Projecting 6x9 transparencies?

[cdholden]

There is a current listing for 11 of these machines on Ebay in the US:

11 Beseler Slide Kings

It is item number 7593363350.

I wish I would have caught this thread a few weeks ago. Atlanta is only 3-4 hours from me.
Here's an individual: item #Dead Link Removed
-chris

 

[Sanjay Sen]

I finally got around to the Slide King today. It's in very good condition - cosmetically and functionally. Everything is as David described - which figures since these two seem to be the same thing. The one I got came with a 12.5" E.F. Series III lens and this seems adequate for my present purposes. However, the lens has a little dust inside, and a small air bubble!

The projector came with two DDB 750W bulbs - one in the holder and a spare. The slide carrier holds 3.25"x4" mounts. The main task now is to get slide mounts in this size, or get a different slide carrier.

Please let me know if the shorter lens and the 2-1/4" square slides work out for you.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

The 10" lens is definitely an improvement over the 15.5" for viewing in a small room.

The 2-1/4" holder I have seems to have been modified for 85mm square mounts (Gepe 6x7 mounts), but the gate is still sized for 6x6, I think. I'll try a couple of mounts, and see how it works, and maybe get another one that hasn't been modified.

 

[Sanjay Sen]

The 10" lens is definitely an improvement over the 15.5" for viewing in a small room.

The 2-1/4" holder I have seems to have been modified for 85mm square mounts (Gepe 6x7 mounts), but the gate is still sized for 6x6, I think. I'll try a couple of mounts, and see how it works, and maybe get another one that hasn't been modified.

Last week I got a bunch of lenses from eBay which included a Beseler 10" (E.F. Series III) and a couple of 6.5" (E.F.) lenses. The one that came with the projector is a 12.5". The 6.5" is too short and the projector does not focus even with minimum bellows extension. You can have one of the 6.5" if you want to play around with (not the cleanest lenses I have seen, though) - just let me know.

Did you have any luck with the mounts?

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Sanjay--sure I'd be interested in experimenting with a 6.5" to see if it can work on my projector. Thanks for the offer. There were two models of Slide King, I think, so maybe it might work.

I haven't had a chance to go down to B&H to pick up the Gepe mounts to experiment with. I'll post here if I find anything interesting.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Sanjay--Thanks for the 6.5"! It arrived and it fits the same mounting collar as my 10" lens, so I was able to mount it, and it does focus and covers the full lantern slide format. For projection at home, I think this will be my main lens, since I don't have much room to move the projector back from the screen. It's got some fungus, but the external surfaces cleaned up easily with some Kodak lens cleaner, so I'm hoping the same will work on the internal surfaces when I take it apart.

I'm not sure why it wouldn't focus on your projector. Check these things--

--The lens should be mounted with the lettering toward the screen.

--The focus track can be extended or shortened by loosening the two knobs under the focusing carriage (you may need to move the front standard backward or forward to make room for adjustment. If you need to move the front standard out farther, just pull out the track, and to make it shorter, you can push it in.

--If you've got the focus track already at the minimum range and need to push the lens back even more, remove the lens mounting collar by loosening the knob on top of the front standard, and then there is a set screw on the bottom of the collar that you can loosen to change lenses or move the lens forward or backward in the mount. One turn or even less should be enough to loosen the screw.