Re: [photo-3d] Re:Curvzature and Kodak Ektalite

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I also have used the Ektalite with the View-Master 500, and agree that
it seems like a nearly ideal combination.  However, check my previous
posting regarding the aiming of directional silver screens.

JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacques Cornet" <jacques.cornet@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 1:04 PM
Subject: [photo-3d] Re:Curvzature and Kodak Ektalite


> I read with interest the notes from Peter Homer, Mike Canters and others
on
> the Ektalite screen.
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> I bought, and still have such a screen. I bought it from Kodak Brussels,
at
> the same time that I bought my V.M 500 projector... in the 50ties or early
> sixties. That is to say long before projection  television (at least in
> Belgium)
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> I have lost the notice, but remember that thev screen is made of a special
> aluminized coating developed (as was stated) together by Kodak and
> Dupont.  As I remember, microscopic "cups" of aluminium in a plastic
> matter. The curvature is designed to give a very narrow vertical angle and
> a broader, horizontal one allowing projection in semi lighted rooms.  So
it
> is made for slides projection and does not seem to distort the images.
>
> It is perfectly suited for VM: just the right format and about two F.stops
> more light...
> (I still have to check if it, like myself, did deteriorate with age...)
>
> Jacques Cornet
> Eikenlaan, 22
> B 1640 St Genesius Rode
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