Slide Film Projectors | THE KODAK CAROUSEL

[@noitall9476]

My grandmother has some slides from her wedding from 1964. I recently found a slide projector at an antique store for pretty cheap. After watching this I am definitely gonna go and get it. I love your channel.

[@aristoioannidis7490]

Hi Noah. Thanks for sharing your insights. My son and I shoot slide film 35mm and recently invested in a carousel. We both mount our own slides using a manual loader. It is a lot of fun. Our Friday and Saturday nights with friends are much more engaging. Don’t forget make the popcorn. Thanks again for channel.

[@scott-ish404]

Last night, I was going through my slides from back when I started shooting street photography with them in 2005 in my mid thirties, and it's always an unequaled experience from that found with digital: you get to see details in them, such as whatever headlines in the newspaper someone is reading at a distance and so on - things that you just don't pay much attention to in the inherent hustle and bustle of digital. Also, it's great to see a young man like yourself being so passionate about a way to consume media that's slowly disappearing. You prove that bringing back such practices does not compete in any way with the current technology, but it complements it instead.

[@n6vcw]

Brings back some fond memories of setting up large scale presentations with slide and movie projectors back in the day for trade shows. Also good memories of cleaning and servicing all the projection equipment as an A/V technician at a high school. I feel so old.

[@JamesSmith-wy7zk]

I see them at Goodwill from time to time. I think I will get one and give it a try. I remember my Dad used one in the 60’s and 70’s. When we went on vacation or if someone we knew went on vacation, it was always a big get together with friends to watch photo’s of different places. Maybe encyclopedias will come back next :)

[@svc_annon9929]

I just got two for $45 at the antique store near me and they came with a whole tray of photos and both were donated from the local hospital. The photos are homes from the early 1900s. I haven’t been able to project them yet but just to have it in my possession is so cool to me right now

[@batworker]

A couple of years ago the school where I work was clearing out an old store room, rang me and said they’d “found this thing and did I have any use for it...”. Kodak Carousel, in case, with manual. That was a yes then 😂😂

[@aBeatnikMob]

You can also project 6x7 with a Mamiya Procabin. Or if you want to get really crazy a Beseler Slide King takes even larger formats.

[@connorchild6851]

Went to a yard sale last weekend and a man was selling carousels with slides from his career as a travel writer. I picked up one from Israel 1974 and one from Russia/Ukraine 1992. Now on the lookout for a projector to pickup and this video was incredibly helpful!

[@mothball5425]

I worked in the arts and sitting in a dimly lit room listening to an artist talk about their work, and the mechanical sounds of the projector 🥰

[@bagnome]

Dwayne's Photo will mount any slide film you send to them to develop. I think you have to explicitly tell them not to if you don't want it mounted. It was neat as I sent a roll to them earlier this year and it came back as a little box of mounted slides.

[@smwca123]

Dwayne's was the last lab to process Kodachrome, until December 2010, a year after Kodak stopped making KR.

[@jody2873]

Took tons of slides when I went to Ireland and 4 corners! Can't wait to use my Kodak carousel projector I just got- WITH ALL THE EXTRAS!!👍 Great video and thanks!

[@glenmoralee3]

Great thanks. Slide film is the closest thing in life to magic. I feel sorry for people who haven’t experienced it. If you only shoot negatives, give it a try!

[@pockeychew2]

Just got gifted a set of holders by a wonderful woman whose pets I watch. I just started shooting slide a few weeks back, and now I'm looking into a projector. I was already subscribed, but I wish I could do so again! Fantastic video as always.

[@robsemail]

I remember I hated the carousel projector my grandmother bought, because it replaced a simpler one that I liked. She was a travel agent and she’d take pictures on Kodachrome and Ektachrome when she traveled. When she came home, I was the grandkid who got to work the projector so everyone could see her new slides. Her old projector required you to place one slide in while viewing another, then move the slide tray to the other side, remove the slide you just saw, put a new slide in, move the tray back, then remove, replace, move, etc. To me, the Carousel took all the fun out of it, although obviously for grown-up users it was a big improvement.

[@BadKarma714]

I loved the slide projector ever time I saw one in class I would be happy to see a slide show I am 46 and I did not know that they had so many accessories good video I really liked it.

[@Steve_K2]

So informative, so well produced. Many thanks.

[@filmbyhari]

I remember seeing these in the old cop movies where they show the baddies! By the way, I use a Kaiser Diacut film cutter which gives you clean cuts every single time. And it has a mini light-table built it.

