slide projector

[dxphoto]

Can any one recommend a nice slide projector for home use? Thanks a lot.

 

[Chaska]

Any of the Kodak carousels are nice. If you work for a company with an established marketing department, check and see if they have any laying around unused. I picked up 2 new Ektagraphics just for asking, no one hired within the last 5 years knew what they needed them for and just wanted to clear the space. Beyond that on eBay the defunct brands tend to be cheaper that Kodaks, try Ansco, Bell and Howell, etc.

 

[htmlguru4242]

The Kodak slide projectors (Carousel and Ektagraphics) are very nice. I don't personally own one, but I used to borrow them from my high school (I was the only person who ever used them). Excellent projectors.

There are alot of these banging around from businesses and schools who no longer use them; if you know where to look, I'd bet that you could find some for free or damn close.

 

[Ole]

Mine is actually a Leica, which like other Leica stuff is very good. unlike other Leica stuff, it's also very cheap, even new.

PS: I moved the thread.

 

[Jim Jones]

Kodak Carousel and Ektagraphic projectors are usually quite cheap in thrift shops and live auctions. Always check the bulb before buying -- a replacement may cost more than the projector. Other types of enlargers often use trays and other accessories that are more difficult to acquire.

 

[Craig]

I've got a Leica Pradovit color autofucus I'm looking sell, since I bought another Leica. Drop me a PM if you're interested.

Naturally, I'm biased, but I've had both Ektagraphics and the Leica, and the difference in quality between the Leica and Kodak lenses is amazing. In comparison to teh leica, the Kodak is a coke bottle bottom. The slides were much crisper, contrastier, and better colour.

Can any one recommend a nice slide projector for home use? Thanks a lot.

 

[Sanjay Sen]

I have a Leica projector for 35mm slides and it's quite good. I got it off the auction site for a fairly decent price in good condition. For 6x6 slides I got an Ansco, but it heats up the slides (anti-newton glass mounted) and so I don't use this projector. I got the Ansco, also off the auction site, for twenty-something dollars.

 

[Chan Tran]

The Kodak carrousel has lots of features. The Ektagraphic usually has less features but is better built. The best ones are the Ektapro which are newer but ebay prices could be high.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

One of the most important things to consider, at this late stage of slide projector life, is the availability of slide trays. Probably there are more Kodak Carousel trays available than any other brand, as this was the industry standard for projectors in the USA for many decades. Also, Kodak made a stack loader that goes in place of the tray, and it allows you to project a stack of loose slides without putting them in a tray. You can also find third-party high quality projection lenses for just about any projecting application you might have, in addition to the standard Kodak lenses. There were also dissolve units to control a pair of projectors to dissolve between slides, synchronizers to sync an audio-tape narration to the slide show, etc. A complete system. The Carousel/Ektagraphic line of projectors were made for so many years that in the beginning they came with high-wattage tungsten bulbs that generated a ton of heat, later they were replaced with lower-wattage quartz integral reflector bulbs that gave the same amount of light output with less watts and less heat. It would be best to make sure your potential purchase is new enough to have the more modern bulb type. While camera stores sell projector bulbs at enormous prices, there are on-line bulb vendors that have much more reasonable prices.

 

[Ole]

On this side of the Atlantic there are far more of the straighe trays for leitz pradovit and similar projectors. They also take up less space in storage, especially the compact types (GePe, Hama, AGFA and others).

But still the most important (to me) feature of the Leitz / Leica projector is clarity.

 

[Wendel4]

Vivitar projectors with the vertically mounted slide wheel work decently as well. There are tons of trays avalible for it both used and new, and replacement projector bulbs are super cheap. On the downside, you're stuck with the built in lens, which is sort of so-so.