Anyone still do slide shows?

[Vickko]

Anyone still do slide shows?

I wonder if this is another activity that has virtually disappeared with modern times and technology (i.e. digital projection, decline of E6 slide processing, ....)

Vick

[batterytypehah!]

You betcha. Although I haven't been taking new E-6 pictures in quite some time now, I love looking at my old stuff, and even more my late father's. It's the most satisfying way to experience photos for me. Prints are boring.

[dave lackey]

Originally Posted by Vickko

Anyone still do slide shows?

I wonder if this is another activity that has virtually disappeared with modern times and technology (i.e. digital projection, decline of E6 slide processing, ....)

Vick

Why, yes...I got my projector from Paulbe here in Atlanta. It is a lot of fun though I worry about scratching or otherwise damaging my slides. In the past, I would get duplicates for showing.

I discovered last summer that my projector throws a HUGE image against the side of the house and makes for a good outdoor theater of sorts. It works well against the backyard fence too, so I am on the lookout for a 6'x6' white background that I can use when the weather warms up.

Can't get the grandkids over that late very often because of school night, bedtime schedules etc. so will wait for those nights when they come over for the summer.

[jsrockit]

I just found a lot of my old slides from the 90s and some of them are worth looking at again. I will be buying a projector soon... unless I can find someone to make cheap cibachromes from my slides.

[puxmep]

I do slide shows for family and friends regularly. Sometimes recent, sometimes older slides mostly when there is an occasion, a birthday or an anniversary. I also have a Kindermann projector for 6x6 transparencies, and they get shown on a regular basis as well. Those are mostly landscapes. And I work as a software engineer, being at a computer at home is just too much.

[batterytypehah!]

Originally Posted by dave lackey

Can't get the grandkids over that late very often because of school night, bedtime schedules etc. so will wait for those nights when they come over for the summer.

Are they fascinated by slides? I know my niece was, not quite 6 years old at the time. Particularly when I let her operate the old (magazine, but all manual) projector.

[Bob Michaels]

Optically projected transparencies? No, not any more for me.

Digital slide shows? The sequenced, time phased, with added audio is becoming one of my favorite presentation formats. Now I still love and live by prints. But I have an exhibit going up in a local history museum that is some 50 images in a 3 minute slide show with audio. It will play continuously in a 15" digital photo frame. It will play continuously. You can see an early version here.

[Gareth Rees]

Yes still projecting slides, both old, old ones and current ones.

[anjoca76]

I have been shooting lots of slides, but I have never projected them. From what I hear, I need to experience this. Anyone have any tips on picking up a used projector? What to look for, brands, types, etc? Thanks.

[Schlapp]

Just sent off 3 rolls of 120 E6. Some 6x6 and some 6x9. Hoping to present them in frames with opaque back to hang in windows and the like.

[dave lackey]

Originally Posted by batterytypehah!

Are they fascinated by slides? I know my niece was, not quite 6 years old at the time. Particularly when I let her operate the old (magazine, but all manual) projector.

It depends...

We have two boys who enjoy it and shooting with my MF cameras. Very appreciative of everything and find joy in most anything even though they play computer games (ages 5 and 7).

The two girls are "financially privileged" and use iPods (ages 3 and 6), digital cameras etc. now for almost two years. They don't appreciate anything. You give them a present and they don't even bother to open it after tearing the wrapping off, as they already have either it or something similar.

In our little window of the world, it appears too easy for children to be spoiled and/or de-sensitized so we don't even bother to show the slides to the girls as their attention span on anything is zero because they don't care. Maybe their curiosity about older things will change for the better as they get much older. Not holding my breath.

The upshot is, the granddaughters are great "models" as they post naturally now without any hassle. No cheesy grins, just awful poses.

[kshapero]

No more but slide shows of my photographic adventures around the world were my children's main form of entertainment during the 80's.

[dave lackey]

Originally Posted by Vickko

Anyone still do slide shows?

I wonder if this is another activity that has virtually disappeared with modern times and technology (i.e. digital projection, decline of E6 slide processing, ....)

Vick

I find it a shame that some of us "photographers" don't give a care in the world about carrying the legacy to our children, their children and anyone who is interested. Digital everything and instant gratification has IMO ruined the photographic world in that respect. With all of the wonderful things that new technology has brought us, so few of us actually embrace and protect the past for the future generations.