[@irvinmartin9259]

I’m so glad to have discovered your channel. I have tons of slides that I shot in the 80’s & early 90’s. I haven’t seen them for 20 years now. Recently, while my sister was cleaning and clearing out our mother’s house, she dug out my old slides, and mom’s Vivitar projector and carousels. I’ve inherited them. What’s missing now is a screen. Mom still had one, but I have no place to set one up. (I live in a tiny apartment.) So like an idiot I turned it down. I suppose that what I need now is a way to convert slide to digital. But I’d still love to see them on a big screen. Even the sound of the projector would have a nostalgic appeal. The whir of the fan, and the ka-chunk of the feed mechanism. Anyway, thank you for your vid’s. I’ll be checking out more of them.

[@mersea.714]

I hope you found a screen. I’ve used a white sheet in the past in case you need a different option.

[@carslayer]

Would love to try 4x4 "Super Slides" someday. More image than a 135 slide, but you dont need to go all out and upgrade to a medium format projection system (as 4x4 will project on most Carousel projectors). 4x4 cameras like the Baby Rollei are a steal nowadays as well... Great video! Nice to see 110 transparencies get a nod!

[@mersea.714]

I used to sell carousel slide projectors and bulbs at the mom & pop camera store that I managed from 1992-2013. It’s fun shooting slides and projecting them. I remember there being stories of people’s relatives going on vacation and boring their family and friends with long stories and slide shows. It would be fun to revive that dynamic…except for the boring bits. It would actually be fun to take a trip & only shoot slides & later have a gathering with friends.

[@karenstanhope4977]

Since you sold them not so long ago, perhaps you could help provide some insight for our situation. We have mostly kodak carousels, but couldn't figure out if/how to fit them on a GAF projector. Is there an adaptor or something?

[@1974Flyingsub]

BRAVO...Noah!!! These video's are FANTASTIC!!! Keep them coming man. Your Friend, Dan Gross, Saint Louis

[@Alpha8713]

Nice! i love projecting slides.

[@udiniswahyono1892]

I still have kodak ektapro 5000 and operated normally. Amazing.

[@andrewbethea327]

Eat your heart out, digital. Analog projection is a superior experience.

[@brucewilliams3565]

Am seeing this a couple years after you posted it, Noah. Have been a subscriber for a while and just getting into your "back issues." I take medium format slides with a couple of Kodak Brownies, using 120 for 620. If anyone is looking for a less expensive projector for 6x6 look for an Ansco Dualet. Looks super cool, and projects both 6x6 and 35mm/Super Slide formats with a simple adapter that comes with it. Keep up the great work!

[@Shahrdad]

I grew up with one, and I can still sense the wonderful scent of the machine. It didn't pull the slides down. They dropped down with gravity.

[@Cirnenric]

Thanks for the overview! I just recently fixed my Dad’s Kodak 860H carousel slide projector using the repair items and instruction by Carl Fargo.

[@KylesDigitalLab]

These are pretty cool and I never knew about them. I found a TON of boxes of slides and two projectors in my grandpa's closet. Tons of amazing material such as photos of the Mackinac Bridge construction in the 1950s and photos from Vietnam. I should probably make my own video on these since one of the projector's doesn't work and maybe I could repair it. Also the carousel was featured an episode of "The Fairly OddParents" in the episode "Inspection Detection" which I had never noticed before!

[@TheFuzzChannel]

Amazing vid as always!

[@mothball5425]

A couple more facts.. the bulbs have to be allowed to cool before you move the projector. The carousels were fairly cheap and as can be seen in the video usually came with lids, so people often kept presentations in the carousels to save time, and just stacked them to store.

[@evertonmessam1975]

Fantastic I have one of those Kodak Carousel 4 600 projector

[@smwca123]

As do I, late 1983/early 1984 vintage (I never checked the CAMEROSITY code on it). The cheapest autofocus model in a lineup of 7, and probably the most popular.

[@BobTweeterShow]

I come across Kodak Carousels every now and then; super cheap on eBay. Most models I've seen sell for less then $30 with the original box. Great Video !

[@Farbroe]

My high school biology teacher used a slide projector in 2014. I think it was my first encounter with a slide projector besides from my grandparents.

[@binglingxu4619]

I really love your videos and I learned a lot from them!! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@martyjackson4166]

I have a Kodak Moviedeck 455 Super 8 projector from the 1970s, and the more I think about it, the more I wonder if Kodak designed that line of projectors to basically be the Super 8 equivalent of the Carousels. It almost looks exactly like the Carousel, with the super 8 reel replacing the carousel on top... it certainly looks more like the Carousel than it does a normal Super 8 projector. Could make sense though with how popular the Carousels were (and how iconic they remain).

