StevenJohn
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I shoot 4x5 slides...Provia mainly. $2 a sheet to develop. Not bad. I get 35mm developed for $7 a roll. It's a week turn around.
LKSC
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To add to that, when you have a suitable transparency properly printed onto ilfochrome (optically, and masked if necessary), it makes it all the more worthwhile.
dave lackey
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Lloyd, that sounds like what I have been looking for as scanning loses way too much! More details please...and who does this work?
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
I remember my first slides. They were 6x6 from a Yashica Mat... god, it blew me away.
Now I barely ever shoot colour neg for "serious" colour photography. You just can't beat transparencies. They scan so well, too. It'll break my heart if I ever reach a point where I can't find somewhere to do E6 processing anymore.
Now I barely ever shoot colour neg for "serious" colour photography. You just can't beat transparencies. They scan so well, too. It'll break my heart if I ever reach a point where I can't find somewhere to do E6 processing anymore.
charjohncarter
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Someone above said MF Trannies. I agree, but I still shoot many 35mm slides. Here is one from San Miguel, CA, Astia100-120:
You will never go back to color negatives, well sometimes.
You will never go back to color negatives, well sometimes.
gnuyork
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Same here. I hope that never happens. I was a fan of Kodachrome too, but now that's done, Sad.
segedi
RFicianado
35mm, cool
6x7, OMG!
4x5, faints
If I ever got into LF I'd probably build an LED-based lightbox picture frame!
6x7, OMG!
4x5, faints
If I ever got into LF I'd probably build an LED-based lightbox picture frame!
dave lackey
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dave lackey
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Damn I hate those digital frames that you set on a table or desk and have to watch through all the same old pics you saw yesterday like they were going to change or something. Too expensive anyway. I much prefer the real images printed.
But, what to do with slides? Projection is tres cool! It becomes an event though and I am trying to simplify with less events (at least of the medical and financial kind!).
So, maybe I should take a tip from digital frames...using my light box, or a custom built one to hold x number of slides and have THEM sitting on my desk or table so they can be admired when I walk by. Change them out whenever I want to see some other ones...
I am already going to pick up on these:
They have mini frames (2x3) which I think can be modified to hold slides with illumination from the back. The plastic strip is actually curved and can sit on your desk horizontally or hang from the wall or whatever. There is also a larger one for 4x6 or some size.
But, what to do with slides? Projection is tres cool! It becomes an event though and I am trying to simplify with less events (at least of the medical and financial kind!
).So, maybe I should take a tip from digital frames...using my light box, or a custom built one to hold x number of slides and have THEM sitting on my desk or table so they can be admired when I walk by. Change them out whenever I want to see some other ones...
I am already going to pick up on these:
They have mini frames (2x3) which I think can be modified to hold slides with illumination from the back. The plastic strip is actually curved and can sit on your desk horizontally or hang from the wall or whatever.
There is also a larger one for 4x6 or some size.paulfish4570
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way to go, dave. hard to beat orange beach; know it well ...
dave lackey
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Thanks, Paul...great place isn't it? I posted a couple of images from Lulu's in the Scale Focus forum for the XA2 just for kicks. The images were okay for snaps but too big of a difference from the chromes I had just salivated over...
In fact, as soon as it gets dark around here, I am headed out to the patio for a slide show just for me! Might even project it on the corner house across the street from me just to see the cars stopping to gawk!
paulfish4570
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har! good idea ...
dave lackey
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Maybe I should start a new thread but I need your help...
There is not a single lab in Atlanta that I would trust to print anything. I have never gotten a decent print from slides and now I have a half dozen that I would like to frame and hang on the wall both here and in Orange Beach (as a gift).
I am using Precision Camera for my black and white processing and scans but haven't tried them for printing. Surely there are very good labs somewhere...
Can ANYONE recommend a lab that can make a superb print from slides?
There is not a single lab in Atlanta that I would trust to print anything. I have never gotten a decent print from slides and now I have a half dozen that I would like to frame and hang on the wall both here and in Orange Beach (as a gift).
I am using Precision Camera for my black and white processing and scans but haven't tried them for printing. Surely there are very good labs somewhere...
Can ANYONE recommend a lab that can make a superb print from slides?
DougK
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The first time I looked at 6x6 transparencies on a light box, I was hooked. I'd love to try 4x5 someday.
gnuyork
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I also shoot 4x5 transparencies and they are amazing to look at. I don't have light box (well yeah I do, need a special bulb for it) but even just holding them up to the window is pretty spectacular.
HHPhoto
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I was blown away!
Only wish I had a scanner so I could share them, but then, digital images of the slides don't compare....
Hi Dave,
now you have discovered one of the real treasures of film photography: Transparencies!
Slide film is a league of its own: Unsurpassed color brillance, excellent sharpness and resolution (better than with negative film), extremely fine grain.
To exploite the full quality it is best to either
- put them on a lightbox using a high quality loupe (from Schneider or Rodenstock)
- project them with a high quality projecting lens on a screen.
The first time you see your slides on a big screen projected you will be breathless (both color and BW slides).
It gives you by far the best quality. No resolution loss by scanning, no increased grain by scanning, and you get the real, original colors.
In projection film delivers a much, much better quality than digital. In direct comparison digital projection with beamer completely sucks.
I have done a direct comparison with some other experienced photographers: Leica Pradovit PC slide projector vs. Leica D1200 high end digital beamer (cost 10,000€).
Results:
- the slide projector gives much more brillant colors
- color accuracy was much better with slides
- better sharpness with slides
- the difference in resolution was huge; no real competition here, the beamer with its extremely low resolution of only 2 MP (and that is only horizontal, in upright format it is 40% less) failed totally in direct comparison the slide projector;
therefore much, much finer detail with slide projection.
Some photographer friends and me are regularly meeting to "Open slide" events.
At "Open Slide" every photographer show 10 - 15 of his best or recent taken slides, or slides he wants to be discussed by us.
No limits concerning the topics and subjects, therefore there is a great variety of different shots at each Open Slide: Landscape, stills, street, portrait, night photography, color experiments, air shows....
We enjoy the outstanding quality of slide projection and the interesting variety of different photographic subjects.
It's very entertaining, and of course there is always a good cold beer for eyeryone, too ;-) .
The idea of "Open slide" slide shows / photgrapher meetings is not from us. It started at a German Photogallery some time ago and is gaining popularity now in Europe, especially between young photographers who are tired of sitting in front of their computer monitors.
Cheers, Jan
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