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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.
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.
You could use a Philips Hue bulb but you’d need to buy their control box and the app isn’t ideal for tuning pure red. Better than that is something like an Aputure B7-C bulb. Free app and can screw them right into an Edison socket to run off AC power.
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speed and sensitivity to different colors of light, the recommended bulb wattages and colors of safelight filters also vary. Safelight illumination will fog color films and papers; color print and transparency materials; most panchromatic black-and-white films (films that are sensitive to blue, green, and red light); and high-speed infrared films.
When using safelight filters, never mix red bulbs with amber filters, or the reverse, as it causes a fog on photos. In addition, mount safelights onto walls using wall flanges situated at least four feet from the developing images for best results.
