Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some ten days ago there were a couple of posting on the qualities of the Leica Pradovit P150 slide projector in comparison to other Leica projectors. Hans Pahlen told that the P150 has a bad reputation (it breaks easily and spends most of its time at the repairmen), at least this was the situation 2-3 years ago. I have to second this with my own experiences. I bought my P150 in Q1 of 1994 and have since then used it now and then. The unit was sold with the Hektor-P2 85mm f/2.8, which is already a reasonably good lens. Image quality was significantly improved with the Colorplan-P2 90 mm f/2.5 CF (as all my slides are without glass mounts). However, the projector itself broke down completely this year. To be specific: the autofocus ceased to function and the manual adjustments on the remote control did not have any effect anymore. I gave it back to the camera shop and they sent it to their own repairservice (not to Leica). I got it back a few days later. They had to install a new motor as the AF motor was "used up" (according to the repairmen). The camera shop said they do not normally have this type of mechanical problems with the P150 projector. They consider it to be one of the best projectors around, even more so when taken into consideration the reasonable price. Just wanted to share this experience. My P150 is now humming happily... Pascal Belgium - ------------------------------------ Message created and sent on a Macintosh PowerBook - ------------------------------------ <<<PGP public key available on request>>>