Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] Great catch
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Tue Oct 24 15:19:40 2006
References: <453E9077.6080606@wanadoo.nl>

good luck to you: I've always stuck with "super-slides" and even they  
were a big fiddle. Ah I still have a roll of 120 kodachrome to remind  
me of what might have been ;-)

On 25/10/2006, at 8:15, Michiel Fokkema wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can't help it but I have to share this with you.
> Somebody was cleaning out the closet of his deceased father and  
> found an old slide projector. He advertised it at the local  
> classifieds site.
> Guess what, he sold it to me.
> At last I've found a way to marry my Rollei mf slides with a Leitz  
> piece of equipment. I just bought a Prado 66.
> I was a bit concerned if the lamps are still available. They seem  
> to be, but at a high cost. Guess what, the former owner worked for  
> Philips and I got 4 spare bulbs with it.
> An half hour before that I finally found a 3.5f in good but user  
> condition. Turned out to be a late white face version. Not nice  
> enough for a collector but very capable for me as an user. The  
> former owner sold it because he 'upgraded' to digital. Can't wait  
> to shoot some of the new b/w slide film of Rollei
>
> One of the best evenings I had in quit some time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
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