At 18:49 12/6/01, Walt Wayman wrote:
Look for a used, but not abused, Kodak Carousel. They're not
finnicky about slides, even glass-mounted ones, and the trays,
blubs and replacement parts are still available. Mine's 25 years
old and has never missed a beat. Also, try to find a stack loader
to go with it. They're great for quickly looking at a new batch
of slides right out of the box.
Walt Wayman
I found a used Ektagraphic E-2 a couple years ago for about the price of a
current model used Carousel. The current Ektagraphic's are the "3"
series. These "2" series are an industrial strength, commercial version of
the consumer carousel and are built like tanks. Many of the plastic
Carousel parts are die cast or stamped metal in the Ektagraphic
2. Otherwise it's the same basic concept and design. Uses the same 80 and
140 slide carousel trays, and uses the same lenses. The E-2 is manual
focus. The remote has forward and reverse, but no focus controls (gotta
use the knob on the projector).
The *best* thing I did was replace the generic 4" f/2.8 Kodak lens with a
Schneider-Kreuznach Vario-Prolux zoom lens (also f/2.8). Cost of one is a
little over $100 and they are made specifically to fit the Kodak
Carousel. Just as a camera lens quality is of overwhelming importance, it
is on a projector also (think of it as a camera working in reverse). The
Schneider lens is a dramatic improvement over Kodak's standard 4" lens and
Kodak's equivalent, but slower, f/3.5 zoom. Source for the Schneider
lens? B&H in NYC.
-- John
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