[Leica] was: Focomat Ia now PH211 bulbs

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

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









>
>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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