POLL: Do you still shoot and project slides?

[kraker]

Shoot, yes; project, sadly, no.

If I shoot slides it's 6x6; the only projector that may (or may not) still be around somewhere below layers of dust is 35mm.

6x6 on a lightbox is already breathtaking, I can only imagine what projecting them would look like.
I would love to project 6x6. Haven't come across a good deal for a projector, though. (Reminder to self: haven't been looking lately; start looking again!)

I mostly shoot B&W; if I shoot colour, I prefer slides.

 

[paladin1420]

Recently I have shot some Kodachrome, mostly for old time's sake, and projected it with an ancient projector that was my father's. It has a straight cartridge instead of a carousel. I also have shortage of white walls, and my screen, also inherited from my father, is not quite white anymore. Even with the outdated equipment, it's still pretty impressive to view a projected slide.

Mostly I view through a hand held viewer, or scan.

 

[loman]

I just started to project my slides. I love it. I hate scanning and looking at images on computers. And considering that I normally dont enlarge my B&W to more than 8x10 it's nice to see your work enlarged to 2,4x3,6 meters!

 

[pcyco]

hallo

yes yes yes

my color way of life, slides

to recognise events, trips, .... in a format 2 meters/3,5meters is phantastic

the smell of the projektor is unique.

slide, slide, slide

ag

thomas

 

[Sirius Glass]

I used to shoot only slides. I still have a 35mm projector but I do not have a 120 projector. Now that I have set up a darkroom I am busy developing and printing film.

If I found a good 120 slide projector, I might start shooting slides and developing E-6. I have processed E-2 and E-4 film in the past.

Steve

 

[eddym]

Being a "B&W kinda guy," I haven't shot slides for personal use in maybe 20 years. When I did, it was always Kodachrome, and I projected them with a Rollei projector.

In recent years, I had been shooting slides of paintings for artists. But that dried up when most of the juried exhibitions switched to accepting digital files instead of slides. And besides, I can no longer get E6 processed here in PR. I have to send it to the States. So I have my last 3 rolls of EPN 135-36 sitting in my freezer, awaiting their last job.

All that said...
Yesterday I was looking for some old negatives from 1984-85 and came across some Kodachromes that I had shot of the interior of the first house we lived in here in PR. I had shot them with my Rollei SL2000F camera and an 18mm f4 Zeiss Distagon lens. They were absolutely beautiful!!! I mean just plain jaw-dropping!

So I guess I kinda miss shooting Kodachrome after all...

 

[jd callow]

Yes all the time; no or rarely

 

[Stephen Frizza]

I shoot, I process and I project! YAY 4 Slides

 

[Allan Swindles]

I shoot and project slides, both 35mm and 6x6, 'cause there ain't no better way to view those masterpieces - even the odd 'deliberate mistake'. I have a monthly showing and invite all the neighbours to view my latest creations! No, just joking - but I do project, I do view on a lightbox and I have to admit, I do scan, 'cause it's quite easy really and I'm getting lazy in my old age, but it still looks better on a big screen.

 

[Medusa83]

Yes and yes. I attend and participate in a slide show every month.

 

[Justin Cormack]

A projector recently appeared downstairs, so I need to mount some slides. Havent seen a projected slide for some years.

One day will shoot some large format E6, maybe this year.

 

[DougGrosjean]

I used to shoot a lot of slides, when learning, so that I could learn w/o a print that's been diddled to 18% gray.

Nowadays, no. Unless I'm shooting stereo slides in a Realist. But that's just a few rolls a year, like 3-4.

I do still have a projector, though, and a screen. Going to have to set it up one day with my 13 y/o son, who's probably never seen a slideshow that wasn't on a computer screen.

 

[Lee Shively]

I still have a lot of slide film in the freezer but I haven't shot any since 2003. I returned to shooting only black and white at that time. Projecting it? We finally tossed out the screen last year after it took up space in the attic for years. I should get rid of the Carousel too. Can't remember when I last projected a slide. When I was shooting slides, I either just looked at them on the light box or I scanned and printed them.

 

[Allan Swindles]

As an aside, having just flipped back to 'eddym''s comments, I really do feel that 'quality' photography' and I mean "QUALITY' with regard to sharpness/tonal range etc. has been abandoned in favour of the latest 'must have' ***** ( that's 5 star ) award from a young journalist who has never had the experience of REAL photography. Sorry, this is a separate subject and not even fit for this portal, but it angers me to see the demise of true photography.

