Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/28
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At 6:46 PM +0200 9/28/02, John and Catherine Allen wrote:
>I'm trying to sort out a confusion about the identification of the various
>Pradovit Color projectors, basically to find out whether I've been
>short-changed on an eBay purchase.
>
>There were 4 models made back in the 1970s (more or less), with model
>numbers starting 31.058....
>
>31.058.500 Pradovit Color [base model - what I think I somebody sold me
>on eBay]
>31.058.550 Pradovit Color Autofocus [confirmed by a helpful person on a
>newsgroup]
>??.???.??? Pradovit Color 250
>??.???.??? Pradovit Color 250 Autofocus [which I thought I was buying]
>
>Can anybody fill in the missing bits, and/or confirm that what I already
>have is correct?
>
>The model number is on the metal plate underneath the lens. I believe they
>may also be shown in the Leica catalogues of the time (which I don't
>have). Unfortunately they are not shown in the German manual, which I do
>have (it covers the whole range).
>
>Externally these projectors are pretty near identical, except for the
>plate on the side (mine says "Pradovit Color").
>
>John Allen
From a 1976 Catalog:
Pradovit Color 30 6xx (150w lamp)
Pradovit Color Autofocus 30 7xx
Pradovit Color 250 30 6xx
Pradovit Color 250 Autofocus 30 6xx
The number depended on what lens etc you bought with the projector;
each one came in about 9 or 10 variations. And then there were
variations with different voltages.
The plate on the side said which model it was, as I recall. However,
Leitz was not terribly consistent in this sort of thing, so they
might have only put the full identification on the side part way
through production, or dropped it again.
At the same time there were also the Pradovit-C 1500 and 2500, with
or without autofocus. So the top model was Pradovit-CA 2500. There
was also the Pradovit R.
The Pradovit Color (the basic one, without all the variations) was
listed in the mid 60's already. With 90 Colorplan it cost about the
same as a 50/1.4 Summilux.
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