Medium Format Slide Projector

[mshchem]

Kindermann 8703. I have have had one (pictured) now for over 30 years, but it has been little used since the digital revolution and the demise of so many of my favorite color transparency emulsions.

As I recall, they were quite pricey new, and I paid a few hundred for a used one. They are available via eBay now for only about $100, a real bargain! Sad that slide projectors now end up in trash or thrift shops.

This looks like my unit. I'm very pleased.

 

[wiltw]

This looks like my unit. I'm very pleased.

Yeah, ...totally manual, I have never wished, "I wish it had ..." anything.

 

[punkzter]

I think that the Kindermann is what I'm looking for. Now to find one....

Thanks!

 

[destroya]

I have a hasselblad. Love it. then a few years ago it developed issues and needed a repair. Found a kindermann on Craigslist for $80 and bought it. Used it for a few months, then bit the bullet and had the Hasselblad repaired. while it was very expensive to fix, after seeing the results of the 2, I am happy I did. If you can find a kindermann for $100 I would buy it and see if its what you hoped. make sure to use a good screen as well.

john

 

[punkzter]

Thanks. The majority of my slides are 35mm. For that, I'm using (what I believe to be a very nice) Leica Pradolux RT300. Of course, those can be purchased for around $100. For my MF slides, I really just want a way to view them. It's frustrating that I can't make the Rollei work for me. I may dig into it again to see if I can get it working...but after reading a few reviews, I'm not the only person who has issues with it.

The Hasselblad is just overkill for my purposes.

 

[Sirius Glass]

How does gravity take a slide upwards ?

The slide drops with gravity and is pushed up with an arm.

 

[MattKing]

The slide drops with gravity and is pushed up with an arm.

And the mechanism that raises it only has to deal with the weight/mass of a single slide, and any infinitesimal friction that the air around the slide contributes.
These sorts of mechanisms are very gentle with the slides - that is arguably their biggest advantage.

 

[itsdoable]

How does gravity take a slide upwards ?

Turn the projector up side down...

Jams usually occur when the slide is going in, with the powered arm of the horizontal fed projectors forcing the slide in. With the gravity fed slide, it just stops when it doesn't want to go in. When you turn it up side down, it just falls out! - OK, but the arm that pushed the slide out usually works - there are times when the slide is fully in too long, has expanded or buckled/melted, and gets jammed... But in those cases, then manual slide projector won't help.

I like manual slide projectors for meduim format, mostly because I don't have as many as 35mm. I know people that would have no problems jamming a manual slide projector, they have a tendency to force anything that doesn't want to move...

I have a P11, the rubber roller is always the main problem (it dries out and gets hard), once that is refurbished, it works well. I've been planning to convert it to an LED light source. But I'd like to get a 6x9 projector... (I have 6x7, 6x8 and 6x9 transparencies)