Is there a dentist in the house?

I ask because Kodak has just introduced an interesting product, a deep red
LED safelight designed for use with dental X-ray film:

http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/...ntal/D5-28.pdf

This might be ideal for illuminating observatories too.

Does anybody know how much it costs?

I understand that LED safelights are made for ordinary darkroom work too,
but my understanding (possibly mistaken) is that they're orange. Ah, to get
back into the darkroom! Too busy!

Calling Dr. Sidell... Dr. Sidell????

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:04:33 -0400, "Michael A. Covington"
wrote:

I ask because Kodak has just introduced an interesting product, a deep red
LED safelight designed for use with dental X-ray film:

http://www.kodak.com/global/plugins/...ntal/D5-28.pdf

This might be ideal for illuminating observatories too.

Does anybody know how much it costs?

I understand that LED safelights are made for ordinary darkroom work too,
but my understanding (possibly mistaken) is that they're orange. Ah, to get
back into the darkroom! Too busy!

I believe Marty, if he's not being the Sun,
is a dentist, so perhaps he can chime in
with this sources.

Esmail

Well, I'm not really a REAL dentist... I have an office I go to and fix
people's teeth, but I wear jeans and boots, and I haven't had one of
those "doctor suits" since I got out of dental school. (Worst
professional image on the planet.)
My webbybox doesn't seem to work on that hyperlink, but I'll see
what I can come up with. Dental Xray film is pretty much just a fast
orthochromatic film so that it takes a low dose of radiation to expose
it, and it can be opened under a red light, like photographic printing
paper. I used to use sheets of dental film in old glass plate cameras
just to play with 'em. I'd think if there's a buck to be made, LED
safelights should be available to regular photographers with darkrooms.
? .
Marty

My webbybox doesn't seem to work on that hyperlink, but I'll see
what I can come up with. Dental Xray film is pretty much just a fast
orthochromatic film so that it takes a low dose of radiation to expose
it, and it can be opened under a red light, like photographic printing
paper. I used to use sheets of dental film in old glass plate cameras
just to play with 'em. I'd think if there's a buck to be made, LED
safelights should be available to regular photographers with darkrooms.
? .
Marty

Right; but those are orange and not as night-vision-preserving. Orange LED
safelights have been around for a while. The red one caught my eye because
of its usefulness in observatories.