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An enclosed darkroom lamp fitted with a filter to screen out light rays to which film and paper are sensitive. Light source consisting of housing, lamp and screen of a colour that will not affect the photographic material in use. Safelight screens are available in various colours and sizes for specific applications.
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The special darkroom lamp used to create minimal illumination without fogging sensitised materials.
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a special lamp that emits only those frequencies to which paper is not sensitive
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A red, orange or yellow light used in the darkroom for black and white photographic printing.
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A darkroom light fitted with a filter to absorb light rays to which film is sensitive.
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A special darkroom lamp used for illumination without fogging sensitized materials.
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A lamp, typically in a darkroom, that allows a person to view light-sensitive material without it being altered by the light. The lamp is generally coated with or enclosed in a partially-translucent filter that screens out light rays to which the film or paper are sensitive.
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In photography, the special darkroom lamp used for illumination without fogging sensitised materials.
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Lamp used for illumination of a darkroom without affecting light-sensitive materials.
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A red or orange darkroom light that black and white photo papers aren't sensitive too.
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A lamp used in a darkroom that doesn't affect sensitized materials.
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Orange or red light used in a darkroom.Gives out light of a wavelength to which photographics paper is relatively insensitive. Safelights are not actually safe. Leave paper exposed to a " safe " light close enough or for long enough and the paper will fog.
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Safelight is light used in a photographic darkroom and is designed to provide illumination without that part of the light spectrum to which the material in use is sensitive. A safelight usually consists of an ordinary lightbulb in a housing with a coloured filter, but it is possible to buy special bulbs and fluorescent tubes which are coated with a filter directly on the glass.
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