Customer Reviews

Kodak BC4601 Carousel 4600 Projector

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The editor says that one can be seated while using the remote. While this is true, the reviewer doesn't note the fact that the remote has to be attached to the slide projector itself. I was expecting a little more sophisication, such as when one uses a remote to change channels on a television.

Also, the projector does not come with a lens, nor is there a cover for the projector itself. If one considers buying this product, keep in mind that one will have to get various accessories, such as a lens, and a decent covering case, and perhaps a more sophisicated remote -- one that is not necessarily attached to the projector.

Having decided to do something with the four thousand color slides I have in the attic, I found that Kodak no longer makes the projectors, but Amazon has at least one vendor who bought up a pile of product and will quickly supply projectors and accessories, as well as advice, with complete satisfaction. I now have completed my slide inventory and am preparing for the next step which is digitizing.

Reviewer "michaeldavidsj" complains that he was expecting a more sophisticated remote control for this projector. "michaeldavidsj" would prefer a wireless remote (like that used for TV) rather than the standard hard-wired Kodak remote that is connected to the projector through an electrical cable terminating with a plug that must be plugged into the projector.

IF "michaeldavidsj" had the wireless remote that he wants, he would have to divert his eyes from the picture on the screen, so that he could turn his body and aim the remote at it's receiver on the slide projector (in the dark) - every time he wanted to change to another slide. What a monumental distraction and inconvenience this would be for the projectionist when trying to enjoy a slide show at home! Fortunately, this procedure is not necessary with the standard hard-wired Kodak remote.

Aiming a wireless remote for slide projection at home is different than for viewing TV. With TV, the viewer faces both the TV screen AND the receiver for the wireless remote on the TV. With slide projection in a typical room at home the projectionist/viewer faces the screen but almost never faces the receiver for the wireless remote on the projector, because the projectionist is viewing pictures on the screen and is often located to one side of the projector (except when sitting right behind the projector).

A wireless remote is useful for a speaker/projectionist in a large room (such as an auditorium) when making a presentation to an audience, because in this case the speaker/projectionist faces the receiver for the remote on the projector while facing the audience. I would never purchase a wireless projector remote for any application other than such a presentation.

I recently bought this back-up projector -- am not quite ready to go "all digital" but wanted to be certain I could still use this fantastic tool. Have been using this model for many many years and it simply does not disappoint.

My dad had an old Kodak projector, and as an adult I too went with Kodak for my slides. This all predates digital cameras by several decades. I consider myself an advanced amature photgrapher as evidenced by wins at several local photo club competions, several county fair competitions, and took a first place and a 4th place in ASHI Pentax's 1968 World Photo Contest, after which they claimed had it drew over 600,000 entries.

After accumulating nearly 8,000 slides, I needed to consolidate the volume of storage for my dozens of 3" X 12" X 12" carousels; I added a Bell & Howell "Cube" system. The B&H offerred the capability of housing 640 slides within the same "footprint" space as my Kodak which maxed out at 140 slides/tray. The Cube held 40 slides with 16 cubes in a box comparible to my Kodak carousels. My brother went with a Sawyer vertical carousel system, but he always had difficulty of jams and fought with his projector at every family slide show marathon.

I have moved many times over the years and even though I still had my Kodak, the lenses and parts finally couldn't take it any more and it wasn't worth maintaining. So, I was stuck with the Cube system. I found the cube system's only advantage was "space", as all other attributes paled in comparison to my original Kodak. With the Cube, all the slides are stuck in order and are extremely difficult to change out or sort, difficult to find a specific slide, are difficult to load into the cube and are slow to advance to the next slide to be presented. The system was always much noisery than my Kodak.

I've changed over to digital photography and wanted to edit and cull out meaningless slides and then to digitize several thousand "keepers" while retaining the original film slides. I just couldn't do any of this with the Cube system. I searched the internet and was quite surprised to find on Amazon, some Kodak's [still brand new] available. I purchased the 4600 at a great price, and am extremely happy. It has precision smooth operation, is quiet, has dual light levels, and you can easily pull out a special slide. I can't say enough that Kodak maintained the superior design and workmanship throughout the life of the 35 mm slide era. Bravo and thanks Kodak. I am now digitizing with ease, and know that I won't part with my Kodak slides...my kids will have to part with it some day, but not me. PS, I've also had 3 generations of Kodak Digital cameras as well as my Pentax and parallel comparison to my daughter's Cannon Digital SLR Rebel. The Kodak's have served me well on two industrial construction projects taking over 16,000 images, and still compete with anyone up to 10 Megapixil. I only miss the great light and fine focus - great depth of field available with an f1.4 50mm lense.

Unit is better than described, works perfectly. Shipping carton was almost destroyed, but seller had packed unit so well, there was no damage. I am well satisfied.

Thank goodness for the opportunity to find a slide projector that will show all of my old slides. During "a showing" a few weeks ago, my old projector broke and no longer would move the slide tray around. I appreciate the quality and promptness in delivering the newly purchased projector.

Product was received quickly and professionally wrapped. My family and I are absolutely, 100% satisfied with this product. Works just as advertised which leads me to conclude that this provider is an honest and dependable seller. Strongly recommend.