Safelight Filter
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; glass; ink
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1306 a-c
- Description
- a) rectangular glass filter clear on one side and cloudy orange on the other with black tape margin; inscription in black print on the clear side in between set of lines: “ DUPONT S-55X SAFELIGHT / For “Viagram”: Use 15 watt bulb at 3 feet / For “Velour Black”: Use 15 watt bulb at 3 feet / For “Ape…
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- Title
- Safelight Filter
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- paper; glass; ink
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 13.7 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- a) rectangular glass filter clear on one side and cloudy orange on the other with black tape margin; inscription in black print on the clear side in between set of lines: “ DUPONT S-55X SAFELIGHT / For “Viagram”: Use 15 watt bulb at 3 feet / For “Velour Black”: Use 15 watt bulb at 3 feet / For “Apex”: Use 25 watt bulb at 2 feet / WARNING: Use of larger than 25 watt bulb may damage safelight. / A204816-S1”b) single off-white sheet withblack print instructions; “DU PONT” logo on top; title: “S-55X SAFELIGHT”; includes this description paragraph: “This safelight, which gives an orange-brown light, provides a safe and comfortable darkroom illumination for all usual photographic papers. The color of this light is such that prints viewed under it have an appearance closely approximating that under white light. Red safelights, commonly employed, make print judgment difficult because the red light changes the apparent contrast and density from that which the print will have when viewed in white light.”c) original blue cardboard box; “DU PONT” logo and “Defender TRADE MARK” in yellow ink the centre, encircled by inscription in yellow ink also: “PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT / E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.) / WILMINGTON 98, DEL. / MADE IN U.S.A.”; lid attached to the base of the box by a large piece of yellow tape with inscription in blue print: “DU PONT / S-55X / SAFELIGHT FILTER / REF. NO. 8084 / DIMENSIONS 5 X 7 / S-55X Universal safelight filter for use with chloride and chloro-bromide photographic papers / ORANGE-BROWN COLOR - HIGH VISUAL ACUITY” followed by warranty notice and company trademark; inside, the filter is protected by two sheets of thick brown cardboard
- Subject
- Nicholas Morant
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- 104.41.1306 a-c
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