8mm Forum: Have a passing interest in Optical Toys???

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Posted by Trevor Adams (Member # 42) on August 26, 2017, 06:45 PM:

Then take a look at this amazing site!!
http://optical-toys.com/index.php/de/

Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on August 26, 2017, 08:15 PM:

Amazing web site Trev - a museum of information. Thanks so much for posting this, I had no idea that it existed.
I just downloaded the 1941 Pathescope film catalogue!

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on August 27, 2017, 03:01 PM:

I had/still have a Linemar Electric Projector - Modell J-2640 shown on that side here http://optical-toys.com/index.php/de/detailansicht/EPI-LINE-001-1.html. An episcope (reflective object, not transparent) projector. It too a mains lamp and when it got hot the inside of the lens steamed up, from that description because I used too powerful a lamp. If I can find it I'll have to try it with a mains LED and see how it does.
And it would seem I had a 16mm (battery powered, still) projector in the 1950's I know my cousin had one and we often had the same toys or shared.

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