Buying NOS Enlarger Bulbs

[ac12]

The blastedly hard thing is to predict with any kind of accuracy how many bulbs you will need over the next 10-20+ years. Or as long as you will be printing.
I have 10 of the G30 bulbs, because I wanted enough buffer if I guessed wrong.
I figure with my intermittent use a bulb should last me about 2+ years, so I have a 20 year supply.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Should incandescent enlarger bulbs become unavailable due to loss of market demand, then alternatives, probably LEDs, will rise.

See the good thread: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...r-light-source

An interesting product: http://heilandelectronic.de/led_kaltlicht/lang:en