POLL: Do you still shoot and project slides?

[FilmSprocket]

Originally Posted by David A. Goldfarb

But does it ever get better than this?



From National Geographic, 1958.

No it doesn't! Pretty cool ad. Never saw this projector before. My wife, daughter and I still do the same as the scene in this ad (except we're just slightly a bit more contemporary). I'm glad they still enjoy my slide presentations. 20-30 minutes seems to be the limit, which is just fine.

Marc

[Hans Borjes]

Projecting all the stuff (35mm and 6x6). Equipment is installed at a dedicated place in my living room. Just need to turn off the lights and switch slides on :-)

Occasionally scanning.

[Nicole]

Absolutely. We love projected slides.

[mikey99]

I spent most of last weekend disassembling/repairing/reassembling
my old Kodak Carousel 760H slide projector. Finally sat down with
my wife and daughter Sunday night to view some slides and after
about 10 min 'poof' bulb goes out. Picked up a new bulb this week
and the second show went much better :-) Viewed slides I shot back
in the late 70's through late 80's. Amazing how well these have held
up.

I haven't shot any slides recently but did pick up two rolls of Fuji Sensia 100
today, one for me and one for my daughter.

The guy at Wolf Camera said they don't process slides in house
anymore but send out to a lab, takes about 2 weeks to get them
back. Does anyone have any recommendations for a lab I can
mail these to myself ?

[David A. Goldfarb]

A&I. You can order the mailers from B&H or from www.aandi.com.

[mikey99]

Thanks for the tip about aandi.com, I will check that out

On the topic of mailers.... I found two 'old' Kodak slide 135-36 mailers
when I was cleaning my office last week. There is no expiration date
listed on these mailers......

I wonder if these are still good..... anyone know ? I would say these
were probably purchased back in the late 1980's :-)

[benjiboy]

How else could you bore the pants off your friends and family ?

[mikey99]

.....after searching around a bit, I see that Kodak still produces mailers
so I think I answered my own question and these mailers will most likely
still be honored. The mailer does say its only good for Ektachrome and
Kodachrome, so I probably won't risk sending my Fuji slide film. I'll wait and
pickup a couple rolls of Ektachrome to send. I'll also need to verify the
mailing addresses on the mailer are still correct.

Originally Posted by mikey99

Thanks for the tip about aandi.com, I will check that out

On the topic of mailers.... I found two 'old' Kodak slide 135-36 mailers
when I was cleaning my office last week. There is no expiration date
listed on these mailers......

I wonder if these are still good..... anyone know ? I would say these
were probably purchased back in the late 1980's :-)

[Sankt.Ahlomow]

Hello to everyone,

I've been shooting slides for 20 years now, actually using Leica M6 for 35 mm and Hasselblad ArcBody for 6x6. Projecting both format is main application in my living room and photoclub. Projected slides fill a 1.6x1.6m2 screen - great.

[nikon46]

I have dabbled in digital, but I still like shooting slides and projecting them---more shooting than projecting.