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Post by nikonbob on Mar 1, 2011 15:38:27 GMT -5
Was it last used on Noah's Ark? Has Mickey got one hiding in his unused darkroom? Just too interesting to pass up.
Bob
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Post by nikonbob on Mar 1, 2011 15:44:42 GMT -5
Sorry a couple more photos. Bob   |
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Post by daveh on Mar 1, 2011 16:09:02 GMT -5
I bet that was made before they had cameras!
You could stand the developer on top to keep it warm.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2011 17:45:59 GMT -5
Mickey not only has one. . .he invented it!  |
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Post by colray on Mar 1, 2011 18:03:39 GMT -5
" You could stand the developer on top to keep it warm. "
One of the first studios I worked for the photographer used a card negative* camera for taking passport photos.. the paper/card negs once developed were dried using a metho heater.
Col
You could say it was the original fast photo system ..using card negs the client could get some prints in about 10 mins..by the way the negs where printed by reflected light... the negative processing time was very short because the developer was a lot hotter that what would be used for normal film
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Post by daveh on Mar 1, 2011 19:46:02 GMT -5
With a film neg you could use meths to dry it rapidly.
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Post by colray on Mar 1, 2011 20:03:58 GMT -5
Your right Dave.. but it was the total processing time that was so quick.
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Post by daveh on Mar 1, 2011 20:19:58 GMT -5
The other speed up possibility was the combined developer-fixer baths.
I do remember, thinking of it, having paper negatives at some stage. I had forgotten all about them till now. I'll have to try to get my mind into gear and do a bit of remembering.
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Post by photax on Mar 2, 2011 12:18:49 GMT -5
Hi Bob ! Interesting device ! And in good condition too. Is this a paraffin lamp ? A item from the pre photoshop times  I have one or two of these and other antique darkroom accessories. Maybe we could build a virtual old darkroom MIK |
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Post by nikonbob on Mar 2, 2011 13:37:29 GMT -5
MIK
Yea, it is a paraffin lamp generally called a kerosene lamp or just oil lamp over here. It is definitely pre something, most would say pre historic by today's standards. It must have been so much safer back then with exposed flames and chemical fumes in a small dark room.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 2, 2011 15:55:01 GMT -5
I am not quite that old but how about this Ruby lamp that once cast its warm rosy glow over open trays of exotic chemicals.  Mickey |
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Post by kmhuper on Dec 27, 2011 13:57:22 GMT -5
Bob,
I have an Eastman Kodak safe light that is exactly like yours. I am still trying to figure out exactly how it worked. Were tin plates used? Any guess as to the year? I was guessing about 1880. I am also wondering if anyone may be interested in buying my safelight. I just discovered it yesterday, so I need to clean it up and take pics. It is not missing any parts.
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Post by nikonbob on Dec 27, 2011 16:19:35 GMT -5
I suppose you would just fill the reservoir and light the lamp wick. I have not used it but have it as an interesting curiosity. Absolutely no clue as to the time period these were in use. I suspect that they may have been in use a lot longer than you would expect in areas where there was no electricity available for quite a long time.
Bob
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Post by mickeyobe on Dec 27, 2011 17:51:56 GMT -5
"kmhuper
I have an Eastman Kodak safe light that is exactly like yours. I am still trying to figure out exactly how it worked. Were tin plates used? Any guess as to the year? I was guessing about 1880."
One would pour kerosene into the bottom container. By turning the knob on that extended shaft the wick would be raised or lowered to give more or less light. However, just when you thought it was almost bright enough it would emit thick black smoke that obscured everything. It was a matter of achieving a balance which was always never quite enough light.
The tin plates were used exclusively for mom's apple pies.
I would guess its date at sometime between the founding of Eastman Kodak and the invention and widespread use of the incandescent bulb. And those dates probably were not too very far apart.
Surely everyone has used an oil lamp.
Mickey
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Post by daveh on Dec 27, 2011 18:01:03 GMT -5
According to Wiki, Eastman Kodak was founded in 1892 but then goes on to say "From the company's founding by George Eastman in 1880....." Later it says that the Kodak name was trademarked in 1888.
It's not the most clear Wiki entry ever written.
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I have one or two of these and other antique darkroom accessories.