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So I purchased some LED strip lights, the multicolored kind, because I wanted to see if they would work as a safelight. Turns out they do! However mine, as they were a cheap amazon product, started to flicker different colors and ruined several prints. Anybody else used LED lights as a safelight?
The reason is that leds only emit light in a very narrow wavelength, unlike traditional tungsten bulbs that have a broad spectrum. If you look up the spectral sensitivity for the paper you’re using, you can buy a bulb that has a wavelength outside of that and you’ll be fine.
PF712B 230v 15w B22d Bayonet Socket. Darkroom Red Safe Light. Philips PF712B. Red Safe 77841425. EAN 0700461368199. Designed for optimum performance in today’s precision range of darkroom applications.
Amber or red darkroom safelight bulbs are the most common for film development. 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.
But skip that, and skip the vintage safelights and get one or two of these (really cheap) LED bulbs in the red color. They've become widely adopted by printers, they fit in any standard US socket, and they're great in hardware store clamp lights.
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. Energy-efficient design for cost-effective operation.
29 gru 2007 · I am having a dark red piece of Plexiglas cut to fit into the ceiling fixture. Two questions: The Plexiglas that is being cut is not a safelight filter but it is very close to the color and density of the 8" x 10" safelight filter from FreeStyle.
