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The B-9 and B-10 enlargers were specifically designed to provide a medium
format alternative to the Auto-Chromega D-4 color enlarger. No condenser
head was available for either of these models - just the Chromega B head
and the Omega-Sphere, which was a Chromega head without the filter
assembly, intended for black and white printing.
Initially, the
negative carriers were the same series used with the B-7/B-8 enlargers,
but subsequently new carriers were introduced, specifically for the color
enlargers, with white top plates and black anodized bottom plates.
Since a B-7 or
B-8 chassis could be purchased with a Chromega B or Omega-Sphere lamphouse for about the same price as a B-9 or B-10 enlarger, one
questions whether these models were necessary at all. The Chromega B head
and Omega-Spheres did not prove to be particularly popular, and within a
few years, the B-9 and B10 were withdrawn.
Used Advice: Since
the non-dichroic Chromega lamphouses are considered obsolete, the B-9 and
B-10s would only be practical as diffusion enlargers for black and white
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