Project - A - Scope® Image Projector

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000RSKZ8C
• Item model number: PJ768
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 11, 2007

Product Description

Project - A - Scope Image Projector blows up any photo, drawing or picture to a wall - sized display! Larger-than-life images! The Project-A-Scope takes any image and magnifies it onto any wall, up to 15 times the size! Budding artists can trace small pictures to create incredibly realistic, poster-size images. Any magazine or newspaper article is now as easy to read as a billboard. From small to wall: Projects and magnifies any 2D image; Perfect for seeing detail on photos, stamps, coins, maps, flash cards, business presentations and much more; Invaluable for artists, crafters and hobbyists; Easy-focus lens produces sharp, clear images; Lightweight and portable; Requires 75W light bulb (not included).; Measures 12 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 8 1/4"h., weighs 1 lb., 10 ozs. Recommended for ages 13 and up.; Act Now! Project-A-Scope Image Projector

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good projector for the price, wrong description, December 6, 2010

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C. L. West "Sissalu" (Mesa, AZ) - See all my reviews
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I ordered this scope from Quint Graphics. I really liked the design. My mother had an excellent one that she used for 20 years when I was younger, so I was really excited about this one.

The description says 15x projection. However, the box says 5x projection when you receive it. It does ok for a scope. I have outlined some pictures for some art work and it works alright.

When I contacted Quint Graphics, I didn't receive a response... to all three e-mails. Apparently, they are having trouble receiving e-mails from Amazon, odd, but I'll take it. After two phone calls, I finally talked with the someone on the phone. If you deal with this seller, definitely call them. They are very courteous and helpful on the phone. The seller said that the original creator of the project-a-scope description has to change it. They are unable to edit it and Amazon won't allow them to create a new item for the same thing. He says that they sell hundreds and have never gotten a complaint before.

FYI, you can get a 5x projector at Michael's for the same price, but you can use a 40% off coupon. If I'd known I was getting the lower projection, I would have saved myself the trouble of paying more money for it, plus shipping.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Project-A-Scope, June 4, 2010

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Michael D. Bruno - See all my reviews
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It's functional but is difficult to actually do what I want. As an artist, my purpose was to project photos to a canvas and be able to trace the outlines for a quicker painting process. It does project but once my hand goes up to trace the lines, I cannot see what I am doing. And, while doing this, the background goes out of focus too because the canvas moves due to the pressure of my hand. It is not the fault of the projector. The projector does well, can create a sharp picture, but is not good for my purpose. If a person simply wants to project items for view it would be fine.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good start on a great projection device for artists, August 2, 2011

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Sherman A. Thompson (Brady, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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Note:This might also apply to the "Autograph Tracer Junior Projector, which is similar.

I am a retired lifelong artist, a painter in oils, and also a retired commercial illustrator. In the business we always kept a "morgue file" of stuff we liked and might need for future reference. Like musicians, we frequently copied ideas from each other. It was expected and nobody took offense or thought anything about it. We often worked from a photograph or took a photograph ourselves to translate into artwork. No big deal. Efficiency of action and quick professional results were the objectives.

I recently had need to raise money for dental work and decided to come out of retirement and do a series of oil paintings to sell. Western genera subjects sell well in my area, so that's what I decided on as subject matter. Library books and magazines proved insufficient as a source of photos and illustrations so I decided to turn to the cinema where big bucks were spent on locations and great photographic vistas. I was impressed with several scenes from "And Came A Horseman" so I bought the DVD, stopped action on the shots I liked, and photographed the screen. I took these shots to WalMart and had the digital images from the camera memory chip converted to 4 X 5 color photographs that can be projected via my Project-A-Scope onto a canvas. ... beginning to get the idea? These were superb, well planned shots by professional photographers, made in great Colorado landscape settings, with dramatic skys and cowboy action.

On checking out my used Project-A-Scope from Amazon I found, like everyone else, that it is OK but pretty dim and has to be used at night or in a darkened room. It also gets hot. I solved the heat problem easily by installing a max brightness flourescent bulb. The enclosure around the illuminated picture is made of dark plastic and very inefficient for max use of the bulb. instead of lining the inside walls of the enclosure with reflective aluminum foil (my first thought) I have decided to modify the unit by cutting away the end of the enclosure and either installing a mirror to reflect more light from the bulb onto the copy picture or install a second bulb opposite the present one. I will extend the forward sides of the projector with a thin plywood enclosure, screwed in place on the existing sides, and mount a second bulb socket from the hardware store. The internal sides will be lined with reflective aluminum foil. With fluorescent bulbs heat won't be a problem.

I might also lengthen the lens tube for longer focus if needed. The original focus assembly is just a loose slip-fit, with no thread focusing. It falls out easily. The lens itself is a simple one-element meniscus type. I'm thinking of making a simple platform for the projector using an adjustable photo tripod. The base would be a square of thin plywood or perhaps a clipboard secured by the camera mount screw. A clipboard might be useful for holding the picture to be projected.

I ordered a second used Project-A-Scope to modify, keeping the first one original as a usable relic. None of these modifications are really necessary if you only need the scope for occasional sketching. A low-heat flourescent bulb is a cheap way to beat the heat problem. Just as it is I give it four stars as a great little device for very little money.

Hope this gives you some useful ideas.