Richard, thanks for the information! Somebody I know wants to buy; information from a first hand user is always very helpful! thanks, achal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Martin" <marphoto@yahoo.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:42 PM Subject: Re: Leica p150 projector > --- achal pashine <achal@stanford.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does anybody here own and know the pros and cons of Leica P150 > > projector? > > thanks and have a merry Christmas, > > Achal > > > > Dear Achal: > > I have one with the 85mm Hektor lens that came with it plus > the 90mm f/2.5 Colorplan lens. The latter is a maybe a little > better quality but not much. Both of these I believe are > flat-field lenses. I've always found it difficult to get the > entire image in focus. Perhaps it would be better with a > curved-field lens but I don't see these in the US for the Leica. > Not sure about the necessity of that anyway. I read an advisory > a few years back (I think it was put out by Kodak's Professional > Division) stating that they were recommending the flat-field > type for most kinds of slides. > Slide tray is the straight "European style" and won't hold as > much as a Carousel. > Not a bad projector (reasonably priced and comes with a > decent lens) but there might be better choices. > The only other projector I've used is the Kodak Carousel > 5600, which I used to rent from a local camera store. It had a > curved-field lens and unless my memory is playing tricks on me, > the projected image was pretty sharp from center to the corners. > > Richard > > ===== > Richard Martin specializes in Cityscape > and Waterscape stock photography. > E-mail: marphoto@yahoo.com > Web: http://www.marphoto.com > Web: http://www.poetographycreations.com >
