It appears that the product line that is or was known as Aristo Cold Light is not going to appear again, at least as we once knew it, so I ask the question, if you have one what will you do when the bulb goes out, is not working correctly or is broken.
Aristo products covered many other applications besides photography, Illuminators for the medical and scientific fields among the few. What do you think they will do when they need a new bulb for one of their expensive units.
I personally don't think there will be a resurgence in the manufacturer of enlarger condensers entering the loop again as they were before cold light systems. LEDs seem to be above the affordability mark for the average photographer and homemade models are ad hoc setups that may work for one but not another.
Commentary: Will we turn to coloheads to replace cold light units for black and white printing or even further back to Ansel Adams with his former 36 incandescent lights behind opal diffusing glass purpose made unit from an old studio camera enlarger. It had a huge cooling fan to take out the large heat build up. In reality though there is a movement away from filament incandescent lighting so history will erase that from the list in the future, near or far.
Lastly, what will the enlarger of the future look like? Is there a future for new enlargers? Not in the gloom and doom aspect but as a practical problem that deals with changing technology.
Aristo products covered many other applications besides photography, Illuminators for the medical and scientific fields among the few. What do you think they will do when they need a new bulb for one of their expensive units.
I personally don't think there will be a resurgence in the manufacturer of enlarger condensers entering the loop again as they were before cold light systems. LEDs seem to be above the affordability mark for the average photographer and homemade models are ad hoc setups that may work for one but not another.
Commentary: Will we turn to coloheads to replace cold light units for black and white printing or even further back to Ansel Adams with his former 36 incandescent lights behind opal diffusing glass purpose made unit from an old studio camera enlarger. It had a huge cooling fan to take out the large heat build up. In reality though there is a movement away from filament incandescent lighting so history will erase that from the list in the future, near or far.
Lastly, what will the enlarger of the future look like? Is there a future for new enlargers? Not in the gloom and doom aspect but as a practical problem that deals with changing technology.
