StorminMatt
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Not to pour gasoline on the flames, sincerely wondering: are there really so many of us who only use their images for projection in a darkened room?
This is apug.org. And let's face it. Viewing slides with a projector is analog viewing in its truest and highest form. So I am sure there are ALOT of folks here (myself included) who frequently drag out the old slide projector.
Ha, how lucky they are! I can only afford looking at them against the sun. I am open for donations of a 5500K or so light table, 35mm projector, and 6x6/6x7/6x9 projectors. Let me know. ; )
Have yougone to craigslist lately? Seriously, used 35mm slide projectors are DIRT CHEAP these days. I, for instance, picked up a VERY new looking Kodak 4600 projector with 10 carousels for a measly $50. And I have since seen MANY projectors for less. I even found a medium format projector for $100. So I guess a least SOME positive will result from a decline in the popularity of slides.
QG let me flip this statement: what is the worth of a method (digital file+ computer projector) that everyone is using? How much impact is lost when a person shows his/her colour work exactly same way that everyone else does?
I have never actually tried this. But I can see one SERIOUS problem: low resolution. Even if a drum scanner can scan a slide to an outlandishly high resolution (and, of course, the best DSLRS out there can shoot files well over 20MP), projectors are a SERIOUSLY weak link. Because even the best 'hi-def' projectors can only display 1080 lines. With the 3:2 aspect ratio typical of 35mm (and both full-frame and APS-C DSLRs), this translates into a 1620x1080 image - about 1.75MP. And the fact that you are only displaying 1.75MP is going to stick out like a sore thumb at the image sizes typical of projection. As everyone here knows, you need MORE resolution with greater enlargements (whether film or digital), not less.
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