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Color & B&W Densitometers
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. Yes, there are a lot of different kinds. For home darkroom use, if you need one, for transmission I use a Macbeth TD-901 that cost me a little over $2000 about 20 years ago. They should be pretty cheap used these days. That one is Black and White only, and calibrated for ortho films (it was designed for reading normal density, and % dot area for half-tone work). Others in the TD-9xx series might be a little nicer for basic darkroom work, but it probably does not matter much. I need that kind of accuracy only for negatives, and I never really need accuracy for reflection. I use a Kodak cardboard Q-16 reflection density guide for that. I've looked (on line) @ several Besslers, but some appear to have vacuum tubes. I did not know that Beseler made densitometers (in the usual sense of the word). They made (and perhaps still make) enlarging meters that are, basically, uncalibrated densitometers that can be used for comparative purposes, but not for getting exact measurements. I have one of their PM-2A that is surely over 20 years old. It has no vacuum tubes in the box, and only a photomultiplier tube in the probe. A photomultiplier is a vacuum tube, but I do not think it will wear out unless you abuse it. It is not heated. 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 has been so much spam and flame that many have gone to photography mailing list. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 11:15:01 up 43 days, 12:35, 3 users, load average: 5.16, 4.89, 4.60 |
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