Please help me fix my slide projector!

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Marco Cinnirella - 26 Aug 2003 10:54 GMT

Hi,

While I was fishing out a slide that had gotten stuck in my slide
projector (a Zeiss Ikon 350IR: similar to the Leica Pradovit range), a
piece of glass fell out from near the bulb.

Please see the diagram at the following web page

http://www.pc.rhbnc.ac.uk/mc/proj.html

The piece that fell out is labelled 'C' on the diagram. I have put it
back inside the projector but I can't tell which way round it should go:
should the curved surface be facing the front of the projector as shown
in the diagram, or should the straight surface be facing the front of
the projector? I have tried both ways and both seem to work but I would
like to know which is the correct way! I guess this piece of glass is
some kind of magnifying lens?

Many thanks!

Marco

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T P - 26 Aug 2003 17:52 GMT

>While I was fishing out a slide that had gotten stuck in my slide
>projector (a Zeiss Ikon 350IR: similar to the Leica Pradovit range),

Stop right there! The only Leica Pradovit that your projector
resembles is the entry-level model, which is about as much of a Leica
product as your Ikon is a Zeiss!

Leitz bought the Ikon factory and did little more than change the
colour and name badges of the products, which are decidedly inferior
to the *real* Pradovits with the Colorplan lens.

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Marco Cinnirella - 27 Aug 2003 08:16 GMT

Wow, thanks for that really helpful advice. It doesn't take much to
start up that good old brand snobbery thing does it?

T P wrote:

>>While I was fishing out a slide that had gotten stuck in my slide
>>projector (a Zeiss Ikon 350IR: similar to the Leica Pradovit range),
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> colour and name badges of the products, which are decidedly inferior
> to the *real* Pradovits with the Colorplan lens.

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T P - 28 Aug 2003 02:10 GMT

>Wow, thanks for that really helpful advice.

You're welcome.

>It doesn't take much to
>start up that good old brand snobbery thing does it?

Presumably you mean the behaviour of brand snobs such as those who buy
cheap crap projectors just because they carry a famous brand name?

In which case, I agree.

;-)

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