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Which enlarger is this?

logan2z

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In Robert Adams's book 'Around the House' there are three photos of his darkroom. One of them shows his enlarger and I'm curious which model it is. It appears to be an Omega of some sort - maybe a D2 - but I'm not sure. Does anyone recognize it?

 
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It's a D, most likely a D2, with standard condenser with what looks to be a 135 to 162 lens cone.
 
I agree. I had one many years ago. I liked many things about it and it seemed well made. It would "dance" a bit in the grain focuser and I learned to be patient before hitting the exposure to let it settle a bit.
 
Look again, it has the variable condenser housing.
 
It's got the variable condenser drawer, too. Looks very familiar, I've got one much like this in my darkroom.
 
I think it's assembled wrong. The cylindrical fixed condenser housing should be above the variable condenser drawer. Transpose that, and it'll look just like my D2V once I get the condenser lamp house back on it.
 
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