Teacher Or Artist – There Is A New Projector In Town.

For years, teachers used bulky overhead projectors that took up lots of storage place, were heavy and hard to maneuver, and were hard to set up. Now, there is another option – the opaque projector.

While a little more expensive than overhead projectors, opaque projectors save on storage space and are easier to set up, which saves time. One popular opaque projector is Artograph’s MC250 Professional Opaque Projector. This model is designed for professional artists and teachers and costs around $400. Images can be enlarged up to 15X with superb resolution. This opaque projector is compact and easy to store, easy to set up, and easy to use.

Opaque projectors can be used in a variety of ways, including the classroom. An opaque projector would be ideal for teaching budding artists the fun of tracing. Imagine the look on a child’s face when they project an image of a picture drawn by them and turn it into an amazing piece of artwork on the canvas. While some artists believe that tracing should not be a part of the learning process for budding artists, many believe that tracing can be used to aid the artists in learning how to draw freehand – after all, you have to start somewhere and many young artists learn to draw freehand by tracing pictures found in coloring books. So, don’t be afraid to start them out by teaching them to trace – after all, you have to crawl before you can walk!

American Optical Opaque projectors have been around since the early 1960’s. This opaque projector is still manufactured and sold today by Neumade – using the same type of parts that were used in the original projectors. Talk about quality!

If you are looking for a used opaque projector, you may find a Beseler Opaque Projector. This projector is an antique projector and is listed in several sources from around $50 to around $300. Charles Beseler, who was a friend as well as a competitor to Thomas Edison, founded the Beseler Company in 1868. The company began by making medical and institutional products, such as inhalers and museum stereopticons. Then, in the 40’s the company began expanding into the audio-visual market – and today, is one of the largest manufacturers of dark room equipment and projectors for artist and photographers.

Opaque projectors are designed for teachers and artists – budding or professional – and have been around for many years. And, as with most other things, as technology changes, so do opaque projectors!