[@aaronramos6056]

Dammmn thanks for the video. I just got my kodak S-AV 2030 im so excited !

[@thekentsify]

Fantastic video, thank you so much!

[@paleskinnybones]

Slide film is definitely underrated holy moly

[@danishali-qw8rm]

Thanks man u help me in my teaching training

[@BobbieGWhiz]

20 smackers for a Kodak 4200 at Goodwill today. Works like a charm. And a screen for $10.

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

7:26 that's like PowerPoint 0.1

[@firstletterofthealphabet7308]

that’s why it’s called a *slide* show.

[@jjjohnson7578]

Such fantastic videos

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

Got two of those old bad boys. Back in the day I developed my own (GAF) and mounted them.

[@AnonymousAutisticAnim8r]

have you heard of Bell & Howell's Ringmaster line ? It's a carousel style slide projector that has it own built in display

[@sergymnast1]

Does anyone know where can l find the video tutorial for repairing this slide projector specifically?

[@MezeiEugen]

- white part of the frame always faces the light source (reason: to not absorb the heat of the lamp, heat is the biggest enemy of the color dyes) - you can buy devices (like tiny guillotines) to cut the frames (I have several, but realised I prefer scissors) - trick when you cut with scissors: look where you start your cut relative to the sprocket, than aim at the same part of the sprocket (middle of the sprocket; a bit to the left/right; left/right edge of the sprock; between them, etc.)

[@linzycollister3915]

$20 bucks at Goodwill got mine today!

[@sherielwood8185]

We have an old Kodak Carousel S slide projector and need a schematic for it (my husband opened it to change the bulb and "forgot" how some of the pieces are lined up, thus we cannot get it back together now). This is a dual voltage model made in Germany purchased in the late 60s.

[@btrdangerdan2010]

I have a sawyers rototray slide projector that uses a carousel that is inserted sideways not flat down.

[@b6983832]

In North America, the carousel was very popular, when slides were used more in schools and similar environments. In Europe, it did exist, but there were more projectors compatible with the German DIN 108 standard. This uses a straight "comb" for slides. There is also the Paxomat, which takes only special frames made for this model. Other way around, they work with standard projectors. but standard frames won´t work in these projectors. Not a good thing if you bought Kodachrome in Europe, because it was available with processing included, and also with processing and framing included. The ban fot Kodak to do this was only for the USA.

[@jrmcferren]

The emulsion side toward screen rule does not apply in some (now increasingly rare) circumstances. In the increasingly rare case of rear projection (projector behind screen instead of in front of screen), you need to have the base side toward the screen. This is because you need to reverse horizontally. In this case you can remember it as emulsion is always forward. Also, about the accessories. The wireless remotes by the 1980s simply came with a transmitter and receiver that plugged into same remote socket as the wired remote. The stack loader is also uncommon, but I have one.

[@aether5213]

9:53 Medium format projectors seem very cool!

[@koltinn]

Matin film cutter, it can do both 135 and 120 and got lines for where you cut it.

[@ClassicalRips]

Great video as always! It would be cool to see an episode on 127 film!

[@SnowmansApartment]

i just found a medium format slide projector in the basement and am eager to give it a try..

[@L.H.1313]

Hello, I just ran across this. I remember these projectors from school in the 1980s. Question: Do have any where I might find old books, such as children's books, turned into slide projector shows?

[@hzubovi1]

Thanks for the video. Have You ever tried to project anamorphic slide film?

[@dontmesswithme2]

Yes, my dad's old slides are saved!

[@joannesinspirations]

Great informative video. Thank you :-)

[@Arbarano]

I got some carrousels with slides in them and I cannot open them. I don't want to exert too much force, being afraid of breaking them. There is certainly a trick I forgot decades ago...

[@kyleecarlson9912]

I think you're talking about the locking ring holding the slides in, Carefully twist the locking ring, Turn the locking wing is better. Hope that helps

[@karenstanhope4977]

Inherited old slides & projector. Tried to view recently, but we could only get one carousel to work on projector. We have mostly kodak carousels, but a GAF projector. Is there a step we're missing to use the loaded carousels on the GAF projector? [So confused, because the tray/carousel that was on the projector was family photos, so it doesn't seem like we ended up with someone else's projector.]

[@Greatdome99]

Kodak's used to feature all-metal cases, but the nylon gears and levers inside would become brittle and break over time due to the bulb heat. Since they're no longer made and finding spare parts is tough and very hard to replace, when one breaks, it's time to visit eBay for another one. At least they're cheap. I got a nice one at a garage sale for $20.

