The neon shop sounds like a cool idea, yuk,yuk. Would the spectrum of the light from neon or for that matter, fluorescent lights interfere with multicontrast filtration?
Ron > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:27:01 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cameramakers digest, Vol 1 #273 - 12 msgs > > Phill, > > I have built a number of enlargers and tried several light box strategies > including multi-lamps and single quartz lamps. If you don't want to go the > cold-light route the indirect quartz light is by far the best. I used an old > hair dryer mounted on the wall and ducted to the lamp head. You will be > saving yourself a lot of grief in the weight and mass department by going > for a foam core and duct tape lamp house. You will want anti-newton ring > glass for the neg carrier and 3/16 plex, milk white difuser material > available here: > > http://www.fpointinc.com/index3.htm > > btw I have had cold light lamps built for me at neon shops. They make a 8 x > 10 (or two 4 x 10) tight, zig zag patterned lamp from 8mm white glass. If > you run across a broken neon beer sign grab it up for later use as the > transformer for the cold-light. > > AZ _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
