Aspectar 150
The Aspectar 150 35mm projector was designed in 1957 by the Dresden designer Manfred Klaus. From 1961 to 1984 approx. Half a million copies were produced in the state-owned company Camera and Kinowerke Dresden and sold under the brand name Pentacon .
Technology and design
The Aspectar 150 was designed as a portable 35mm projector. The shape with the 26 horizontal and 11 vertical ventilation slots, the snub-nosed lens and the hammer-finish paintwork in gray and light blue are striking.
Aspectar 150 model
The housing, front section and lens housing of the Aspectar 150 A are made of die-cast aluminum and coated with a gray hammer finish. The light from the lamp is directed to the lens via a three-part condenser . The lenses of the first series are a Meyer Diaplan 2.8 / 80, a product of the traditional company Meyer-Optik in Görlitz , at that time already part of the VEB Pentacon Dresden.
A special feature of the Aspectar 150, designed as a portable slide projector, is the lens attached with a bayonet lock. It can be stowed in the housing for transport. The lighting is provided by a 150 watt incandescent lamp that can be operated with either 110 or 220 volts alternating voltage. The mains connection is made via a hot device plug, there is no switch.
Aspectar 150 A model
The Aspectar 150 A came onto the market in 1964, with hardly any technical changes. He came up with a more powerful lens, the Diaplan 2.8 / 80 also from Meyer-Optik. Visually unchanged, the lens housing was still made of aluminum. The blue Pentacon logo with the Ernemann tower and lettering can be found on the front of the housing, while the riveted nameplate has no circle and is typographically relaxed. The Aspectar 150 A with a plastic front made of light gray plastic and light blue hammer finish was not launched onto the market until the early 1970s. A model with basic equipment cost around 180 GDR marks .
The lens now came from Pentacon, a Pentacon AV 2.8 / 80 made of black plastic. In contrast to the first model, the last-mentioned lenses no longer have the Q1 quality mark. The anthracite-colored nameplate was provided with factual types and embedded in the housing.
equipment
In the standard version, the Aspectar was sold with a manual slide changer in a box printed with the Pentacon logo - a white circle on a blue background. The manual interchangeable slides can be used for framed 35mm slides (50 × 50) with a thickness of up to 3.6 mm. The riveted interchangeable slide for 35mm slides is inserted vertically from above into an angled guide and secured with a bolt. The manual slide changer has 2 positions. When projecting, there is a slide in the beam path and the slides can be changed on the top. In the "slide down" position, the beam path is interrupted, a new slide is placed in position and the projected slide is positioned on the rear slide part for upward movement.
Optionally available were, among other things, an illustrated tape guide, i.e. a device for viewing entire slide films, an automatic magazine slide changer and carrying bags. The "attachable automatic magazine slide changer" has remote control by cable and push button.
The accessories also included a cardboard perforated slide for adjusting the light bulb in order to achieve good illumination of the 35mm slide .
