enlarger
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- noun
- /ɪnˈlɑrdʒər/
- Specialized
- The photographer carefully adjusted the settings on the enlarger to produce a larger image from the negative.
- camera and enlarger
- enlarger with the negative
- condenser enlarger
Examples
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The first piece of equipment needed is an enlarger; any enlarger will do.
Academic text (1995) -
A view camera, film, and an enlarger work essentially the same as they always have.
Academic text (2004) -
If you get a 4 x 5 enlarger, you will still be able to use these lenses.
Academic text (1997) -
In the kitchen section, a mass of photographic equipment includes an enlarger on the table and a flash camera.
Fiction book (1992) -
To guide you in printing on the enlarger, I find an exposure of f32 at about 2 seconds is perfect.
Academic text (1999) -
Photo 3 shows an old, but again functional, 4 x 5 condenser enlarger.
Academic text (1997) -
The 35mm slide is laid on the mask on the enlarger head.
Academic text (2003) -
I use an Omega color enlarger with a dichroic head.
Academic text (1999) -
The exposure was made by the enlarger (without a negative in the carrier) for three seconds at f/8.
Academic text (1994) -
New 4x5 enlargers start at about a grand for the chassis and a head.
Academic text (1997)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word enlarger comes from the parts en- 'make', large 'big', and -er 'one who' or 'thing that does'. So an enlarger is literally a device that 'makes things bigger', which fits the darkroom machine used to make larger photographic prints.