What to do with old Leitz Prado projector?

Paula G · Oct 27, 2025

Hi. I inherited a beautiful Leitz Prado projector, from around 1954, for slides and microscope slides. Really good condition, and still works. Two lenses, a Leitz Wetzlar Colorplan 90mm f/2.5 and a Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 50mm f/2.8.
I called Leica and they have no ideas. Surely there's a Leica nerd somewhere who wants this! Museum suggestions? I was able to make a nice photo with it, but now it needs a good home! (I also have an old Revere 553 slide projector in original box, with 2 rectangular slide trays.)

Don_ih · Oct 27, 2025

Facebook marketplace or ebay. People will but it for the lenses, probably. It's not the most convenient thing for projecting slides - and not many people project slides, anymore. I wouldn't expect to get a lot of money for it.

Paula G · Oct 27, 2025

Thanks. I tried that, figuring the lenses would be a draw. Maybe a museum? There is the "pradoseum", http://www.pradoseum.eu/englisch-version/index-en.html, but they already have one! I just don't want to throw it out...

Don_ih · Oct 28, 2025

Well, there's no reason to throw it out. It can be given to Goodwill or given away on here, for example. It can take a while for something unusual to sell on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist. There are people who would want that, but they don't search for it every day.

koraks · Oct 28, 2025

Don_ih said:
or given away on here

@Paula G if you want this, then we'll happily move your post to the Classifieds section and attach a "Free" tag to it.

MattKing · Oct 28, 2025

FWIW, we have no difficulty with "Free" meaning "Free for pick-up" or "Free - recipient pays the shipping and packaging".

Chan Tran · Oct 28, 2025

Do whatever don't throw it away.

Paula G · Oct 28, 2025

Don_ih said:
Well, there's no reason to throw it out. It can be given to Goodwill or given away on here, for example. It can take a while for something unusual to sell on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist. There are people who would want that, but they don't search for it every day.

Thanks, of course I won't literally toss it. I may try some prop houses here in LA, I also have our old Revere projector, that used rectangular slide trays.

Paula G · Oct 28, 2025

Chan Tran said:
Do whatever don't throw it away.

I promise it won't go in the trash!

Paula G · Oct 28, 2025

MattKing said:
FWIW, we have no difficulty with "Free" meaning "Free for pick-up" or "Free - recipient pays the shipping and packaging".

Thanks, this is a good idea. I will post it there...and maybe ask a little for my packing-up time.

koraks · Oct 28, 2025

Paula G said:
Thanks, this is a good idea. I will post it there...and maybe ask a little for my packing-up time.

If you do want to offer it in the Classifieds, please consider this:

You want to give some stuff away for free
Sometimes, you just have some leftover stuff and instead of (or before) carting it away to the junkyard, you consider offering it to anyone who might have a good use for it. We consider this a service to the community and as such, we would like to facilitate this within reasonable limits. To make this possible, we suggest you do the following:

Navigate to the Lounge subforum

Post a thread the same way you would post a regular ad, i.e. describe the item, provide information about pickup/shipping etc. See the hints above about what to include in an ad.

Now use the 'Report' function on the thread you've just made. The 'Report' link appears at the bottom left of your post. In the text box that appears ('Report reason'), indicate that you want your post to be treated as an ad for a free item.

We evaluate your request and if we feel it's appropriate, we will then move your post to the Classifieds and tag it as 'Free'. From here, it will function the same as any other ad.

If you try to post in the Classifieds, you will receive an error since you don't have a Subscriber account. As outlined in the quote above, we will happily move an offer to the Classifieds under the conditions outlined - if you want to give back to the community, we'd love to help out!

Paula G · Oct 28, 2025

koraks said:
If you do want to offer it in the Classifieds, please consider this:

If you try to post in the Classifieds, you will receive an error since you don't have a Subscriber account. As outlined in the quote above, we will happily move an offer to the Classifieds under the conditions outlined - if you want to give back to the community, we'd love to help out!

Thanks so much! I just finished reading the how-to post. I think I will try another week or two on Craigslist/Marketplace, then post it here for free. Someone may want it for Christmas...

koraks · Oct 28, 2025

Perfect, sounds good!

Paula G · Nov 5, 2025

Hello! I want to thank you for your encouragement for sticking with waiting for a good home for my projector. I just sold it to a local collector.
I'll keep you posted about the old Revere...Thanks again!

koraks · Nov 6, 2025

Excellent, that's great news!

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