Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Slide projector & lenses test: part II
From: "Jeff S" <segawa@netone.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 22:30:58 -0700

- -----Original Message-----
From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
. Back in November, the French
>magazine Chasseur d'Images produced a test of commonly available slide
>projectors (Kindermann, Kodak, Leica, Rollei). They had tested these
>projectors in their standard shipping version (that is: with included
>lenses). The following Leica projectors were tested: P150, P300, P600IR
>and P2002.
>
I didn't see that first message, but did recently get to see a slide show
given by Judy Holmes on a pair of Hasselblad PCP80s, and a few of my own
slides, projected from Pradovit 2002 w/90 Colorplans, I believe. Though the
35mm was not projected on nearly the auditorium-filling scale that the 6x6
images were, I was delighted by how easy on the eyes both systems were!
Though mine were a mix of cardboard and glass-mounted slides, I was not
really bothered by uneven focus as I normally am (true, I was also sitting
further back than I normally would, but the projected image was still of a
decent size). Believe the Colorplan was a FF lens, yet it seemed to work
well with cardboard-mounted slides too?? The image seemed really bright too,
and I liked it a lot.

Question: For fairly light-duty home use (small to middling rooms), what's a
good combo of lens + projector that'll make even fussy viewers smile? We're
talking 2-4 meters from projector to screen, typically. Have previously used
a Carousel 850 w/Kodak CF zoom lens w/mostly cardboard mounted slides. Would
like some combo which substantially outperforms it (more brilliance, more
consistent sharpness throughout the image, more "wow!"). Smallish projected
images, I can live with. Around 40% of my slides are in Gepe antinewton
glass mounts.