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I use a red LED headlight. I don’t bother turning on my normal safelight any more. The light is wherever I want. The head light has a white LED and a red LED . A red only LED has its spectrum well in the safe area as it has a narrow spectrum unlike filtered tungsten.
I use an LED bulb for safelight, but make sure you test for fogging anyway. While a red LED is most likely safe, a lot of “red” led bulbs are in fact white leds with red filters.
I have tried LED bulbs in almost any darkroom/studio application I can think of. LED is getting better every 6 months. But if using traditional enlarging filters YMMV.
Thought I'd try out the red light headlamps and this particular one from canadian tire works pretty well. Decided to try out the headlamp after getting a red led bulb off amazon that didn't work out.
Jumbo Safelight Bulb, 25W with light red (1A) filter for darkroom use. Fits any standard light socket for easy installation. Provides 360 bright, eye-catching illumination. Ideal for photography, video production, and X-ray rooms.
15 cze 2023 · Best light for darkroom. You need a suitable safelight, with the correct filter and bulb, for use in your photographic darkroom if you are going to print your own black-and-white prints. This light provides illumination only from those parts of the visible spectrum to which the photographic printing material in use is insensitive.
KURTZON™ Safelights are designed for low level illumination and provide narrow spectrum non-filtered dimmable LED light sources. They are available in Red, Red/White, Amber, Amber/White, Green, or Green/White.
