glen_h Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I believe this is a contact printer, but not like I have seen before: Vintage Kodak Camera Equipment – Powers On Untested – Local Pickup | eBay too big for my darkroom. -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazfenn Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) Yes it is. We had one like it in the studios 50 years ago. Yours seems smaller though, ours had (IIRC 9) bulbs in a grid, each fitted with a dimmer. You could burn/shade/dodge (a little) with them. Edited September 14, 2017 by chazfenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 It isn't mine, and I don't expect to bid on it, but it is at a nearby Goodwill store. I did see a smaller one, that fit on a table, and not floor standing, once in a Goodwill store. Too big for me. -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 When I first started in photography, 50 years ago, I had a little metal contact printer, also from Goodwill. The door on top was held by two spring clips, and was hinged, such that you could open one side or the other, or both. It came with some other darkroom supplies, which I still have, including a 4 oz measure and red Brownie safelight. (At the time, Brownie safelights in the store were green and yellow.) -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 My first darkroom work was with an Ansco beginners kit with trays, red safelight (ortho film), and a metal box contact printer. 35mm was out there, but for slides and Leica/Argus C3 users. Most of us were either shooting 620 or 120 film, so contact prints were big enough for snapshots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Those "lamp-in-a-box" contact printers were complete overkill for most needs. I had a little black bakelite contact frame about 5"x4" in size that came with a set of red celluloid masks for 6x9, 6x6 and "bantam" negatives. I initially used it - at about the age of 10 - for producing non-developed contact prints in sunlight. And later in a makeshift darkroom for "gaslight" paper prints under the 60w ceiling light. About 3 elephants exposure was usually needed IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_hoffman Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 We had a big one in high school, but the switchable bulbs are only useful if you're printing big negs. I do all my contact prints under the enlarger with a sheet of glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 About 3 elephants exposure was usually needed Somebody else who remembers 'Elephant Exposure' ! And to cope with Reciprocity Failure, you added in a Giraffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazfenn Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Elephants, Mississippi, Hippopotamus all worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 If anyone is "thinking" about contact printing these days, might I recommend a 3/4 inch piece of Lexan cut to whatever size you want. Use the enlarger, yes, that old fashion piece of metal used to hold a light bulb & some form of optics. No glass to brake or "machinery" to go a-foul. Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I have always used chimpanzee. Who knew there was a veritable menagerie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 You guy's & your animals. . . what did I miss all those years when I used the enlarger timer?? Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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