Aldis Medium Format projectors?

[tomfrh]

Could someone tell me if these old Aldis projectors are any good for projecting the occasional medium format slide?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aldis-Sti...item339d108a8b

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Slide-Pro...item418fdce0a5

How would these be compared to a Rollei 66 or similar?

 

[snapguy]

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I'm not familiar with that brand but I do wonder what could go wrong with one of them. Seems to me to be a pretty simple machine. Biggest problem I would think is to get the right bulbs. Good luck.

 

[Alex Muir]

The first one might be MF, but the pair are not. This make is seen a lot in the UK, and I believe they were used a lot in schools and colleges. They are quite old, however, and bulbs could well be an issue. I wanted a projector for MF, and bought a Kindermann. It is really good, and cheaper than Rollei. I don't know if they're available where you are, but worth a look if you can find one.
Alex.

 

[John Koehrer]

The picture of the pair shows two sizes of mount. So, 6X6 & 2X2. The ones closest to the projector are 6X6.

 

[benjiboy]

I would advise you to avoid them and walk away for three reasons (1)They use the old tungsten valve based lamps that if they are still obtainable are as orange as hell and distort the colour values of you're slides,(2)They leak light like crazy (3) They don't have fan cooling and get very hot and if you leave you're slide on the screen too long you can watch it fry and go brown.
I would suggest you look at more modern machines with Quartz Iodine lamps that offer Illumination much closer to the colour temperature of daylight, a heat filter and fan cooling some of the more reasonably priced 6X6 projectors these days are made by Kinderman or Liesegang, although any decent M/F projectors aren't cheap.


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