Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't say you heard it on a Leica list, but get a Kodak Ektagraphic III with their flat field 100-150 zoom. They are a pro level projector and accept dissolve units. One can be had pretty cheap used as a lot of companies and Government offices just don't use them anymore and they end up being sold off as surplus. You can also get an adapter to fit the Leica projection lenses into it. Regards, Robert At 10:25 AM 9/10/99 -0400, you wrote: > >I've been asked to shoot some slides to show at a company picnic this >December. I'll probably end up handling the projection myself. This >means I need to look into renting a projector and screen, or maybe >finally buying them (I've been putting it off for a couple years now >and maybe this is the time to do it). > >If I buy, I need a projector system that will suffice for my annual >family slide show (in a roughly 16 x 16 foot room), and that will also >cover the company show (and future ones), which I imagine will be in >a much larger hall. > >I ask the LUG the usual newbie questions: > >What projector? >What lens? >How much wattage? >What's a reliable projector? >How big a screen? >Can I easily do nice dissolves or fades, > or does that require multiple projectors, fancy equipment and > lots of money that I should really be spending on that nice new > Leica wide-angle (24 or 28) lens that I want? > >The projector doesn't have to be a Leica. > >