During the last summer I shot some Velvia 50 in my Minox B, I then mounted the slides into Gepe 8x11 masked mounts and projected them with two synchronised Ektapro 9010 projectors (here, an earlier thread).
Mounting was not as fiddly as I imagined, I used a pair of slide tweezers, but it was still close work and did require holding my breath at the delicate moment of closing the slide mount. I was not prepared for the amount of dust and debris inside the mounts which could not be seen with my loupe. Only with huge projection could I see how filthy the slides were! They still are, and cleaning and re-mounting often increased the amount of dust. Frustrating, and I'm still thinking about the best way forward with this. I think I need a very powerful loupe, like a 16x to spot the dirt.
Good news is that the images are great! I tried projecting with a 38mm Retinar which produced a one meter image from these tiny slides and I was surprised to see so much detail and no grain, a little soft at that enlargement, sure, but still very impressive.
Last observation - I showed these slides to my family who saw the images through the dirt - in fact, they did not see the dirt and dust! Even when I pointed it out they were able to see the pictures but I can only see the dirt. There's a lesson there, I think.
Mounting was not as fiddly as I imagined, I used a pair of slide tweezers, but it was still close work and did require holding my breath at the delicate moment of closing the slide mount. I was not prepared for the amount of dust and debris inside the mounts which could not be seen with my loupe. Only with huge projection could I see how filthy the slides were! They still are, and cleaning and re-mounting often increased the amount of dust. Frustrating, and I'm still thinking about the best way forward with this. I think I need a very powerful loupe, like a 16x to spot the dirt.
Good news is that the images are great! I tried projecting with a 38mm Retinar which produced a one meter image from these tiny slides and I was surprised to see so much detail and no grain, a little soft at that enlargement, sure, but still very impressive.
Last observation - I showed these slides to my family who saw the images through the dirt - in fact, they did not see the dirt and dust! Even when I pointed it out they were able to see the pictures but I can only see the dirt. There's a lesson there, I think.
