Re: Leitz 4x5" projectors?

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 11 Mar 00 at 20:24, phillip geller wrote:

> > Does any of you have experience with, or knowledge of a Leitz 4x5"
> > projector? I stumbled upon such a dinosaur, with 500mm
> > lens....apparently used for commercial breaks in cinema's....yet all
> > I hear when digging for info is that these things are supposed to be
> > 6x7, not 4x5"?
> > Anyone able to tell me a bit more about these things, and perhaps
> > such cinematographic projectors in general? Perhaps even an average
> > price on the used market?
> > Bye,
> 
> > Willem-Jan Markerink
>
> They used to be called lantern slide projectors. A friend of mine has a 4x5
> one  made by B&L I think, it's a fairly modern one. He uses it to project
> backgrounds in his photo studio.  It's about 2 feet long  with a lot of bellows.
> In the cinema, they used glass plates.

Mine is more like 3-4 feet long, one feet tall, slightly less wide, 
all-metal, helical focusing mount on the front.

Is B&L still around today?
What is their full name?
Does anyone know their address/phonenumber, or perhaps even an URL?
On my homepage, I have an overview of medium-format & large-format 
projectors, and this one isn't listed yet....;-))

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/proj667.htm


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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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