Tuesday, April 18, 2006

The opaque projector of lost dreams



I love projecting images onto sets and people. It annoys me that computer projectors are so expensive or that I can only borrow one for only days at a time. I read somewhere on the web that you can put an opaque projector over an LCD screen and project it. I saw an Artograph Tracer opaque projector at Aaron Brothers so I got one and tried it. Uh, No. Nothing. The screen was black. The projector does project opaque items OK, but the image is pretty faint. There's just a 100 watt bulb inside, nothing you'd want to shoot with a video camera. And later I found out that the Tracer is available online for half the price I paid. Keep your receipt for returns at Aaron Brothers. And behold the projector of lost dreams.

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