for that? I imagine that this won't be  
>>> only only
>>>  enlarger but it is a great start. I wouldn't mind a IIa or IIc  
>>> for the
>>>  larger formats, but first things first... Thanks again for the  
>>> help. L.
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from jcsanford at pshift.com (Jeb Sanford) ([Leica] Focomat Ia)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] was: Focomat Ia now PH211 bulbs)