Post by BuckSkin on Apr 26, 2022 14:29:32 GMT
Myself and a couple friends are getting rigged up for a massive slide viewing that will require several(many) sessions to get everything seen.
I am currently in the process of replacing the unobtainable 750-watt bulb in my projector with a flat LED "bulb" and components scavenged from a brand-new LED flood-light.
Without exception, the bulb in every one of the projectors we have tried has suffered the same fate = they worked fine forty years ago and are not "shot"; instead, the porcelain (or whatever it is) that connects the glass portion of the bulb to it's copper base has deteriorated and turned into a chalky dust.
From what I am seeing, this unobtainable replacement bulb situation is plaguing not only slide projector owners, but movie- and other type projector owners as well.
New/old-stock bulbs on E-Bay are selling for $140 and are probably not far from suffering the same fate; that's a huge difference compared to the 89-cents they used to cost at the Ben Franklin store.
One big unforeseen advantage to replacing the branding-iron hot standard bulb with an LED is that you can do away with the huge internal fan that roars like a jet airplane the entire time the projector is on.
I got the bright idea that I would set up a camera/tripod and photograph each slide as it displays on the screen.
Have any of you tried this ?
What are your thoughts on the outcome of this as compared to scanning the slides via more conventional means ?
I am currently in the process of replacing the unobtainable 750-watt bulb in my projector with a flat LED "bulb" and components scavenged from a brand-new LED flood-light.
Without exception, the bulb in every one of the projectors we have tried has suffered the same fate = they worked fine forty years ago and are not "shot"; instead, the porcelain (or whatever it is) that connects the glass portion of the bulb to it's copper base has deteriorated and turned into a chalky dust.
From what I am seeing, this unobtainable replacement bulb situation is plaguing not only slide projector owners, but movie- and other type projector owners as well.
New/old-stock bulbs on E-Bay are selling for $140 and are probably not far from suffering the same fate; that's a huge difference compared to the 89-cents they used to cost at the Ben Franklin store.
One big unforeseen advantage to replacing the branding-iron hot standard bulb with an LED is that you can do away with the huge internal fan that roars like a jet airplane the entire time the projector is on.
I got the bright idea that I would set up a camera/tripod and photograph each slide as it displays on the screen.
Have any of you tried this ?
What are your thoughts on the outcome of this as compared to scanning the slides via more conventional means ?
