> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Buyens > I got my 1D in February and have not used film since. > > >Is there anybody who used to project slides but has now converted to >digital? If so what kind of projectors are you using and how did they cost? >It seems to me that for this purpose you are still better off with slides, >or not? The 1n gives you a 4Mpixel image, the 60D 6Mpixel but projectors >give much less then that. Any comments are appreciated.
Yes ! Projection was something that prevented me from going totally digital for a long time. I've been toying with digital cameras for around 5 years but my first love has always been slides so when it came to serious travel and wildlife photography I still relied on slide film in my EOS-1V. When the D30 was released it was a quantum leap in quality and I was getting prints that matched anything I ever got with film. I borrowed a digital projector from work and that finally convinced me that there was life after slides. About a year ago B&H was running a special on a Sanyo 1024x768 (native) LCD projector for $1900 and I decided to take the plunge. For me the transformation is complete and slides are now a thing of the past. My normal process is to store my original 3 megapixel images on a CD and in addition I batch resample the images at 1024x768 to match the resolution of the projector. It is important to use the native resolution of the projector to avoid any fancy compression schemes which degrade the images. The projected images are so sharp and clear it is almost unbelievable. In fact, people who view the images on the big screen have been commenting on how incredibly sharp and colorful the images are... and that is all accomplished with 1024x768 images. It's only a matter of time before higher resolution affordable projectors become available and when they do I will simply batch-resample my images into whatever resolution the new projector offers. Now instead of stacks of slide carousels I simply have a small 3-ring binder which hold 200 CD's. I can sit down in the living room with my laptop and easy pull out any CD and in seconds we're looking at wonderful images. And, even the simplest viewing utilities (I use Hamricks VuePro +) allow for image zooming, automatic slide show, random images, etc. It is truely wonderful. For me, the ability to finally project digital images on the big screen ends a digital quest which began over 5 years ago. -- John * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
