Aristo Cold Light Darkroom Enlarging Light - $25 (Ledgewood, Roxbury)

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Aristo Cold light enlarging head for fine art black and white darkroom. This is an Aristo B-67, for medium format, and while it seems to be for a 6x7 negative, the active light diffused area is 92 mm square, so it should cover a 6 x 9. This includes, for just $25, a working cold head light with the transformer switching unit and the temperature warming cord, which allows the unit to remain consistent in brightness once it is warmed up. Includes adapter for use on Beseler 67 or Omega C-67, also includes 92mm Square White Diffuser panel, still wrapped, new. If using a different Enlarger, you may have to make a mask of black cardboard to fit. These lights usually sell for about $150, Google it and see.

For 10 years I did medium format black and white fine art photography, and had several gallery shows in North Jersey using my old cold light which I sold several years ago. See photos, this one was in plastic and unused until I tested it to see if it should be sold. A cold light gives you much smoother tone
and gradual separation of gray tones compared to an incandescent light on top of a condenser head. When I first started darkroom I used a condenser head and always had to fight to keep the contrast controllable, with a cold light and graded paper the result was beautiful, I used Ilford Gallerie and other
similar papers.

This is only being sold for the low giveaway price of $25. If replacing big Glass condensers, You remove the glass condensers and place this cold light head unit as close to the negative as possible.

I found this statement on the web from a guy currently using a cold light:
In general, I don't think you can go wrong with using a diffusion head. It's a lot easier to add back contrast than take it away, and they are more tolerant of dust and other issues on your negatives. If your darkroom isn't a clean room, that can be a big deal(although printing is a LOT more tolerant of dust than scanning).

My name is Mark, I'm in the Ledgewood Roxbury Township area of Morris County.

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posted: 2025-12-21 22:57

updated: 2026-04-15 19:57

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