The images are one thing to protect in whatever form one chooses (digital, negatives, slides, prints, whatever). No problem with that. I do have a problem with moving on and flushing everything in the past down the toilet.

As a former owner of a classic 1951 MGTD, I drove the car everyday and looked after it as a mother hen because it needed protecting from a standpoint of history, beauty, and education. I did not look at it as a hobby, a toy, or even transportation although it fit these categories very well.

I had a moral obligation (in my mind at least) that I was a caretaker of a very important, special machine that fired up the imaginations, dreams and memories of everyone who saw it. I enjoyed that part almost as much as taking the car on tour.

When the current economic downturn clearly indicated that my profession was going down the tubes in a hurry, I sold it and I miss it. But, I have other things in life now that are more pressing than being a curator of sorts of a classic automobile. Couldn't afford it if I wanted to now either.

But, projecting slides is easy and affordable. Owning and using vintage cameras are affordable and the images produced are without equal.

Yes, I do despise the new technology for some things. I also appreciate new technology for life itself as without it, my bride and I would not be here today, let alone be able to enjoy the RFF experience with all of you wonderful people!

[carpark]

Originally Posted by dave lackey

I find it a shame that some of us "photographers" don't give a care in the world about carrying the legacy to our children, their children and anyone who is interested. Digital everything and instant gratification has IMO ruined the photographic world in that respect. With all of the wonderful things that new technology has brought us, so few of us actually embrace and protect the past for the future generations.

The images are one thing to protect in whatever form one chooses (digital, negatives, slides, prints, whatever). No problem with that. I do have a problem with moving on and flushing everything in the past down the toilet........

But, projecting slides is easy and affordable. Owning and using vintage cameras are affordable and the images produced are without equal.

Lovely post. I completely agree with your sentiments

[kmallick]

I agree with many of the thoughts expressed in the previous posts. Its sad that the custom of sharing pictures by projecting E-6 slides has virtually disappeared due to modern digital technology. I still project mine, both 35mm and 6x6. I use a Leica Pradovit with Super Colorplan lens for the 35mm and a Hasselblad PCP-80 for the 6x6. The enjoyment I get out of projecting the slides is superlative, different but complimentary to wet printing b&w prints or viewing digital pictures on screen. Sometime I share them with family, but mostly I enjoy projecting the pictures myself.

I wish there were local groups where I could share the slide projections with others and critique, like the good old days.

[bobkonos]

Absolutely. I shoot slides 80% of the time, and sort/review them on a light table with a loupe. Then into trays to a) further review for inclusion in an exhibit, and b) to share in a slide show. The images were taken with a classic set-up, so I continue the process and review and show them as such.

[thegman]

Originally Posted by dave lackey

I find it a shame that some of us "photographers" don't give a care in the world about carrying the legacy to our children, their children and anyone who is interested. Digital everything and instant gratification has IMO ruined the photographic world in that respect. With all of the wonderful things that new technology has brought us, so few of us actually embrace and protect the past for the future generations.

The images are one thing to protect in whatever form one chooses (digital, negatives, slides, prints, whatever). No problem with that. I do have a problem with moving on and flushing everything in the past down the toilet.

As a former owner of a classic 1951 MGTD, I drove the car everyday and looked after it as a mother hen because it needed protecting from a standpoint of history, beauty, and education. I did not look at it as a hobby, a toy, or even transportation although it fit these categories very well.

I had a moral obligation (in my mind at least) that I was a caretaker of a very important, special machine that fired up the imaginations, dreams and memories of everyone who saw it. I enjoyed that part almost as much as taking the car on tour.

When the current economic downturn clearly indicated that my profession was going down the tubes in a hurry, I sold it and I miss it. But, I have other things in life now that are more pressing than being a curator of sorts of a classic automobile. Couldn't afford it if I wanted to now either.

But, projecting slides is easy and affordable. Owning and using vintage cameras are affordable and the images produced are without equal.

Yes, I do despise the new technology for some things. I also appreciate new technology for life itself as without it, my bride and I would not be here today, let alone be able to enjoy the RFF experience with all of you wonderful people!

Agree with this, I think that inefficiency gets a bad rap sometimes, and that "efficient" has come to mean better. But I think the most efficient way of doing something, or the easiest is rarely the most fun or the most satisfying.

