E6 output - projected or printed

[kal800]

Hi,

After couple of years stuck with B&W material only I decided to bring some colour to my pictures. I have plenty of shot slides in my film folder - they look absolutely brillant, but the question - how to show them to a broader audience? Scanning is pain in the a** and does not give any spectacular effects - RDP is so so, but RVP does not cooperate with any scanner. Besides still - having it scanned does not solve the problem - still they have to be printed and since I do not have access to offset printing machine I am not able to have paper prints of decent quality.

After some search I found near mint TS 107 Malinverno projector for a scrap price. This unit has been used couple of times - everything works perfect, the lens is totally flawless and in perfect condition. I'm still waiting for frames for my slides and screen, but in the meantime I wonder if there is some space for improvement in the equipment itself. Although the lens looks nice - it is German made ISCO Projar 1:3.5/135 - I believe that more advanced lens with MCs, ASP, etc could bring some improvement. Do you have any suggestions in that matter?

If I still wanted to have paper prints of my slides - is there any possibility to have them? I know that Ilfochrome is dead for now and I still have hope that somebody will resurrect it sometime, but maybe there is some way to obtain similar results?

Kal

 

[foc]

Personally, I think that nothing can beat a projected transparency onto a quality screen.
Regarding making a print, I would suggest you scan it and either print it yourself on inkjet or bring/send the digital file to a lab that will print RA4 prints.

 

[faberryman]

It depends on how you want to enjoy your images. If projecting your slides does it for you, then that is the way to go. Before spending a lot of money on upgrading the lens, I'd live with the lens the projector came with for a while. It is probably a perfectly fine lens.

 

[Ivo Stunga]

Hi, we're in a similar position.

Shooting E-6 exclusively since about 2009 and in 2016 I picked up Ilford Reversal, but a week ago had some inspiring results with Cinestill CS6 with D9 1+2 for extended highlight latitude and warm tone. The acquired latitude with expired Sensia 100 blew me away and 2x Provia 100F is waiting for this 3-bath process to have fun with this simplified 3 bath process again...

That said, have only 3-4 works printed. A quick and dirty A3 print on a Kodak paper at a lab, absolutely nothing fancy. Got them by taking individual frame (avoid this if possible, hard to scan) or by sending a tiff I scanned and Lightroomed to a lab and this is the only viable way I can acquire prints from my slides I guess.

When it comes to wider audiences - you'll have to think on terms of performance I guess. Take a tray of your best slides (don't drag your audience), your projector and announce a projection event or join one!

Depending on your local film communities, there might be a path already available to you at some places - 8/16mm people usually are great and have projection equipment/premises.

I'm very bad at marketing and anything commercial, but still - a dozen usually comes to a poorly announced projection evenings.
Years ago we made some combo events - slides with pauses of poetry on topic in-between. At an abandoned fallout shelter, at bars and cafe's...

In Tallin, for example, there's an annual projection festival where people project their pics, their 8 and 16mm movies and make their performances with 2+ simultaneous projections with "analog" transition/blending - impressively interesting shit can be achieved this way.
Did participate there once, and people liked my BW slides - something that wasn't seen often, as mostly poorly done E-6 gets projected (a reflection of reality).

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I don't print anymore for the most part. I stopped projecting too after my projector died. So now I scan and show the photos on my 75" 4K smart TV. I make slide shows with music, credits, titles, etc. using Adobe Premiere Elements and Lightroom. I store the shows on a memory card that's connected to the smart TV's USB jack ready to show with the push of a button. That makes it easy to catch unsuspecting guests who get too comfortable on my reclining furniture in the family room where the TV is located. .

Here are my Velvia 50 shots in my Flickr account - in 6x7 120 and 4x5 format. One or two might be Velvia 100.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=velvia&user_id=55760757@N05&view_all=1

If you want to see an Ektachrome slide show on your smart TV or monitor, check out the Scuba show on my Youtube page. It was shot in 35mm Ektachrome about 35 years ago and scanned a few years ago. The other shows on that page were digitally shot. It will give you an idea of what you can do to present your slide in a modern way. I'll tell you that the TV really projects very well. Unlike projection which reflects the light more dimly, TV screens project the colors and intensity making them seem sharper and brighter.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDzogShfhgCHh2rVvEsFOJQ