 

[IloveTLRs]

... Going to have to set it up one day with my 13 y/o son, who's probably never seen a slideshow that wasn't on a computer screen.

Remember when slideshows weren't on the computer?

For serious photography like sunsets and travel, I always use slide film. Last summer I shot 15+ rolls of E100VS & Velvia. I'm on the market for a slide projector now, especially something that'll do up to 6x9 (but won't break the bank.)

 

[mark]

Yes I shoot slides. All the time. I don't project them because I don't have a MF or LF projector projector. Sure would be nice though.

 

[fatboy22]

I shoot 6x6 slides and as of today just got a 6x6 slide projector! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!! 6X6 Velvia Rocks!

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Medium format slides projected are really amazing.

To do it on the cheap, look for a Beseler Slide King. The trick is finding one with a lens short enough to project in an ordinary room (as opposed to an auditorium)--10" or shorter. There are carriers for various formats (the largest being lantern format), but they don't all correspond to currently available mount sizes. I tried cutting a few of my own mounts for 6x7 for a lantern-sized carrier, and it worked pretty well, and 6x9 would work too. I'm currently debating whether I should order a batch of them or just buy a decent mat cutter with production stops (which I could use anyway) and do them myself.

 

[Sanjay Sen]

David, I got a Slide King too (after you got yours), but never figured out how to project the slides. I have mounted some 6x6 in Gepe glass mounts, but these don't fit in the slide holder that came with the Slide King. I recall you did something different - special order slide holders? I found some projection lenses that fit the SK and these work well for my small apartment, but they are useless without the right slide holders.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I managed to find a 6x6 carrier for the Slide King, but it seems to be a different size from the Gepe 6x6 mounts. It may have been modified, and maybe I could have it modified again.

I cut some prototype mounts from 4-ply mat board by hand for the lantern carrier, and it worked nicely. They're just like two window mats taped together back-to-back, with the slide taped along one edge inside so the film can expand and contract in the mount without buckling. I was thinking of ordering some mounts from one of those places that sells custom cut mats to order, but then got busy with other things, and now I'm thinking of just getting a better mat cutting setup and cutting them myself as needed, so I would be able to cut different formats and crop the slides individually.

 

[resummerfield]

.....a good lens makes a big difference on a projector. When one spends good money on an expensive camera lens, why project with a cheap projector lens? I put a Schneider Vario-Prolux MC 70-120 f/2.8 on my Kodak and the difference is quite noticeable.....

Yes, I regularly shoot and project 35mm slides. I find it easier to sort and store slides than digital files, and the slides will still be easily viewable decades from now.

 

[Paul Goutiere]

I shoot slide film quite a bit. E6 processing is still available, close by, so I take advantage whenever I can.

There is a pretty good room in my downstairs, complete with projection screen, two (and occasionally three) projectors with a dissolve, a Tascam 133 tied into a sound system. At one side of the room is a Abodia slide cabinet holding 1500 slides and above that, cupboards holding a fair number of slide trays c/w slides. There are a few acid free and conservation style film storage boxes containing slides as well. I got lots and lots of slides.

Up to this point in time, (meaning Jan 17/2008) I have never seen any multi $$$ digital projection system that does as well as a ratty old Kodak Ektagraphic with a well exposed Ektachrome or Kodachrome slide. Tomorrow will be different I'm sure.

There are more than a few of us photo anachronists out there who attempt to enlighten (bore the hell out of) others (victims) with archaic slide shows.

 

[Michael W]

I shoot a lot of positive film & look at it on my lightbox through my Minolta loupe. It´s one of my favourite ways to view photos.

I also project slides when I´m teaching, the students like it & so far the quality is much better than any data projector I have seen. However i don´t really like the Kodak carousel projectors where I teach. They have cheap plastic lenses that add distortion & vignetting. I´m on the hunt for better quality glass lenses that can be screwed in to the Kodak.

 

[SilkAngel]

I shoot slides only when I want new images for Polaroid emulsion transfer. I use a small viewer to look at them rather than a projector.

 

[tac]

I shoot 6x7 slides, velvia, for use as originals with various alternative processes. I don't project them- unless anyone wants to donate a 6x7 projector. I promise I would use it!