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Color & B&W Densitometers
Peter wrote:
On Mar 2, 6:07 pm, jay wrote: Hi all I want to buy a used color & B&W Densitometer that will work in both the transmission & reflected mode @ a fairly low price. (Say $400) I've visited X- Rites web site, & leave w/ my head spinning. I have the impression that some are for continuous film or print reading, some are automated for use w/ dies & inks that have little to do w/ photography, & some are for digital photography uses, & they all cost thousands new. In order to have any idea what to buy, I need the specs & / or advertising data when they were new. But I have no idea of anything. I usually don't get this confused about a technology. But this is amazing. I've looked (on line) @ several Besslers, but some appear to have vacuum tubes. I don't think vacuum tubes are made anymore. But I don't know how to tell which are solid state from looking on line. I went to Wikipedia & really wasn't able to find out much. Does any one have a recommendation how I might sort all this info our & find some solid data on possible candidates for my search. Or actual recommendations would be appreciated, but not expected. BWT where has this group gone? Where ever, I suppose that's where I should post this. Thanks, JD There is a lot to know about densitometers. My guess is that looking around and talking to various sources would be good advice. They appear on eBay. In various countries there are photo flea markets or camera shows. Sometimes they appear there. I found an old Kodak densitometer for about $20 and played with it. At the time I thought I wanted a better one. In the end I got a very full featured modern densitometer for about $50 (a real bargain). For most of what I do, the Kodak has shown itself to be just fine. I'm not sure what you are doing, but my impression is that you can spend a whole lot of money and not necessarily get much more. Even the basic little ilford one works pretty good for me. I've used it for when I have changed the filtration but wanted to keep the same exposure (used it to adjust the f-stop after a filtration change) and never had a problem. Those can be had for almost nothing on fleabay. I'm not sure what the OP is wanting one to do for them? Stephanie |
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