omega Condensor or Dichroic

[MichaelGJ47]

G,Day All

I am just getting back into large format photography(40year Break) and I have a couple of questions.I have taken my old speed graphic out of storage and have picked up a nice Nikon lens to go with my older lens.I have a 6x7 back that I used on the 4x5, my enlarger then was a bessler 23 so I did not do much 4x5 .Recently I found a mint 4x5 Omega D5 Chomega D, and a beautiful Linhof 5x7 camera..My question is my Bessler was condenser enlarger this enlarger has this color head and bunch of boxes with different light multipliers . Can I do quality work with this head or should I look for a Condenser head. This came with a turret with 3 lenses and the 4x5 lens is a omega lens but years ago picked up a Nikon 150 f5.6 lens but it looks like it is too big to fit the mount ,is there any way to use it.
Thanks
Michael

[ic-racer]

You might need this, depending on the thread size of the 150mm.

[MichaelGJ47]

Thank you that looks like it will do the trick

[Drew Wiley]

A handful of folks might object to what I'm about to say, but if you already have a colorhead, why would you want to go back to an Amish horse n buggy?

[MichaelGJ47]

I have never used a colour head all my experience is with B&W type. If a colour head will work as well I will use it. I have not had a chance to try it as I am still a week or two away from finishing my new Darkroom.

[David Schaller]

I have that enlarger, and it’s a pleasure to use. You can dial in the contrast using the Y and M in the same way you would have used filters in the past, but you can easily get in between values, which is often useful.

[Drew Wiley]

Mine finally wore out after many years of hard use. I often used it for black and white printing when my bigger more powerful colorheads were tied up for actual color printing. I did all kinds of graded as well as VC printing with it. Really easy to use.

[MichaelGJ47]

Thanks Guys That is Good news