I found this machine and I don't know what it is.. Super Chromega D Dichroic II

bmeadMRC · Oct 21, 2014

Hi guys,

I'm new to this forum as you can tell this is my first post here. I work for an electronics recycling facility and we do exactly that, recycle old electronics. We are often given old electronics that people have no need for, or we buy estates and try to resell the items that we can find value in. So, the reason I have come to this site is because I found a link on Google in this same thread about this item I have. It is a Super Chromega D Dichroic II. I can't find one similar to it anywhere online. My goal is to sell this (on eBay), but I have no idea what it is or what it does. I realize that in order to list something for sale on this site it is against the policy and requires a subscription, and that is not my goal here. I'm simply looking for some information as to how to list it.. is it valuable? How much do you think it is worth? I have powered it on, and it seems to work, but I don't have a clue as to what I'm doing. Any information you can give me on this item would be greatly appreciated. Here are some photos of this thing:

Rick A · Oct 21, 2014

Ship it to me immediately, it is radioactive and I am the only licensed disposal unit on the NA continent. Harboring the offending unit may(and usually does) cause extreme financial distress supplying paper and chemicals to operate.

snapguy · Oct 21, 2014

appears

It appears that you have an enlarger to make traditional prints from film negatives. It is difficult from the photos to tell where your gizmo begins and ends. There is a big blue thing on the bottom and a black thing on top of it. I assume these are not parts of the enlarger but other items used to make the photo prints or to make copy negatives or to calibrate the film to get the proper exposure. You may have three gizmos, not one.

TheFlyingCamera · Oct 21, 2014

It's an enlarger of sorts; specifically, it's a negative/slide duplicator made for copying 4x5 originals. The original would go on the bottom, and you would adjust the light intensity and color balance via the blue bottom box, and then use the head to zoom/crop in on the original.

bmeadMRC · Oct 21, 2014

Hey thanks for the info guys. So, it looks like this item is headed to the scrap facility.. no apparent value.

snapguy · Oct 21, 2014

kill

Most folks wouldn't have much use for the gizmos but there might be one or two who would drool over it. Like everything else it is worth what you can get for it.

KennyMark · Oct 21, 2014

Another loss of quality gear because it appears to not have value to the owner. <sigh>

swchris · Oct 21, 2014

Maybe just put it up on Ebay and see what you get for it?

Where are you located?

bmeadMRC · Oct 21, 2014

Well, don't get me wrong guys.. I don't have to scrap this thing.. I'd love to find a new home for it. That is in fact my job, finding new homes for equipment like this. I am located just south of St. Louis, Missouri. If anyone wants this item, please, help me help you. If I scrap it, it is worth 12 cents per pound. I may just try to put it up on eBay, but it's the shipping that I don't think anyone wants to pay. Please don't hate me, I am not the one who threw this thing away, I'm the one who's trying to salvage it .

Old-N-Feeble · Oct 21, 2014

That definitely has value but the cost and hassle of freight is the killer. Perhaps you could try craigslist... customer pickup only. Or you could try eBay regional/local listing... customer pickup.

winger · Oct 21, 2014

TheFlyingCamera said:
It's an enlarger of sorts; specifically, it's a negative/slide duplicator made for copying 4x5 originals. The original would go on the bottom, and you would adjust the light intensity and color balance via the blue bottom box, and then use the head to zoom/crop in on the original.

Could it be used to make 4x5 negatives from 35mm slides? I won't touch the overkill question.

I'm "only" 6 hours away.

Old-N-Feeble · Oct 21, 2014

winger said:
Could it be used to make 4x5 negatives from 35mm slides? I won't touch the overkill question.

I'm "only" 6 hours away.

It seems perfectly feasible that you could use this machine to make 4x5 internegatives from 135 format transparencies... or color separation negs... or 135 format transparencies from 4x5 transparencies, etc. I don't know if the proper film emulsions are still available though.

RPC · Oct 21, 2014

The middle unit labeled "Super Chromega D Dichroic II" is of course a colorhead for the Omega D series enlargers, here apparantly being used as a color light source for slide/negative duplicating.

ic-racer · Oct 21, 2014

RPC said:
The middle unit labeled "Super Chromega D Dichroic II" is of course a colorhead for the Omega D series enlargers, here apparantly being used as a color light source for slide/negative duplicating.

That part should be removed prior to going to the scrap heap. That is one of the best heads for 4x5 enlarging and it still has the 4 thumbscrews to mount it on a D5 chassis. I wonder if the power supply for it is in the lower part of the machine.

bmeadMRC · Oct 21, 2014

Here are a few more photos for you guys.

Photo Engineer · Oct 21, 2014

On the side, upside down and sideways, is the word CHROMEGA. It appears to be a large scale version of their family of enlargers.

It is probably of use to a photofinisher.

PE

David A. Goldfarb · Oct 21, 2014

So looking around a bit, this seems to be a Chroma Pro film duplicator made by Magnum Sickles Industries. Apparantly there were various versions, and they could be set up to use different camera bodies, though this one looks like it has a dedicated camera unit on the top for shooting long rolls of 35mm film (you can see the film at the top of the device in photo #4 in the first post), such as might be used in a lab or an institution like an archive or a library. Some seem to use a Chromega enlarger head as a light source, and some have their own built-in light source.

Google "sickles duplicator" for more info.

Wayne · Oct 21, 2014

I want one.

ww12345 · Oct 21, 2014

How much does it weigh?

bmeadMRC · Oct 22, 2014

This machine was weighed this morning. It's 106 pounds (not including boxing and/or pallet).

bmeadMRC · Oct 23, 2014

I have decided to go ahead and list this thing on eBay. Feel free to take a look or make an offer

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Omeg...II-4x5-Enlarger-Duplicator-Used-/331354368075

trythis · Oct 23, 2014

Thanks for doing all the research and making a go at saving this thing! --- whatever it is. (just kidding)
Good luck

AgX · Oct 24, 2014

Most interesting I find that swing-in loupe at the camera stage. And that mirror at the lighting stage.

The term "4x5 enlarger" in the ad is wrong though.

Trask · Oct 24, 2014

If only the electronics section were full of Western Electric 300B vacuum tubes...

M Carter · Oct 24, 2014

...or vintage 12AX7s...

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