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an old glass plate projector using an electric lamp bulb<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. Film slide projectors were once called ‘magic lanterns’ and given elaborate technical names. The projected media was painted etc. on a transparent base, usually glass. In pre-movie days the glass plate ‘slides’ were sometimes made with added adjustable pieces so the projected image was animated in one way or another.<\/p>\n

Collectors of such apparatus (projectors and slides) even have their own organization, ‘The Magic Lantern Society<\/a>‘ and a massive book called the “Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern<\/a>” c2003. It is offered in both soft and hard cover versions at a very wide range of prices.<\/p>\n

When 35mm film became popular (1930s) smaller, more efficient projectors<\/a> came on the market. Post WW2 the designs blossomed culminating in Kodak’s Carousel<\/a> line. Digital technology brought these to rest along with other film apparatus as so-called digital projectors showing jpeg files (also shown on computers and smartphones) came to prominence.<\/p>\n

The item shown above is lot 268 in our coming September 17th ESTATE<\/a> auction. \u00a0Come on out and add to your collection. In addition to some projectors, there are cameras, photographs, Stanhopes, photo-paperweights, books, old enlargers, etc. Both film and digital fans can also find goodies to augment their user gear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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