Looking for 38mm Lens for Eiki Slim-Line Projector

[Ken Souza]

I'm looking for a 38mm lens for my Eiki Slim Line and Eiki Xenon Ex3000 projectors. If any one has one for sale or knows a place to pick one up, please let me know.

Thanks Ken

[Rob Koeling]

Hi Ken,I found it difficult to find an Eiki branded one. So, I settled for an Astro Kino Color lens. It is a 'made-for 16mm projection lens', so not re-barreled smaller gauge lens. They appear quite regularly on the German Ebay and are mostly very reasonably priced. There is also one offered on the UK site at the moment:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156082019817?itmmeta=01HRPG3F899YSP1S8Q29SAWAVB&ha sh=item2457369de9:g:VEoAAOSws35gu0pY&itmprp=enc%3A AQAIAAAA4Frq81QdTvZWHmcc%2B%2FCf%2Bohelxazll%2Br7U EbaRF5cx1Zpqv7QfdvC3b346WMQp89hOSN3sE5dLh69mDsJUZJ N16tEpHh07PKSMrY7EezdlLblf%2F%2BPsNH6yJYghGPkGqoov 0gmYyR--GBbFDL2vxvsmdl4s7cZwaBexTAJcEdV04JRz1dnLL7OeVTa9nK STLthcUfhJC2y8FeEa%2Fcpi1NTneOnexB2hRqQ%2FnLr9OgoC mgyc9Sbp%2FqQHOegAnhZe%2FRm2YKi31mBZC4QPjUBvIBdWZy EbDT1DmHuKmmuQH1ehO0|tkp%3ABk9SR6L0jdDFYw

The quality is slightly lower than the standard (50mm) Eiki lens, but I think it is perfectly acceptable. I'm using it as the base lens for my scope projections. It has the same barrel size (42mm) as Eiki lenses. I'm in no hurry to pick up an Eiki branded (or equivalent), it is a perfectly good substitute. It is a 35mm length lens, so slightly shorter than 38mm that you requested. For me that works out even better, but that might not be the case for you.

- Rob