I'll second Susan's advice to look for a good cheap used projector unless
one's plans include frequent showings.
When the bulb on our old Kodak Carousel 800 died I found another working
projector sooner than I could find a replacement bulb. Got a great Minolta
AFT/2 with a 100mm f/2.8 Rokkor lens for $5 at one of my favorite thrift
stores. Uses the inexpensive and fairly commonly available Yankee-type
slide drawers. The auto-focus is just O-K, but the single slide loading
carrier is terrific. The whole package is far more intelligently designed
and carryable than anything from Kodak. Various sliding and hinged doors
enclose everything for toting - lens, controls, a l-o-n-g spring-loaded
power cord. *This* should have been the standard for consumer projectors,
not Kodak's carousel models. If it weren't for the Min-not-an-Olympus-olta
name, I'd think Olympus had designed it.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to dig up a single nugget of information
about this projector so I suspect that when something goes wrong that will
be the end of it. But I've already gotten five bucks worth out of it.
Kodak projectors are common as dirt in pawn shops. Just try to find out
ahead of time which models use the exorbitantly priced bulbs, some of which
cost more than buying a new low-end projector.
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Lex Jenkins
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"Don't worry about everything 'cause nothing's gonna be alright."
- Casey Lechmanski
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