[@Ali-Bee]

sounds like a perfect case for 3D printing

[@TashaVerse]

*Question! Hi Noah, this video was so helpful! Thank you. I got a free Kodak Medalist AF (AF...lol) slide projector to try to help my mom see some old family slides, unseen by her for 50 years, but the two carousels she just gave me are POCKET carousels and I am at a loss how to adapt these tiny slides to use in the projector. Any tips or resources you can think of to share for this issue?

[@thesixthman3176]

thank u

[@paulinejenkins8000]

Vintage Kodak 500 Projector Model A Slide Projector would you know what the bulb type would be?

[@rogerturner1881]

HANIMEX was also a make in the late 1960's early 70's.

[@DoodNeko]

Out towards the lens of the projector? Sounds like facing out but is actually is facing in?

[@Frisenette]

Someone has been reading the comment section on Kenneth Wajda? ;-) You can actually use medium format slide film with normal projectors with some cropping. There are so called Super Slide holders with a bigger cutout, that the regular projector can still see.

[@EddoPanamenyo]

Wow that's crazy Btw can't find those holders om google

[@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt]

A great help tq.

[@spangancayco]

Any chance you’ll do a video on 127 film/cameras and projecting “super slides” on these carousels?

[@funessn15]

thanks for the great, informative video. I do have a question, is there a button on this kodak carousel, or one you know of, where you can just seamlessly play the slides w/o constantly pressing - like a slideshow?

[@bobbieshelton4169]

Thank you for your video! My parents used to have a Kodak Pocket carousel projector. It quit working. But, they have a ton of old slides on 110 film slides from their kodak pocket camera. Can you use any kind of size of kodak projector to view their old slides, or do we need to find a kodak pocket projector?

[@jumpingship1362]

I take pictures of my slides on the screen and send them out and people love the old pictures

[@etms]

The original Powerpoint 🤘🏻

[@craigfouche]

Very interesting, I have a Leitz Pradovit, seems that the bulb is blown as I cant autofocus or view my slides. Everything else functions. I last shot slide in 2003.

[@Rin-le5ud]

How large can the projection be? Can I project them onto a wall? Or will the image come out too small?

[@johnhelsel5615]

I have a Kodak 600 carousel and it only briefly shows the slide then disapears?

[@MarkPineLife]

I'm studying the carousel for journalism class.

[@BadKarma714]

Do you have a video about the Film Projector'

[@lisatoro5968]

I have a Kodak Carousel 4600 projector my Carousel will not lock and advance slides what can I do to fix this ?

[@shawnlynch8682]

Hi Noah. I just got one for my Mom's slides that go back to the 50s and 60s. Unfortunately she just passed away. The slides are not immediately in my possession and I am testing the projector I purchased on eBay. There is no light emitting from the lens. The bulb is on but without a slide in I am not seeing light from the lens. Is this normal without a slide in. Helpful video. Thank you!

[@mochloolis]

Hey, I just got a new carousel and want to make a slide show that can run continuously, but I don't have enough slides (I have around 30 and the carousel fits 80). I thought of loading blackout film in the mounts so there are black spaces in between the slides and they're evenly spaced out, but I am worried this might damage the projector. Do you think this would work?

[@mookiejud]

Hi ! What replacement bulb do I need for Kodak 5400 ? I can't find info anywhere I have looked ! Thank you for any help!

[@smwca123]

Usually the 300-watt ELH or FHS; check your manual. Same for most if not all post-1981 Carousel and Ektagraphic projectors including my 4600.

[@Muel79]

hi anyone knows where can buy those white film slide holders? Thanks and btw I like this channel!

[@francyfuoco]

Per favore mi sa dire come trovo un proiettore che funzioni con rototray100?grazie

[@faiwest1063]

Hi there! Is there a way to get your slide carousel to play automatically?

[@jayjason556]

How large of an image can projectors such as the Kodak Carousel 4400 project? Every video shows a tiny image on a wall but I was hoping to project a large image (maybe like 4 or 5 feet in height).

[@smwca123]

Depends on the lens focal length and the lens-to-screen distances. Most projector manuals include a chart that will give you the correct distance to fill a given size screen with a lens of a given focal length - or zoom setting in the case of zoom lenses.

[@victordesabata]

That's the root of why each page of PowerPoint is called slide. Amazing backstory indeed.

[@keitheyestone6006]

When loading the slides into the slots of a Kodak Carousel I can't remember, do you load them right side up? How do you prevent them from showing up backward on the screen?

[@smwca123]

Upside down and with the dull emulsion side toward the screen. For Kodachrome slides it was really easy, assuming horizontal orientation: the Kodachrome name toward the screen and right side up. For vertical images, I'd rotate 90° in whichever direction.

