Omega is the name of various
medium-format
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camera
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s and
enlarger
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Construction
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s. The Simmon Brothers, known for their line of enlargers, built the original Simmon Omega cameras in the
United States
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. These rangefinder cameras took 6x7cm photographs on 120
roll film
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. Later,
Konica
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manufactured the Koni Omega line. The last models, including the Rapid Omega 200, came from
Mamiya
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. This line had interchangeable
lens
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es, including a 58 (or 60) mm
wide-angle Wide angle may refer to:
* Wide-angle lens, type of camera lens
* ''Wide Angle'' (TV series), television series
* ''Wide Angle'', 1999 album by Hybrid
* ''Wide Angles'', 2003 album by Michael Brecker
* Wide-angle X-ray scattering
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, a 90 mm normal lens, a 135 mm
portrait
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lens, and a 180 mm
telephoto
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. A close-up adapter was popular with
wedding
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photographers.
Another line, the Omegaflex, was a twin-lens reflex camera. Its lenses and accessories were not interchangeable with those from the Omega line. The Omegaflex took 6x7 rectangular pictures on 120 roll film.
Backs: The Omegaflex film holder interchanges with the Omega M, 100 (Press 2 in Japan) and 200, and permits mid-roll changes on the Omegaflex, M, and 200. The earlier Koni Omega Rapid (Press in Japan) film holder is not compatible with the above, and does not permit mid-roll changes.
References
120 film cameras
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