Am I crazy? Slides for a family trip...

It would be fun but expensive as well. I hiked into some water falls last October and shot both E6 and digital. By the time I had the slides developed and scanned there wasn't enough difference in the two to tell which was which. So I basically give up shooting E6 just because of the cost. Get you some Ektar and save you some dough.
 
David

maybe you are not comfortable enough, indoor, with your M6?
The white balance is an issue, but shooting ISO 400 indoor is 90% of the time pretty straightforward (no flash for me please).
Also, you seem not to enjoy the somehow masochistic dealing with film.
In that case, really, a digicam seems too best option...

Personally, I love film and will shoot Tri-x as long as I can, even when digital is so much "better", faster, easier etc.
I like the tangible thing, the archivibility, the possibility to get a cheap, high quality long lasting print.
I have starting to shoot family stuff exclusively on Kodachrome because of the film stability. After 12/2010, I will apparently switch to E6 for two reasons:
1 - It apparently is still more stable than C41, and 2 - when you have hundreds of old films, it's so much easier to see the pictures on a light table, and choose to make some scanning/reprints than with negs.
Good luck!
 
I think I'm going to try the Ektar 100 route.

Quite a bit of money savings from E6 processing (my pro lab just raised the prices AGAIN...I swear, they charge more every time I bring my film in...is it ME?). They'll also end up getting scanned anyway. My hybrid slideshow approach? Scan to Flickr to my big screen via AppleTV.

I DID end up shooting some Provia 100F on the next trip, to Florida. Those shots came out as expected...great in plenty of light outdoors.

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David

very nice family shots.
You are more a man than I am to bring your M6 that close to salty water 🙂
May I suggest that you consider a good point and shoot for casual family shots. I used to have a stylus epic that did wonders with Kodachrome 200. Not as good as a "real" camera, but very good, and SO light and easy...

Cheers
 
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