Re: [Leica] Re: Pradovit 150

[Ben <longjohn@netvigator.com>]

Hello Doug,

Thanks for your valuable  insight on P150.  Really appreciate your sharing
of experience.

Thanks again.


Regards,
Ben





Doug Richardson wrote:

> Ben <longjohn@netvigator.com> asked:
>
> >Does anyone have any experience with Pradovit P150 or Pradovit P300?
>
> I recently bought a 150. No "Leica feel" here - this is strictly a
> consumer item whose machanical parts are made almost entirely from
> plastic. It has a 'cheap" feel to it - but to be fair, it was cheap.
> It works well - I've run about a dozen magazines thru it so far
> without only a single misfeed. My late-1950s "quality-built" metal
> Agfa Diamator could be relied to jam at least once per magazine,
> sometimes several times!
>
> In a darkened room, I can throw a 5ft wide picture on a elderly
> no-longer-quite-white screen around 10ft away. (I'll get round to
> buying a new screen Real Soon Now.)
>
> There have been several complaints on this list about poor reliability
> of the P150, and one posting from someone who works his hard and has
> had no problems. It's always hard to say now representative failure
> reports are. However for what it's worth, the first P150 which the
> store unpacked from its carton to give me a demonstration was faulty.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Richardson