Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pradovit Color model numbers
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 10:48:58 -0700
References: <001b01c2670e$9cb66f40$0100a8c0@midland>

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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