Don't give up on the Leitz yet. Dust build up over the years will sometimes gum up the shaft and bearings on the fan motor. Those little motors don't have a lot of starting torque so if you can take it apart enough to get to the fan motor, spin the shaft and work a little light oil (like sewing machine oil) into the bearings to make sure it's free.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Projector lights as studio light source? > Thanks Bill R., Tom R. and Dag for your comments on the projector lights. > I have since tried them out. > The fan in the Leitz projector didn't work, why I soon had to turn it off at the smell of burnt rubber... > I won't be able to use that one, but neither can I make myself dispose of a lens that has "Leitz Wetzlar" engraved on it. (A Hector 85mm I think). > Any suggestions on what use I can make of such a lens? > > Anyway - yes I think that the remaining Agfa projector will be useful in some ways. I'll see what I can put in front of it to modify the light. > > I might even pull out some of my slides and show them to someone, or even see if I can use them for a background or something. > Project them onto a body? > > Thanks, > Lasse > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dag T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:29 PM > Subject: Re: Projector lights as studio light source? > > > > I have, for black and white photos. > > > > I used the screen as a reflector and got a smooth lighting depending on > > the size of the "image" on the screen. With two projectors and two > > screens you get some control of the light. > > > > I didn´t get much light though. > > > > Dag > > > > På 2. des. 2003 kl. 00.08 skrev Lasse Karlsson: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > As mentioned in another thread I am about to try to set up a small > > > kind of home studio. > > > Cleaning the garage today I found two old slide projectors that I > > > haven't used for many, many years (hardly at all in fact). One is a > > > Leitz Pradovit, the other maybe an Agfa. > > > Has anyone found any meaningful use for slide projector lights in a > > > studio? > > > > > > (The lights are strong (the Leitz one slightly yellowish), however I > > > have no idea what temperature (Kelvin) they are or how films or a > > > digital sensor perceives them.) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Lasse > >
