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darkroom equipment
Material required to process film and to print photographs in a darkened room.
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enlarger
Device that projects a usually enlarged negative image in black and white onto light-sensitive photographic paper.
lamphouse elevation control
Device that lifts the lamphouse head so that the negative holder can be inserted into the enlarger.
baseboard
Base plate on which a photographic paper is placed.
enlarging lens
Optical system made up of a set of lenses fixed on a mount; it transfers an enlarged image of a negative onto photographic paper.
bellows
Lightproof instrument of varying length; it is used to focus the image on photographic paper.
negative carrier
Device with two opaque plates that holds the negative flat between the light source and the lens of the enlarger.
negative carrier
lamphouse head
Box enclosing a light source that is used to illuminate a negative.
height scale
Graduated scale showing the distance between the baseboard and the lens; it is used to determine the magnification ratio of the negative.
red safelight filter
Colored filter placed under the lens to frame or focus a black and white image directly onto photographic paper without exposing it.
height control
Device used to adjust the height of the lamphouse head on the column.
column
Serrated bar mounted on the baseboard; it is used to support the lamphouse head and to adjust its height.