Automega refers to Omega's line of "autofocus" enlargers. Have a look here for a good overview of the Omega product line: http://www.khbphotografix.com/omega/index.html .
If it's a 5x7 enlarger, it's probably an E3 or E5 (other smaller models include the D3, D4, B3, B5, B7, B9). I got an E3 myself (it's sitting in a corner collecting dust). The autofocus enlargers are only good if they come with lenses and the lens specific cams, otherwise stay away. The cams have to be custom made for each lens. Most of the "autofocus" Omegas only offer insufficient manual focus overides. What head came with the enlarger? A UFO shaped head would be a somewhat crude coldlight head (using regular 10$ bathroom type circular fluorescent tubes).
That place must be a treasure trove - I would love to get my hands onto the Century 8x10 studio camera or some old hot lights.
Chris
Chris,
This fellow would love to talk to you. He has some huge lights. One of the bulbs is a 1000 W bulb (which I believe is blown and would need replacing). He has 5 of these big lights. One of them has a cord which plugs into the camera.
And yes, it was a treasure trove. I was going through things for about 5 hours.
Diane
That's the "Omegalite" coldlight head; crude but low maintenance (see my other post). It's basically nothing more than an ordinary fluorescent tube with the ballast mounted on top of the housing. Should be OK with graded paper, but doesn't work with multigrade papers (unless one wants to experiment with a custom made set of filters). Has no practical way of controlling the lamp warmup etc.The enlarger has a UFO shaped thing on the top with a handle that lifts it up to put in the neg holders.
Wow, sounds like some seriously cool stuff (I'm a sucker for old/antique working gear). Sounds like the fellows lights are hot lights rather than flash. LOL, if I wouldn't live so far away, I would probably drool over them, as I'm in the market for a few more lights right now.
That's the "Omegalite" coldlight head; crude but low maintenance (see my other post). It's basically nothing more than an ordinary fluorescent tube with the ballast mounted on top of the housing. Should be OK with graded paper, but doesn't work with multigrade papers (unless one wants to experiment with a custom made set of filters). Has no practical way of controlling the lamp warmup etc.
The enlarger itself only makes sense when being sold/purchased together WITH a lens and mating cam, otherwise it isn't even worth 10$. Back in the days, one would send the enlarger lens to Simmon-Omega for getting a cam cut (each lens required it's own cam). To comlicate matters, some lenses required cones to make things work. My E3 came with three cams and mated lenses.
Chris
From this description, it sounds like there are a few of these metal cones (if you call a square thing a cone, and the lenses mounted on a circular piece of metal (is this a cam?) onto the cone.
He also had two sets of Kodak Polycontrast Filter Kits, Model A.
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