Location: Near Tavistock, Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor.
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I still shoot and project 35mm colour slides, both at home and sometimes publically (clubs, WIs etc.). That's the only thing I do with them, ie no scanning. At home, the screen has my own patented "Easy-Hang" system ("E-Z Hang" should I ever export to the States!) ie two bent bits of metal that position it correctly for projection from the table at the other end of the living room. (Biggest hassle is clearing the table of accumulated crap!) Even installed a special mains socket for the projector.
As with traditional camera gear, there's never been a better time to buy second hand projection accessories, and in the last two or three years I've fixed myself up with all kinds of lenses, timers, spares, etc. for next to no money. Totally committed to the convenience, reliability, affordability and repairability of the Kodak Carousel body, but why ever did Kodak saddle that projector with some rather poor lenses?
Yes, I shoot and project color and BW slides. I love slides. It is a unique medium, unsurpassed concerning brillance, color saturation and sharpness.
I like to project my slides on the worlds best projection screen: da-lite picture king high power. This screen is a dream, extremely brillant with absolutely neutral colors. And very well built, rock solid.
I also like to look at my slides through my Schneider loupes (top optical quality). I use the 3x for MF and the 4x for 35mm.
I hate looking at pictures on computer monitors. It's a very bad medium for that purpose, extremely low resolution (in most cases lower than 1MP), and the colors are not satisfying at all, even with calibration.
Yes, as I have over 90 rolls of slide film in freezer. I also picked up a back-up projector, now surprisingly cheap on eBay. Projecting the slide are half the fun, at least the person who took the shots.
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I shoot color slides and project them (as well as shooting color and B&W negs). My 16 year old shoots almost exclusively color slides, which are, I think, the best feedback on your technique. So I'm glad he's training properly at a young age.
We were recently visiting my mom and her husband and looked at slides on three consecutive evenings. My 16 year old was very impressed by the difference between a fixed 90mm f:2.5 Colorplan CF (curved field for non-glass mounts) projector lens and a Kodak zoom lens used 24 hours later. I think a lot of people miss out on appreciating their projected slides because of the poor quality lenses that became prevalent when cheap zooms became standard on slide projectors, mostly for convenience. A poor projector lens is a terrible thing to impose on the results from fine camera lenses.
Lee
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I just recently warming up to shooting slides. Armed with expired (several years) Ektachromes, I shot two rolls on 135 and one on 120 that just had me speechless.
And I have just got my first Kodakchrome roll back (first ever!). Sweet stuff.
As for projecting, I don't think I'll go that route unless I can get a projector for 6x9 slides cheap enough.
Location: Datchet, Berkshire UK- about 20 miles west of London
Posts: 278
Yes, all my film colour work is slide and all those I select for mounting are projected at least once on a 6x6 or 67 projector. I still give a few presentations to camera clubs as projected MF slides- and many in the audiences haven't seen this before.
Yes to both. I still use a slide projector in my University lecturing, despite pressure to switch to Powerpoint: the detail resolution is way better. If I take a picture that I know I am likely to want to project I usually take more than one image, so that I have one to archive and at least one to project.
It's been awhile since I hauled out the old Carousel. But now I'm thinking a good way to spend a winters evening is in the glow of the Kodachromes. CHA-CHUNK, CLICK, CHA-CHUNK,CLICK..........
Ernie
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