I've used Leitz projectors for many years. The first was a Prado 500 and I had two -- for stereo projection. The one I have now is a Pradovit Color 2 and its very good. There is a selection of excellent lenses -- about fifteen of them including a couple of zooms. If you have the money get a Leitz -- you'll be impressed by the sharp clear pictures. If you were using 6x6 I'd recommend Rollei. I have one of those as well, a Rolleivision 66 AV and there are few, if any, better.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "whickersworld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: Re: OT: Slide projector recommendations > Caveman wrote: > > > > Since you mentioned 35mm and US, Kodak is *the* obvious > choice. > > > > However, if you want to max the quality, you may want to > take a look at > > the Leitz Pradovit current series of projectors. Those > Leica lenses are > > really good. > > > Just to add to Caveman's good advice: > > Avoid the entry-level Leica Pradovit 150. It is merely a > re-badged Zeiss Ikon design and has a mediocre lens. Leitz > bought the factory from Carl Zeiss and put Leica branding on > the projectors. > > The genuine Leitz/Leica Pradovits are much better and are > worthy of the brand name. These are the ones to go for. > > John > > > P.S. I find it strange to be criticising a piece of > equipment that has carried the Zeiss brand, and that now > carries the Leica brand! But it is basically a cheap junk > projector, just as the price would indicate. >

