[alt-photo] Re: Alternative Exposure Unit (no pun intended)

[Paul Viapiano]

Carole...

What are the dimensions of this unit?

What's the largest print you've printed with it?

How far from the contact frame is the exposure unit?

Sounds great...would love to know more.

Thanks...Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gumprint" <Gumprint at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:58 PM
Subject: [alt-photo] Alternative Exposure Unit (no pun intended)


> Christine, Group:
>
> I had been using a custom made BLB set up with 8-24" bulbs for over 15
> years. The bulbs are very expensive to replace and my exposures were 90
> seconds to 7 minutes. Last month Barry Schmetter brought in a Fotodiox 
> unit
> for me to use for a gumprint demo at the Large Format and Alternative
> Photography Gathering (Metro Wash DC). Using my gum/pigment mix 1:1 with 
> 15%
> ammonium dichromate sensitizer I was able to reduce my first emulsion from 
> 7
> minutes to 70 seconds. It was perfect. The second emulsion was correct in 
> 30
> seconds. This unit has completely changed the way I print.
>
> http://www.fotodiox.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=78 fitted it
> with 16 Bright Effects (swirly type; 26 watts daylight or 6000K from 
> Lowes).
> The unit is intended to sit on a lighting tripod but I added a clamp and
> attach it to a heavily loaded bookcase. The unit is currently going for 
> $135
> + shipping. Add $30 for a clamp if you can't rig up something, a builder
> pack of the bulbs, and you have a very fast, compact, and portable 
> exposure
> device.
>
> Best,
> Carole
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Christina Anderson 
> <zphoto at montana.net>wrote:
>
>> Has anyone bought one of these and used for alt or gum?
>> And what is the best URL for a plan to build one's own?  Apparently the
>> plan I hand out to students out of Nadeau's is incomplete, but since I am 
>> a
>> building failure, I can't explain why it is incomplete.  I wouldn't know 
>> a
>> magnetic ballast from a martini frankly.
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> http://www.silkscreeningsupplies.com/site/799934/product/RXP2024
>>
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>>
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