[@bivouacrecording3412]

I am interested in the Cassette tape control of the slide projector. Can I just plug a cable from the unit to a regular tape recorder and record the slide advance button presses? Or do I need to buy another external unit for this system to work? Thanks!

[@AnalogResurgence]

From my understanding it works with any tape deck with recording input! You plug it into the projector and the tape deck at the same time and as you record and advance the film it will capture everything on a tape for playback. Then you play the tape with the cable still plugged in with the projector. I couldn't find a proper scan of the manual online, but I did find some information: i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fXEAAOSwijRdpcPA/s-l1600.jpg

[@jungletrooper9252]

Is there such a thing for 120/620 film?

[@Otokichi786]

Note: Some slide projector lenses have been adapted/used to take pictures on analog and digital cameras.

[@rogerturbo1]

Good day, I have an ektagraphic III projector, everything works for it, but it has something like a black metal that does not let the light out towards the lens, any suggestion of what it could be? I have no idea, I would be grateful if you could tell me how to remove that mini black screen, thanks

[@AnalogResurgence]

Certain models have that which flips into place when a slide is not in. It should remove itself when you advance it with slides loaded!

[@smwca123]

@@AnalogResurgence All Carousels and Ektagraphics from 1981 on had that "dark screen shitter latch" as Kodak called it, to prevent undiluted white light from blinding an audience when there was no slide in the gate. One of the features of the last generation of projectors that I always appreciated most.

[@vimerveilles]

Ngl tho I remember these from elementary and middle school.

[@sanja.4805]

Hi, is there advisable size to how big the screen for projecting slides should be? Or just how how big can projection be? thx

[@gregfaris6959]

If you want to get serious about it, there is a caslcilator at AVIXA: www.avixa.org/standards/discas-calculators/discas You will see there are quite a few things that enter into the calculation, not least of which is what type of images you will be projecting. Technical presentations, with fine text and graphs, or medical instruction imagery are far more demanding than just vacation pictures, but in all cases you should have at least an idea of brightness, room ambient light, viewing distances and angles. You will also want to give some consideration to screen types and surfaces, a subject as important as the projector itself which unfortunately was not covered in this video.

[@randallstewart1224]

When I started into photography in the late 1950s, color negative film and prints just sucked. If you were into color, you were into slides. As a result, my first non-camera piece of expensive equipment was a slide projector (and I learned color printing on Cibachrome). As a teen, I haunted the Seattle Worlds Fair in 1962(?), where Kodak had a pavilion set up with eight Carousel projectors wired so that they would change slides by fading in and out. They could assemble one or more images out of 8 - 12 units, fade them into multiple images, etc, on a huge screen. It was one of the "biggies" at the Fair. Kodak offered two lines of projectors. The Ektagraphic (what he has here), which had decent to good lenses, and the Carousel models, which had crappy, Coke bottle lenses, really the worst in the industry. The projector lenses which tested best were made by Sawyers for their projectors, far superior to the Kodak lenses, whether fixed focal or zoom. Today, a top Sawyers in good shape runs about $50- 100. Ektagraphics run double that. IMO the best bang for the buck are the Rollei units: good design and build with superb lenses. In the 1980s, the crap status of the Kodak lenses generally was recognized by several independent lens makers making outstanding lenses to fit the Ektagraphic/Carouselmodels, but at prices which were truly nose-bleed, such as Buhl, Isco, and DO "Golden Navitar". Compared to the rest of the industry, these lenses are outstanding, but having no other use, they sell for peanuts today, if you can find them at all.

[@windellkeith2921]

What model will take my Transvue 140 carousel? Panic in Atlanta

[@yeohi]

any Kodak Carousel or Ektagraphic projector should take it.

[@jimmymelnarik3873]

Am now looking into a pocket carousel because I am a madperson.

[@jimmymelnarik3873]

Update: bought one! Now I just need to find some dang 110 slide mounts! 😮‍💨

[@gfshaffer1]

Did you ever dig into medium format projectors? Thanks

[@AnalogResurgence]

I'd love to at some point, but I haven't come across one locally anywhere which would be great. I'm also not shooting much 6x6 right now and that's what most of those projectors would handle

[@gfshaffer1]

A Leitz Prado 66 is on its way to me. I'll let you know how it is if you want to hear. Gotta get film holders, got a recommended source to buy those?

[@AnalogResurgence]

@@gfshaffer1 I really wish I had a source on that, but even 35 slide mounts have become hard to source. The company Gepe was putting them out for 35 and 6x6 up until a couple years ago I believe so your best bet might be looking for boxes of Gepe mounts that people are selling on ebay or places like that.