Darkroom

Re: Omega B22

I had one of these many years back and liked many features of it. I
recall liking the negative holder system better than the Beseler type
that I now use. The beam seems sturdy at first glance, but you'll
find that you need to wait a few seconds for vibrations to stop after
touching anything on the head. It helped greatly to connect the top
of the column to the wall with a small turnbuckle arrangement. Also,
see if you can locate the manual and assure that the condensers are
installed correctly. I recall seeing these in a school darkroom with
odd light patterns and it was traced to incorrect condenser
insertions. You'll enjoy your new acquisition, I predict!

On 27 Jun 2006 23:30:47 -0700, kjeskey@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi everyone, I just purchased an Omega B22 enlarger at a garage sale.
>Amazingly, everything (lens, bellows, condenser, lamphouse, etc...) is
>in great condition. I plugged it in and the bulb still worked as well.
>Anyways, it is missing a few small pieces like the negative carrier and
>vc filter holder. Does anyone know where I can find some reasonably
>priced parts for this thing? I found one place online, but they wanted
>like $70 for just a 35mm glassless negative carrier. Thanks for any
>tips in advance.

Craig Schroeder
craig nospam craigschroeder com

Article References :

Omega B22

See Also : Re: Opemus enlarger--Help

"f/256" wrote in message
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>
> "pmrick" wrote in message
> news:1110510367.869aea3c0f2f9c7761d0e70952ee802b@teranews...
> >
> > My son purchased an enlarger off of E-bay. Its an Opemus III. He's an
> > eager young photo enthusiast and is trying to set up his darkroom. When
> > you turn the enlarger on, there is only a small "circular" light on the
> > board, completely out of focus, and very "unintense".
>
> Your enlarger must have at least 2 knobs, one that moves the whole
enlarger
> head up and down (this changes the enlargement factor) and the other that
> moves the enlarger lens stage closer of farther from the negative stage
> (this focuses the projected image)
>
> > Is there something missing? How do you go from a bulb, through the
> > rectangular negative carrier, then through a circular lense to expose a
> > rectangular print paper.
>
> See this image http://tinyurl.com/6ktw4 You may be missing the 2
> condenser lenses inside the lamp housing. If so, you may want to contact
> http://www.meopta.co.uk/index.html to purchase them. With out them, your
> exposure times may be very long and the light impinging on the negative
not
> that even.
>
> > There is a tray that pulls out from the upper light housing that's
> > empty. Is it suppose to hold some kind of lense? It looks like it was
> > intended to hold something.
>
> It is probably the filter tray, when you print with variable contrast
> papers, you need to purchase a set of VC filters and place the one you
want
> to use in that tray.
>
> Go to your nearest library and start reading.
>
> This is the -not that good- manual of the Opemus 6
> http://www.meopta.co.uk/opemusmanual.html
> it may be very similar to your enlarger, youmay want to read it.
>
> Guillermo
>
>
The OP does, in fact, have a lens installed at the bottom of the bellows?

Ken Hart