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What is this box? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by paperplateface@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I bought a job lot of photography equipment and have been slowly working my way through the bits I have and have been trying to get more information on one particular piece.

It's a mahogany looking box with two light bulbs inside. One is standard sized (house bulb) and the other is smaller and red. It has two openings. One on the front opens to the front and has a little red square of plastic (I think) The other opening is on the top it has a clasp on the top and then two hinges which pretty much spring up to open. They cover a square of clear glass? Like a viewing piece of glass and then there is a single piece of glass inside the box which can slide out?

There is a round hole in the bottom of the box which has a two wire lead. (for the bulbs) with a two flat blade plug. I'm in the UK and the nearest i could put this plug to is an electric razor style?

It does have a little red manufacturers logo. " lucky fujimoto photo mfg co.ltd made in Japan"

I have found fujimoto as a photography manufacturer but I can't find anything about this beautiful looking little box.

Is there anyone who given my looong description could advise what I'm looking at, as Google knows nothing.

Thanks.

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[–] TheWirePhoto@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Contact printer, you use the red light to fit the negative against the glass and then the paper with the emulsion facing the light. After that, you close it and turn on the white light that will expose the paper.

[–] fuzzfeatures@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like it might be something you'd use in a darkroom when printing B&W. B&W paper isn't sensitive to red light so you can use that to see what you're doing.. Tho it's would only be for printing.. Not for developing the film tho.. That is still sensitive to all wavelengths :)