POLL: Do you still shoot and project slides?

[David A. Goldfarb]

But does it ever get better than this?

From National Geographic, 1958.

 

[Bandicoot]

Yes, projecting with an Ektapro, and Schneider lens. Wonderful.

Just wish I had a 6x6 (or better yet, 6x7) projector. Keep thinking about making one...


Peter

 

[Thanasis]

YES I shoot quite a bit of 35mm slide film but NO i dont project it... If there's an image that i really like, i'll get a cibachrome print made.

 

[frdrx]

I shoot both colour and black and white slides, and project them quite often, sometimes publicly. I use Velvia and Provia in 35mm and 6x4.5 format, but Fomapan R, which I develop myself at home, sadly isn't available as 120 film. Slide projection is the best thing you can do with film in my opinion. I recently got a Rollei P66S for peanuts, so I'm a very happy chrome maniac.

 

[Graham.b]

Yes i shoot on 35/120 fuji slide. Project 35 on the big screen, and pick the one to scan, this has been put forward all ready.
I use Prov/velvia. Its the only way to see them.

graham

 

[Marc Akemann]

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.

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]

Slide projection still goes on

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.

 

[AutumnJazz]

Why wouldn't you shoot slide film?

 

[Markok765]

Wheres the poll?

I shoot and project. I need to get a screen though.

 

[Chaplain Jeff]

I shoot most of my color in slides - Velvia, Kodak 100UC mostly.

I do have a nice projector, but find that in most places it's easier to scan the slides to JPG and project them via a computer.

That way there's no jamming, upside down images, etc.

It is always nice though, to spend an evening with a glass of wine viewing slides on a projector and a group of friends you love. Somehow the feeling is lost with digital images.

Jeff M

 

[gordrob]

I still shoot, process, mount and project my own slides. It is probably the most enjoyable process that I do. I have started shooting more 6x9 Ektachrome in the past couple of years and really enjoy viewing them on a light box. I am lucky enough to be able to process sheet film up to 5x7 and I have yet to see anything compare to a large format transparency on a light box.

Gord

 

[Rombo]

Leica pradovit P150 is a nice alternative for television for my kids. But only once in two to three months. All important things for my family is captured to film.

 

[Rombo]

But I will stop developing my slide films at home. Tetenal chemistry is hard to get, and it is not cheap. And results in my ATL-1000 are not the same. Not to mention, that chemistry, once mixed, have very short life.

 

[Jedidiah Smith]

Yes, still shoot primarily slide film, and project. I also like to look at the slides on a light box - nothing like looking at a perfect slide through a loupe!

Jed

 

[dynachrome]

In March I shot about 150 photos onto Ektachrome for a slide show which was accompanied by music. This was for a family celebration and it may be the last actual slide show which many of those present will ever see. A few slides which were not copies of photos were also in the show. I have seen digital presentations with LCD projectors but none of them came close to the quality of projected slides. As long as slide film and processing for it remains available I would like to keep shooting and projecting at least some slides.

 

[Clay2]

Yes indeed ! Kodachrome 35mm, Hanimex projector (200mm f/2.8 lens, 500watt),
Dailite 5'x6' screen, blows you away !
/Clay

 

[naknak]

No.That story belongs to my early years in photography.Then I realized that it was better for me to see movies in the dark instead of my slides.And so the slide-story ended twenty years and so.
Kyprianos