Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this slide pop thing just a problem with european style projectors? I have never noticed a problem with Kodak Ektagraphic III's. They do not seem to produce much heat on the slide. This may be why Leica has finally gone to the high end Kodaks for ther new projectors. Regards, Robert At 07:23 AM 5/31/99 +0200, you wrote: >The main frustration with my slide projections is the 'popping delay'. When >the projector is really hot (after 10 minutes or so), most slides pop early >enough (after less than 1.5 seconds), so that the phenomenon does not >bother the viewers too much. BUT some of them take longer, and sometimes >all of them take longer. Even weirder: sometimes they fail to pop >alltogether. I do not know why. Humidity rate ? Storage temperature (though >they remain at room temperature all year long) ? I've tried preheating the >slides with a hair dryer, but I have not noticed more predictability. > >I find the CF does a great job on popped slides, even in plastic frames, >and although the lens curvature is supposed to have been computed for >Kodachrome cardboard frames. > >Alan > > > > >