Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/27

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Subject: [Leica] Focomat Ia
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Tue Jan 27 09:04:05 2009
References: <C5A4A1E1.176D%jcsanford@pshift.com>

Australia, California, Canada and the EU are progressively proscribing 
Edison's heritage.
If you find specific enlarger laps buy a stock as they might become 
really scarce.
Phx


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
>
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>On 1/27/09 8:11 AM, "Leina Gonzalez" <gonzalel@online.de> wrote:
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>>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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