Hi Ross,
I am going to chime in for the first time. Joined the list a few days ago
and have spent most of my time trying to catch up with you all. Anyway, I
work for a company that rents and sells Audio Visual equipment. We use
Kodak projectors of many sorts. I am not sure I am familiar with the exact
model of the projector you bought but I use quite a few styles.
My first thought was the tray that came with the projectors. If I remember
correctly, it uses the carousel type trays. The two types you find are a 140
count and an 80 count. If you have the 140, take it out and use it for a
clay pigeon. It will jam 99.990f the time. Also check the lamp and make
sure it is the correct one for the unit. If it is rated lower then is
required that could cause the slides to get hot and buckle. If you are not
using glass mount slides, they will jam. That will also play havoc with the
auto focus. Other then that I can't help. Have not had the chance or the
notion the rip one apart. With around 75 in rental stock, I just call for
another and send the bad one off to be repaired.
As for the lens. Being in the rental business and having lots of people
handling things, lens don't last long. We go through our share of lenses.
We have use Navitar lenses in most of our projectors for quite some time.
As Navitar dealers we can replace for cheep. I have found them to be pretty
good. They get the job done. I believe we even have a few "Golden Navitar"
lenses around. They tend to have focus problems at times. Center looks
great but the edges are soft. We use a 4-10 zoom for just about everything.
We use Buhl lenses for longer throws and we have quite a few Kodak and
Navitar lenses for shorter distances. They hold their own.
Now on to the disolve units. You might want to keep your eyes out for used
items. The presentation industry is changing very fast to video/computer.
Boardrooms all over are ripping out the old slide systems and replacing them
with video and computer systems. I even have a friend who maintains a
traveling slide show. The system now has 6 stacks of 3 projectors(Kodak)
with 6 disolve units on one 8' X 20' screen. They will soon have a 9' X 12'
screen and one video projector. Lots of used equipment lying around. "Dove"
systems are great work horses. They can really take a beating. The ones we
use will manage two or three projectors with a 1 sec disolve manually. They
can do just about anything with the correct computer system. Expensive
though. Another system you can look for is a "Coyote" or a "Fox" system.
Older systems but are more versatile. Can't tell you who makes them off the
top of my head. They are small controller systems. Can let you add effects
if you so desire. Flash, dissolve fast,dissolve slow, switch fast, switch
slow, and many others. If all you want is to fade from one to the other and
do it as cheep as possible, try B & H. We have a unit in our catalogue for
about $400.00.
Here are a couple of other links to try if you have not yet.
http://www.navitar.com/av/av.htm, http://www.kodak.com/,
http://www.axxisinc.com/
I also sell things of this nature so you are welcome to call anytime. I
might be of some help.
Dave Burnette
Axxis, Inc
Louisville. KY
(502)568-6030
(800)852-6016
Hope I have been of some help and have not bored you with my ramblings, just
happy to finally be able to contribute.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ross Waite <rmwaite@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'OM List' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: [OM] OT - Kodak Projector Question
> G'day all
>
> I've decided to upgrade my aging "universal" slide tray projector to a
> Kodak SAV system with the intention of setting up for presentations using
> dissolves. As luck would have it, I went to look at a Kodak SAV2050
> projector today, and came away with 2 for the price that was advertised
for
> 1 (AUD $300), the reason being that neither projector is functioning
> correctly. The problem seems to be that the lever that moves the slide
> tray to the next position doesn't quite travel far enough to position the
> next slide correctly. As a result, the slides jam and don't eject
properly.
> I figure it is probably just an adjustment to the transport mechanism to
> get the slide tray one or two millimetres further on each slide change.
>
> Does anyone on the list have any experience with servicing these machines,
> or is anyone aware of a mailing list/web site that focuses on
> multi-projector AV presentations? I am also interested in service manuals
> for the Kodak SAV 2000 series projectors and/or circuit diagrams,
> especially for the external connections to dissolve units etc.
>
> Also, does anyone have any experience with the "Golden Navitar" lenses
> marketed by Kodak for the SAV machines. Are they as good as the
> advertising suggests?
>
> Thanks
> Ross Waite
>
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