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From: gjg@druxm.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Slide Projectors
Message-ID: <730@druxm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Dec-83 10:55:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 12 10:55:23 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 13-Dec-83 06:29:08 EST
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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I have owned a Bell & Howell slide cube projector with zoom and
autofocus for ten years or so.  I have had no problems with it.
I think it is probably the only practical projector for the
serious photographer.  I would not be surprized if the Kodak
Carousels or Leitz projectors were better optically, although
I've never seen a side by side comparison.  But, serious
photographers who are interested in sharpness, etc., also
often have many thousands of slides, as I do.  It is simply
not practical (or economical) to store thousands of slides
in Carousel trays, even in a large house.  The other alternative
of using the Carousel stack loader simply does not offer the
slides adequate storage protection.

Speaking of storage protection, I used to have a Sawyers with
rototrays.  During this period, I lost some slides because of
fungus problems, I believe because air could circulate around
the slides.  Since I have used the Bell and Howell slide cubes
I've had no more problems.

Several of my friends and relatives have had problems with their
Slide Cube projectors.  In every case, the preview viewing screen
was loose, allowing air from the fan to lift up the slide and cause
the projector to jam.  A little judiciously placed glue will solve
this problem, without disassembling the projector.  The only
persistent problem is that the B & H will not reliably handle
slides with crumpled mounts, but I don't know if the Kodaks will
either.

				Gary Grimes
				AT&T Information Systems
				303-538-4253
				(Denver)