Patents Related to Photography - Developing, Enlarging, Processing
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Controller for photographic enlarger or the like

A controller for providing accurate analysis of color and density of the light from any color enlarger or the like. The controller is an on-easel analyzer having built-in automatic timer controls for controlling exposures from point 1 seconds to 99.9 seconds. Density and color filtration data provided by video or other off-easel analyzers are manually entered into digital switches on a control panel of the controller or such data can be automatically programmed in the controller through the use of punched paper tape or the like. The controller includes null indicator means to indicate a balance when the enlarger f/stop and color balance are adjusted. The controller may be programmed in units as small as 1 cc in color filtration ranges from 0 to 99 cc and density ranged from 0 to 199 cc. Controller also has a photo-sensitive probe, slope controls, a digital emulsion memory system and the controller can operate with substantially any color enlarger
4,231,654  
Prickett  November 4, 1980  

 

Light mixing system for a photographic enlarger

A light mixing system for use in a photographic enlarger in which light from a light source is admitted to a light mixing module through an aperture (and/or through a light modifying filter system for color correction for color enlargements) to mix light beams to provide substantially uniform energy distribution at the outlet port of the light mixing module. The light mixing module includes a lens having a conical surface to receive the admitted light beams and to direct the light beams along angular paths with respect to the axis of the conical surface. The lens interfaces with a diffuser means comprising a multitude of fiber optic elements each adapted to receive light beams along the angular path, to transmit and reflect the light beams and to cause the light beams to depart the exit end of the fiber optic element in the form of a fan or cone of substantially the same angle as that of the light beams at the lens for mixing said beams. A light guide means further mixes the exiting mixed light beams from the fiber optic diffuser and exits such beams into a frustoconical chamber having light reflecting and diffusing surfaces to provide an evenly distributed diffuse secondary light source of expanded areas
4,240,738  
Praamsma  December 23, 1980  

 

Apparatus for the determination of the color composition of the printing light in a photographic enlarger

An apparatus for determining the color composition of the printing light of a photographic enlarger samples and measures the light within the intermediate diaphragm chamber of the objective lens. The light is sampled by inserting color-sensitized photoelectric transducers within the intermediate diaphragm chamber or inserting a light conducting means within the chamber between exposures for sampling and conducting the light outside of the chamber to external photoelectric transducer means, which determines the color content in any operative manner. The light conductor may be mounted on a slide together with an adjustable diaphragm for alternating inserting in the path of the printing light or the light conductor and a number of apertures of different cross-sections may be mounted on a rotary disk for optional insertion along the optical axis. The light conducting means includes a diffusing element within a light conducting and reflecting chamber. A removable diffusing element is also mounted in line with the adjustable diaphragm on the slide.
4,188,125  
Barbieri ,   et al.  February 12, 1980  

 

Photographic color enlarger
MINOLTA

One or more color-compensating filter-adjusting dials in the head portion of a color enlarger have on their peripheral surfaces indicia denoting values which are a function of the extent a corresponding color-compensating filter intercepts an optical path, and have in their end surfaces cams for directly or indirectly operating respective color-compensating filters. The dials are disposed in the head portion above a reflector in a mixing chamber in the head portion in a manner to be freely externally accessible and manually operable and with the indicia on the dials being visible externally of the head portion.
4,168,904  
Furukawa  September 25, 1979  
Apparatus for sampling printing light in a photographic enlarger for determining its color composition

The color composition of printing light in a photographic enlarger is sampled by rotating a sampling duct between the original image holder and the objective lens. The duct has a thin elongated rectangular shape with a light diffusing aperture disposable in the printing light and with mirrored inside walls, which transmit a representative sample of the printing light to the outlet aperture, which is disposed in front of light measuring receivers. The receivers generate a signal which is processed to govern the insertion of filters in the light-mixing head of the enlarger to provide the desired color composition in the printing light. A convenient push control and actuating switch arrangement is provided to simplify insertion of the duct in the printing light before and its removal during the printing exposure.
4,165,175  
Barbieri  August 21, 1979  
Photographic enlarger

The invention relates to a photographic enlarger having an exchangeable film trap disposed in a projection head for receiving film, a magnifying lens disposed on one side of the film trap, and an insert member including a light deflection mirror and a condenser abutting the film trap; the insert member is disposed on the other side of the film trap.
4,136,948  
Prochnow  January 30, 1979