[net.consumers] Slide Projectors

wjm@lcuxc.UUCP (B. Mitchell) (02/26/85)

Frankly, your only choice is WHICH Kodak Carousel to get.  Not only does
Kodak provide their projectors with curved field lenses, which provide the
greatest fidelity for slides in cardboard or plastic mounts (non-curved
lenses are available for slides in glass mounts as well), but you can
get Kodak trays and accessories everywhere.  Consumer Reports gives the
Kodak units their recommendation as well.
I'm quite pleased with my 4400, which provides remote control advance and
focus and runs around $180 discounted.  You might want to step up to the
4600 which also provides auto-focus for about $220.  (There are also
less and more expensive models in the line, but I suspect most people
would find either the 4400 or 4600 most suitable for their needs.)
Regards,
Bill Mitchell (ihnp4!lcuxc!wjm)

ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (02/26/85)

The only slide projector worth considering is the Leitz RT-300.
It takes Carousel trays and Kodak's stack loader, and the sharpness
and brightness of the images on the screen is so far superior to
the Kodak machines as to be immediately apparent to the most
casual observer.  If you scan the ads of the NY discounters
you should be able to pick one up for $300-$350.

abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (abeles) (02/27/85)

> Frankly, your only choice is WHICH Kodak Carousel to get.  Not only does
> Kodak provide their projectors with curved field lenses, which provide the
> greatest fidelity for slides in cardboard or plastic mounts (non-curved
> lenses are available for slides in glass mounts as well), but you can
> get Kodak trays and accessories everywhere.  Consumer Reports gives the
> Kodak units their recommendation as well.
> I'm quite pleased with my 4400, which provides remote control advance and
> focus and runs around $180 discounted.  

My 4400 has given me quite a bit of trouble because it decided not
to advance correctly when using the 140 slide capacity slide carousel.

Anyone else with similar experiences?  It likes to skip several slides.

--J. Abeles

rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (02/27/85)

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Yes, my carousel developed that trouble after about 10 years
of use - only with certain 140's not all. I couldn't figure out
what the trouble was after much trying. So I called Kodak to
find the address of my friendly local Kodak repair center and 
sent it to them. They fixed it for a sum I have forgotten but
which seemed reasonable at the time. I still don't know what it was.
If yours is in warranty, they fix it free, of course.

-- 

"It's the thought, if any, that counts!"  Dick Grantges  hound!rfg

ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (02/28/85)

> My 4400 has given me quite a bit of trouble because it decided not
> to advance correctly when using the 140 slide capacity slide carousel.
> 
> Anyone else with similar experiences?  It likes to skip several slides.
> 
NEVER USE the 140 slide carousel trays.  You can't even think of using
them for anything other than paper mount slides, but even then they
like to jam.  I think this was the reason Stu Feldman's talk was
ruined at USENIX.

-Ron

2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (02/28/85)

> My 4400 has given me quite a bit of trouble because it decided not
> to advance correctly when using the 140 slide capacity slide carousel.


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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

140 slide trays are extremely trouble prone.  They will not tolerate any
frayed slide, or the width of many cardboard mounts.  Most people I know
refuse to use 140 slide trays because of the hassles.  The 80 slide trays
have proven to be nearly trouble free.

msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (03/02/85)

> 140 slide trays are extremely trouble prone.  They will not tolerate any
> frayed slide, or the width of many cardboard mounts.  Most people I know
> refuse to use 140 slide trays because of the hassles.

Well, I use only 140's and have no problems.  Maybe it depends on
how many times you show your slides, or where you keep them between
showings.  [I keep mine in the boxes that God :-) provided -- both the
cheapest and the most compact method there is.]

With regard to the original query, let me add that I had a B&H slide cube
projector, and it had lots of problems, and I dumped it for a Carousel.
I sent mail to the original poster with lots more details.

Mark Brader