Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Elmarit Slide Projector lenses
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Sun Apr 20 08:27:27 2008
References: <200804200455.m3K4sbvZ060045@server1.waverley.reid.org> <480B5EF7.6070701@verizon.net>
 
Stan,

The RT-300 was made by Singer. And it did use carousel trays. The  
much newer Pradovit rt-m was made by Kodak, Germany. Totally  
different projectors.

Len


On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Stan Yoder wrote:

>>> The Pradovit rt was made by Kodak and is actually a Carousel. All  
>>> the
>>  >accessories like trays and remote controls including lenses are
>>  >interchangeable.
>
> While the RT did accept EKC carousels, the projector was made by  
> Singer (successor to Graflex) and was simply a rebadged Singer.  
> Vide Laney, p.362. When I was an instructional technologist at  
> Carnegie Mellon, we bought some Singers. Their fault was the lens  
> mount: it wobbled.
>
> Stan Yoder
> Pittsburgh
>
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In reply to: Message from s.yoder at verizon.net (Stan Yoder) ([Leica] Leica Elmarit Slide Projector lenses)