Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Bargains
From: jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)
Date: Fri Oct 27 15:45:25 2006
 
You may have missed the boat on the V35s, as Slobidan said.  However, there
are still some fantastic bargains in Leica slide projectors.  

When I acquired my Ms about five or ten years ago, I looked longing at Leica
projectors for slide shows.  Since the new ones were selling for a fortune,
and the used ones didn't seem to appear often, I went with a Kodak Carousel.

Last week I succumbed to the Leica projector bug, when a 153IR in perfect
shape, with lens, trays, and all original packaging went for fifty three
bucks.

Just set up the first tray. Yes, there's a difference--a BIG difference.

Back to my Velvia.

Best regards,
Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA

PS.  And it was an apples-to-apples comparison (of sorts).  The Kodak used a
fixed focal length lens, as with the Leica.  The Kodak's was a C-type, for
plastic (not-glass mount) slides, accounting for the curved field.
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