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Colin Fish
Film Handler

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From: Eastbourne, UK
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posted December 15, 2016 10:39 AM

I've noticed that while slide projectors on Ebay generally sell for little money, it seems that the Kodak Tutor 2 reaches good prices. Am I missing something or is this machine used for another purpose other than showing slides?

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Maurice Leakey
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posted December 15, 2016 10:57 AM

It appears that they were also used for lighting effects, this may increase their demand.
http://www.karillon.com/rankaldis.html

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Colin Fish
Film Handler

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posted December 15, 2016 12:17 PM

Ahhh!

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Dave Groves
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posted December 16, 2016 04:03 AM

And very nice projectors they are too. I use one regularly for both slide and film strip. Bright sharp picture and so easy to use.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted December 16, 2016 05:26 AM

The later models were said to use the 250 watt QI lamp. This I assume is the well-known ELC.
If this is so, it obviously accounts for its desirability from clubs and DJs due to the ready supply of these lamps.

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted December 16, 2016 06:00 AM

Indeed a very popular lamp in lighting effects pre LED era Maurice.

Thousands upon thousands must have been sold just power the Datamoon alone!

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Brian Fretwell
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posted December 16, 2016 07:19 AM

At school we had both this and the earlier Tutor model that used a 240v 1000w lamp. At the time I was amazed at how good the light output was from the later model. That changed when our physics lessons got round to optical theory, showing that the smaller filament was nearer the main focal point of the condenser lens system and that much less light was wasted.

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Simon McConway
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From: Doncaster, UK
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posted December 16, 2016 07:19 AM

No, it's the A1/223 24v 250w lamp. No reflector. Andrew is correct as earlier ones used the A1/207 1000w lamp.

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Paul Browning
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posted December 16, 2016 10:35 AM

It was the inspiration for the optikinetics solar 250 using an m33 lamp, for that retro 70's disco lighting effect, with rotating images and oil wheels, you will see them on the old 60's top the pops as backdrops, still used by some even today.

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted December 16, 2016 11:23 AM

Ah! The A1/223 (EHJ), an ELC (A1/259) without a reflector! A very cheap lamp to replace.
I have one in my earlier Rank Aldis 16mm projector.

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