Omega D2 (with Variable Condenser) question

[mikebarger]

Hi guys, is this auction for an adjustable cone???

http://cgi.ebay.com/Simmon-Omega-Aux...QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks

Mike

[John Koehrer]

Possibly used for making reductions/small prints?

[argus]

Murray et al,

I have some cones and condensors lying around that I saved before trashing my wrecked DII. Maybe you can do something with those?

Shipping to the US will not be cheap: heavy glass!

Greetings,
G

[Phillip P. Dimor]

I've used an omega auxillary bellows before for this purprose. It works well if you can find it. I found mine for $5 at a camera store but honestly i'm not sure if it's omega D or beseler. I just found a way to 'make it fit'. Used two pieces of plastic with screws to hold it in.

I've seen homemade ones with a quaker oats can, pvc pipe painted black, even a wooden box. The trick is finding a way to attach it to a flat lensboard.

[Phillip P. Dimor]

sorry, that's the aux. bellows. I didn't have the cone on mine but found a way 'to make it fit'.

[laverdure]

I notice the illumination levels changing all over the place. Sometimes, also, a semi-circular wavy ring pattern appears, reminiscent of the corrugated metal spacer between the two condenser lenses. Any ideas?

Turns out it was just wild misalignment. What a pain to realign these things are!

[Will S]

Turns out it was just wild misalignment. What a pain to realign these things are!

Harry sells a set of instructions and a tool over at classic-enlargers.com. It is exceedingly complicated to get it right if you don't know the order to go in and how each adjustment works. I normally just figure out stuff like this by trial and error, but D2V proved impossible for me to get right quickly, so I ordered the instructions. Very, very helpful.

Thanks,

Will

[laverdure]

Will-

Thanks. Luckily, I had a couple days free and so managed to figure it out.