I shoot and process plenty of slides (and larger format transparencies), but never project, only scan. I don't even mount 35mm slides, rather I cut them into strips of 6 images, just like negatives and put them into page sleeves. This makes it much easier to scan with a glass carrier on my scanner.
Shoot, yes, I much prefer slide film to color negative. Project, no, my projector sits in the attic where it got stashed when we moved into this house. The keepers get scanned, and prints happen digitally on RA-4, though I have a few that may get sent to Elevator for Cibas. Lately, most of my transparancies are on 120, and I don't have a projector for those anyway, and I no longer get the 35 mounted.
Trying to do more of this, especially since I received as an early Christmas present from my dear wife a used Rollei projector that will do 6x6 or 6x4.5 slides.
I also bought some 35mm Kodachrome on sale that I am working through.
Actually what I really need is a good screen - at home we are lacking in the white wall department.
Matt
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If I shoot slides it's 6x6; the only projector that may (or may not) still be around somewhere below layers of dust is 35mm.
6x6 on a lightbox is already breathtaking, I can only imagine what projecting them would look like.
I would love to project 6x6. Haven't come across a good deal for a projector, though. (Reminder to self: haven't been looking lately; start looking again!)
I mostly shoot B&W; if I shoot colour, I prefer slides.
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Recently I have shot some Kodachrome, mostly for old time's sake, and projected it with an ancient projector that was my father's. It has a straight cartridge instead of a carousel. I also have shortage of white walls, and my screen, also inherited from my father, is not quite white anymore. Even with the outdated equipment, it's still pretty impressive to view a projected slide.
Mostly I view through a hand held viewer, or scan.
I just started to project my slides. I love it. I hate scanning and looking at images on computers. And considering that I normally dont enlarge my B&W to more than 8x10 it's nice to see your work enlarged to 2,4x3,6 meters!
I used to shoot only slides. I still have a 35mm projector but I do not have a 120 projector. Now that I have set up a darkroom I am busy developing and printing film.
If I found a good 120 slide projector, I might start shooting slides and developing E-6. I have processed E-2 and E-4 film in the past.
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