Brand
Used Omega enlargers
Omega started with three brothers. In 1935 Fred Simmon talked Rudolph and Alfred into building an American enlarger for the Leica and Contax owners of the day, and Alfred, then a Westinghouse engineer, drew it up at night and on weekends. Simmon Bros. of Long Island City sold its first enlargers in the spring of 1936, and the Omega B of 1937 made the company. The 4x5 Model D followed in 1939 and the D-II in 1941, and a war's worth of Army and Navy darkroom work meant thousands of returning servicemen already knew how to print on one. By 1964 Simmon-Omega was a division of Berkey Photo, which added the D5, C760 and D5500. After Berkey's bankruptcy in the late 1980s the name passed to RT/Omega, Omega/Arkay, OmegaSatter in 1995 and OmegaBrandess in 2010, and production quietly stopped around 2014 after more than 75 years. Omega enlargers are easy to spot by the slanted column, and parts are still easy to find because so many were made.
7 models we cover.
Omega
Medium formatOmega B22
- Largest negative
- Up to 6x6 cm
- Made
- 1962–1974
- Light source
- Condenser
$270–$370 typical ask
9 on eBay
Omega
Medium formatOmega B600
- Largest negative
- Up to 6x6 cm
- Made
- 1976–1979
- Light source
- Condenser
$210–$410 typical ask
8 on eBay
Omega
Medium formatOmega C760
- Largest negative
- Up to 6x7 cm
- Made
- 1980–1999
- Light source
- Dichroic color
$400–$400 typical ask
3 on eBay
Omega
Large formatOmega D2
- Largest negative
- Up to 4x5 in
- Made
- 1955–1979
- Light source
- Condenser
$350–$550 typical ask
8 on eBay
Omega
Large formatOmega D5
- Largest negative
- Up to 4x5 in
- Made
- 1975–2014
- Light source
- Condenser
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Omega
Large formatOmega D5XL
- Largest negative
- Up to 4x5 in
- Made
- 1975–2014
- Light source
- Condenser
$2,975–$3,000 typical ask
4 on eBay
Omega
Large formatOmega D5500
- Largest negative
- Up to 4x5 in
- Made
- 1982–1997
- Light source
- Dichroic color
$1,650–$3,425 typical ask
2 on eBay