Projector Question ...

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

Hi All -

Not quite sure where to post a question regarding slide projectors so here goes -

Do any of you have any opinions on the Bell and Howell cube projectors? They seem like a good idea and take up a whole lot less space than my Kodak Carousels I've been collecting slides at garage sales and thrift stores and they are starting to pile up. I suppose I should scan them at some point and then get rid of them but until then ....

Thanks!
dan

[jtzordon]

I was given one by a friend who picked it up at a "junk" store.  It really is junk.  The loaders stink (i.e. they don't really work).  I'd check it out first.

[LarryD]

Kodak would be my choice to them I will give it the top for ease of finding parts and bulbs also mechanical end... I have an Argus that I love but getting trays for it is a real Pain in the arse. I went and got a top of the line Kodak at a local Goodwill Store for $12. and another $12.00 for the bulb. I can't complain that I made a better move but my Argus is a piece of art with it's stainless steel rack and chrome lens. that fits in a box that looks almost Homer bomb proof. The B&H's were good if you could not afford a Kodak in their day but all of us can afford a Kodak these days... the bulbs for Kodaks will be made alot longer. I am on the second from last bulb for my Argus.

Larry

[Brian Sweeney]

The Bell&Howell Cube projectors jam more often than the Kodak's.

You can get a "stack Loader" for the Kodak, allowing use without the trays. It works. I usually load trays, but have not had problems on the occasion when using the stack loader.

[LarryD]

Brian

When I worked at a Drug Store back in the 70's we would run a special where we returned your slides in a stack loader for an extra 99 cents. but that was only if you used the Kodak projector. Kodak pushed off on us a Dookie load of them for real cheap I think they cost us in 1974-77 $'s at about 6 cents extra....

Larry

[Graham Serretta]

Few slide projectors are built as well as a Kodak Carousel - any model Carousel.  The slide handling mechanism really is the most jam-proof there is, provided the slide mount is not damaged to begin with.  They also have superior UV and IR filtration which means that slides will not fade as quickly as with some other projectors if projected often.  It's just that those darn big circular magazines take up so much storage space compared to the Agfa CS system of slide mounts, magazines and projectors.  I switched to Agfa CS simply because of the storage space advantages some time ago, but now the mounts are becoming hard to find.

[Aaron D.]

I heard about some high-end projectors with better optics-any ideas?

I have a B&H and a Kodak, the B&H is never used. I'm spoiled too, as I grew up with 127 slides. 35s just don't look right!

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

Sounds like I better stick with my Ektagraphic

Thanks for you input!

dan