POLL: Do you still shoot and project slides?

[eddym]

Being a "B&W kinda guy," I haven't shot slides for personal use in maybe 20 years. When I did, it was always Kodachrome, and I projected them with a Rollei projector.

In recent years, I had been shooting slides of paintings for artists. But that dried up when most of the juried exhibitions switched to accepting digital files instead of slides. And besides, I can no longer get E6 processed here in PR. I have to send it to the States. So I have my last 3 rolls of EPN 135-36 sitting in my freezer, awaiting their last job.

All that said...
Yesterday I was looking for some old negatives from 1984-85 and came across some Kodachromes that I had shot of the interior of the first house we lived in here in PR. I had shot them with my Rollei SL2000F camera and an 18mm f4 Zeiss Distagon lens. They were absolutely beautiful!!! I mean just plain jaw-dropping!

So I guess I kinda miss shooting Kodachrome after all...

[jd callow]

Yes all the time; no or rarely

[Stephen Frizza]

I shoot, I process and I project! YAY 4 Slides :-)

[Allan Swindles]

I shoot and project slides, both 35mm and 6x6, 'cause there ain't no better way to view those masterpieces - even the odd 'deliberate mistake'. I have a monthly showing and invite all the neighbours to view my latest creations! No, just joking - but I do project, I do view on a lightbox and I have to admit, I do scan, 'cause it's quite easy really and I'm getting lazy in my old age, but it still looks better on a big screen.

[Medusa83]

Yes and yes. I attend and participate in a slide show every month.

[Justin Cormack]

A projector recently appeared downstairs, so I need to mount some slides. Havent seen a projected slide for some years.

One day will shoot some large format E6, maybe this year.

[DougGrosjean]

I used to shoot a lot of slides, when learning, so that I could learn w/o a print that's been diddled to 18% gray.

Nowadays, no. Unless I'm shooting stereo slides in a Realist. But that's just a few rolls a year, like 3-4.

I do still have a projector, though, and a screen. Going to have to set it up one day with my 13 y/o son, who's probably never seen a slideshow that wasn't on a computer screen.

[Lee Shively]

I still have a lot of slide film in the freezer but I haven't shot any since 2003. I returned to shooting only black and white at that time. Projecting it? We finally tossed out the screen last year after it took up space in the attic for years. I should get rid of the Carousel too. Can't remember when I last projected a slide. When I was shooting slides, I either just looked at them on the light box or I scanned and printed them.

[Allan Swindles]

As an aside, having just flipped back to 'eddym''s comments, I really do feel that 'quality' photography' and I mean "QUALITY' with regard to sharpness/tonal range etc. has been abandoned in favour of the latest 'must have' ***** ( that's 5 star ) award from a young journalist who has never had the experience of REAL photography. Sorry, this is a separate subject and not even fit for this portal, but it angers me to see the demise of true photography.

[IloveTLRs]

Originally Posted by DougGrosjean

... Going to have to set it up one day with my 13 y/o son, who's probably never seen a slideshow that wasn't on a computer screen.

Remember when slideshows weren't on the computer?

For serious photography like sunsets and travel, I always use slide film. Last summer I shot 15+ rolls of E100VS & Velvia. I'm on the market for a slide projector now, especially something that'll do up to 6x9 (but won't break the bank.)