darkroom equipment [3]

Material required to process film and to print photographs in a darkened room.

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.

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.