Headless LF Enlargers Rise UP!.....................LED

[koraks]

My crazy mind at work again... If you put UV lamp as the light source on a 4x5 enlarger, could you then make enlarged salt prints or other alternative POP process?

Yes, sort of. There are many caveats. But the principle does work. See here for extensive discussion, experiments and proofs of concept: https://www.photrio.com/forum/thread...nlarger.92824/

Long story short: it takes a *LOT* of power, but it does indeed work.

[j.e.simmons]

That light recommended by Sandy is a floodlight. I hadn’t thought of making an enlarger head using it, but it would probably be fairly simple to make something, stick it on my Beseler 45 and try it out.

[Tin Can]

Use an old KODAK enlarger lens

[j.e.simmons]

Why Kodak?

[Luis-F-S]

Why Kodak?

cheap and decent

[j.e.simmons]

I’ve got enlarger lenses from Kodak, Wollensak, Rodenstock, etc. Can’t get cheaper than what you already have.

[Tin Can]

I read this week no coatings and old glass pass more UV

Hearsay

[j.e.simmons]

I’ve heard that, too.