single-slide projectors

[1L6E6VHF]

One of my favorites is the Argus 300, from the mid-1950s, the second slide projector I ever owned. It is found in two varieties - a narrow model and a wider "Automatic" model that came with a detachable Airequipt metal magazine changer branded as Argus. These are both two-tone green in color.

The nice feature of this model is its "rotary" slide carrier, a clever design. You hold a slide in front of you, using the projector's light on the screen as a viewing light. Hold the slide so it looks exactly at you expect to see the image (right-side-up, emulsion side facing away from you toward the screen) and insert the slide right-side up into the carrier. Then turn the carrier clockwise 180º (you will see a little arrow reminding you to do that), and the image appears right-side up on the screen (because turning the carrier 180º also turned the slide upside-down). Turning the carrier 180º has now presented an empty slot at the top. Insert the next slide and turn the carrier 180º to see the next slide, and pull the first slide out of the top (you don't have to "fish" the slide out of the carrier because a plastic eccentric has pushed it part way out).

If buying one, be sure that the carrier is with the projector. It is often found in its special space on the inside wall of the top cover, held in by a strap with a snap fastener.

These are reasonably bright, reasonably quiet, and, best of all very plentiful. I know of no model of projector I have seen more of at garage sales and second-hand stores (then again, I live not far from Ann Arbor, where they were made).

The bulbs (CLS, 300 watt) are also very plentiful on internet auction and resale sites.

 

[Bill Burk]

Nice story silveror0...

I have a few different setups, all cobbled together from parts. I took an 8-track splice sensor and mounted it on my AX-300 reel-to-reel and used metallic tape to trigger slide changes, so I could maintain stereo sound.

In another setup, I made a changing trigger that could sense tones on tape, and hooked it up with a portable Panasonic stereo cassette recorder... I use one channel for tone and the other channel for soundtrack in mono... then I have a similar tape on the reel-to-reel that I would hook up to the sound system for show... While I would listen to the headphones to the cassette and hit pause every once in a while if it lost sync with the show on tape.

p.s. Anyone have a changing mechanism for a Kodak 500 projector?

 

[mgb74]

I had a table top unit that folded up and had a built in 8x12 screen. Not great for serious viewing.

If you hunt around antique/vintage stores, you should be about to find an older, single slide projection unit. But I'd be careful about bulb availability.

 

[Whiteymorange]

available projectors

I have over almost a dozen slide projectors available for free. They range from a Rollei, or Leitz at the top end (name recognition, that is) to some really very old models by american companies I hadn't heard of before. I also have access to extra bulbs for many projectors. If you are in the New England area and want something- contact me and we'll see if we have something for you. I need to clear this stuff out and I don't like to bring it to the dump. Most, if not all, are 35mm only. There may be a dual format one or two, but I haven't checked.

I also have a number of OLD 8mm projectors. Any interest?

PM me for either.

 

[BetterSense]

I happen to also need a regular-8 projector. I bought a nice looking one but it uses an oddball lamp i doubt is available. I mean to hack it for an MR16 bulb, but I haven't been able to get around to it and I don’t think it will work anyway.