Mark Cassino wrote: > Anyhow - I have to say it was a lot of fun. Projected > slides - even at a decent size (I projected mine to 4 feet on > the long axis and sat about 8 feet away) look a lot better > than scanned slides. Projecting seems to be much more > forgiving than scanning, especially in regards to shadow > detail, and the grain - well, there just doesn't seem to be > much grain in the projected images. I also had a whole > different feel for the image at the larger size, compared to > viewing it on a computer screen.
I always work out how much time I'm going to need when viewing slides and then double it. There is so much to see in a good slide that I often lose track of time (I only do this a couple of times a year, so there are often quite a few to see projected for the first time). The other essential is a notepad and pen. The last batch I had on the screen, had a parade of shops I have known since I was very small. From this slide, for the first time I noticed there was a 'dated' stone in the middle of the parade above the shops. Now I will remember to go back and take a suitable close up of it. I often find photos to pursue from a slide projection run. Malcolm
