Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Slide projection
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sat Jul 29 08:29:13 2006
References: <20060727081452.5975.qmail@web25509.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <44C96DC5.6010604@hemenway.com> <EACC53B0-42B4-4264-8BCE-A8A3F028FDC5@mac.com> <44C96FBA.8090501@hemenway.com> <9807CCCC-46B3-42C0-87EC-F92FA4F8F0C3@mac.com> <p0623090fc0efe81811c6@[10.1.16.144]>

Damn, Henning!  I wish that I had thought of this before putting this 
lens on ebay:   

Item number: 120011165327

I wanted to keep it, but just couldn't find a good reason.

Jim, "No vision thing" Hemenway


Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 10:12 PM -0400 7/27/06, Kenneth Frazier wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:00 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>
>>> I tried projecting them with an overhead projector but the result was 
>>> too dark.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>
>> Jim, you would have to have the uber-light and uber-lens to project 
>> those things.
>>
>> Ken
> 
> 
> Jim probably has a 600 to 1000mm lens lens lying around, but the main 
> issue is finding a condenser or two to focus the light. It needs to be 
> somewhat larger than the diagonal, so about 18-20 inches, and have a 
> total focal length of around 15 to 25inches. The light - 750 to 1000 
> watt would be good - and the other bits are all doable, if rather large 
> (fridge sized). The slide changing mechanism would make a nice 
> woodworking project for an afternoon. A plywood box with a number of 
> good sized fans from an electronics shop would finish it off.
> 
> Then get those 11x14 slides mounted :-) and you're set!
> 


In reply to: Message from nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts) ([Leica] Slide projection)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Slide projection)
Message from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) ([Leica] Slide projection)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Slide projection)
Message from kennybod at mac.com (Kenneth Frazier) ([Leica] Slide projection)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Slide projection)