Yes I shoot slides. All the time. I don't project them because I don't have a MF or LF projector projector. Sure would be nice though.
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Medium format slides projected are really amazing.
To do it on the cheap, look for a Beseler Slide King. The trick is finding one with a lens short enough to project in an ordinary room (as opposed to an auditorium)--10" or shorter. There are carriers for various formats (the largest being lantern format), but they don't all correspond to currently available mount sizes. I tried cutting a few of my own mounts for 6x7 for a lantern-sized carrier, and it worked pretty well, and 6x9 would work too. I'm currently debating whether I should order a batch of them or just buy a decent mat cutter with production stops (which I could use anyway) and do them myself.
David, I got a Slide King too (after you got yours), but never figured out how to project the slides. I have mounted some 6x6 in Gepe glass mounts, but these don't fit in the slide holder that came with the Slide King. I recall you did something different - special order slide holders? I found some projection lenses that fit the SK and these work well for my small apartment, but they are useless without the right slide holders.
I managed to find a 6x6 carrier for the Slide King, but it seems to be a different size from the Gepe 6x6 mounts. It may have been modified, and maybe I could have it modified again.
I cut some prototype mounts from 4-ply mat board by hand for the lantern carrier, and it worked nicely. They're just like two window mats taped together back-to-back, with the slide taped along one edge inside so the film can expand and contract in the mount without buckling. I was thinking of ordering some mounts from one of those places that sells custom cut mats to order, but then got busy with other things, and now I'm thinking of just getting a better mat cutting setup and cutting them myself as needed, so I would be able to cut different formats and crop the slides individually.
.....a good lens makes a big difference on a projector. When one spends good money on an expensive camera lens, why project with a cheap projector lens? I put a Schneider Vario-Prolux MC 70-120 f/2.8 on my Kodak and the difference is quite noticeable.....
Yes, I regularly shoot and project 35mm slides. I find it easier to sort and store slides than digital files, and the slides will still be easily viewable decades from now.
I shoot slide film quite a bit. E6 processing is still available, close by, so I take advantage whenever I can.
There is a pretty good room in my downstairs, complete with projection screen, two (and occasionally three) projectors with a dissolve, a Tascam 133 tied into a sound system. At one side of the room is a Abodia slide cabinet holding 1500 slides and above that, cupboards holding a fair number of slide trays c/w slides. There are a few acid free and conservation style film storage boxes containing slides as well. I got lots and lots of slides.
Up to this point in time, (meaning Jan 17/2008) I have never seen any multi $$$ digital projection system that does as well as a ratty old Kodak Ektagraphic with a well exposed Ektachrome or Kodachrome slide. Tomorrow will be different I'm sure.
There are more than a few of us photo anachronists out there who attempt to enlighten (bore the hell out of) others (victims) with archaic slide shows.
I shoot a lot of positive film & look at it on my lightbox through my Minolta loupe. It´s one of my favourite ways to view photos.
I also project slides when I´m teaching, the students like it & so far the quality is much better than any data projector I have seen. However i don´t really like the Kodak carousel projectors where I teach. They have cheap plastic lenses that add distortion & vignetting. I´m on the hunt for better quality glass lenses that can be screwed in to the Kodak.
I shoot 6x7 slides, velvia, for use as originals with various alternative processes. I don't project them- unless anyone wants to donate a 6x7 projector. I promise I would use it!
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