[anjoca76]

Originally Posted by dave lackey

I find it a shame that some of us "photographers" don't give a care in the world about carrying the legacy to our children, their children and anyone who is interested. Digital everything and instant gratification has IMO ruined the photographic world in that respect. With all of the wonderful things that new technology has brought us, so few of us actually embrace and protect the past for the future generations.

The images are one thing to protect in whatever form one chooses (digital, negatives, slides, prints, whatever). No problem with that. I do have a problem with moving on and flushing everything in the past down the toilet.

As a former owner of a classic 1951 MGTD, I drove the car everyday and looked after it as a mother hen because it needed protecting from a standpoint of history, beauty, and education. I did not look at it as a hobby, a toy, or even transportation although it fit these categories very well.

I had a moral obligation (in my mind at least) that I was a caretaker of a very important, special machine that fired up the imaginations, dreams and memories of everyone who saw it. I enjoyed that part almost as much as taking the car on tour.

When the current economic downturn clearly indicated that my profession was going down the tubes in a hurry, I sold it and I miss it. But, I have other things in life now that are more pressing than being a curator of sorts of a classic automobile. Couldn't afford it if I wanted to now either.

But, projecting slides is easy and affordable. Owning and using vintage cameras are affordable and the images produced are without equal.

Yes, I do despise the new technology for some things. I also appreciate new technology for life itself as without it, my bride and I would not be here today, let alone be able to enjoy the RFF experience with all of you wonderful people!

I pretty much agree with all this. I am a sorta new dad--my son is 23 months old--but it is very important to me that he not grow up ignorant to the past. I am no luddite--I have plenty of electronic gadgets and I love my iphone and things like that--but I also love to cook things from scratch, like homemade bread and fresh pasta, etc., I brew my own beer, shoot film, and if I could afford classic cars (or knew how to work on them), I would be driving those around too. I don't want my son to think people have always walked around with personal computers in their pockets, or that tomato sauce comes out of a jar, or that photography is brainlessly aiming a digital camera or phone in the general direction of your subject and firing away at will. Obviously I do not mean to say that everyone who shoots digital does so brainlessly or that it requires no skill (I own digital cameras). But you really can't compare shooting sunny 16 on a meterless camera with whipping out a cell phone and tapping a touch-screen a button. One requires skill and lots of practice. The other does not.

[SteveM]

I still shoot slides for projection, but only in 120 now. I have a Leica Pradovit projector for 35mm slides, with many years worth of slides organized by trip or location. The trays for the Pradovit's hold (I think) 80 slides, clipped in so they don't spill out. It's a great way to arrange and store them. It also forces me to be quite ruthless in selecting which slides to keep that tell a good story when projected in sequence. For 120 (645 format) I use an old Leitz Prado Universal. This is more labour intensive, requiring insertion of individual slides into a carrier. Family slide shows are very enjoyable. I plan on shooting slides as long as E-6 processing is still available (getting harder to find locally).

Steve

[mooge]

I do. I assemble a little show to put on each year around new year's when we have a sort of family gathering. slide film and slide projection is one of those 'magic' things about photography to me; like wet prints (when I get them right...) and peel-apart instant film.



anjoca- you could look for a Kodak carousel projector. they're pretty common; I actually have one in my closet that I picked up from someone's trash pile. look around on those online classified sites, you should be able to find one for ~$50 or so, I guess.
(about that Kodak Carousel- anyone in Ottawa want it? it's free...)

[charjohncarter]

Yeah, and people don't fall asleep like they used to. They sit in awe.

[regularchickens]

Only when JavaScript and jpegs are involved.

[roboflick]

Yes I'm still doing slide shows. I have a Leica p2000 that I got cheap. Built like a tank with a beautiful Leica projector lens. Nothing beats the color. My 4 year old son loves running the projector

Nik

[roboflick]

Originally Posted by anjoca76

I have been shooting lots of slides, but I have never projected them. From what I hear, I need to experience this. Anyone have any tips on picking up a used projector? What to look for, brands, types, etc? Thanks.

I would go for Leica p2000 built like a tank and the lens the color plan 90 is awesome. Make sure it is the regular color plan and no the cf or curved field lens, these were meant for the old cardboard mounts which would pop


Nik

[whitecat]

Glad to see it's still alive.