At Indiana U, I was in charge of departmental slide presentations. We called those wheels "Roussiki Rouletto." But those *&~^(*&^%$# Powerpoint projectors cost 5x the price and are 50x more unreliable. I'm keeping my carousels. P.J.Nebergall On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:31:50 -0400 ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I love slide shows - I grew up with them - I don't anyone who > doesn't. And you're right about the quality. It's not with relish > that I say how less common and practical they have become. > > I should counter the trend and dust off my projector. > > Thanks, > > E. > > > On Oct 4, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Jan Decher wrote: > > > Elias et al.: > > Your view of slide shows may just show the American bias. Slide > > > shows or better multimedia projection with 1 to 9 projectors is > > > alive and well in Europe and elevated to a fine art. Look at he > > > list of current slide shows in this online (and hardcopy!) > magazine > > dedicated to the art: > > http://www.fotoforum.de/content/links/links_diashow.php? > > linkauswahlfeld=KATdiashows > > > > If you have ever compared a Rolleiflex (or Contax 645 etc.) slide > > > projected from transparency next to a similar digital picture > > projected with one of those "beamers" you will know why people > > still choose analog over digital projection. > > > > Michael Martin ("Desert of the Earth") explains this much more > > convincingly on his website: http://www.michael-martin.de/ > > He likes the low light ability of digital cameras but much prefers > > > the analog over the digital workflow (something I can really > relate > > to). His slide show are all shot with Leica R8 cameras and lenses > > > on Fuji Velvia 50 and sometimes Provia 400. Much of the time he > > > does his landscape photography travel with a BMW motorcycle! > > > > BTW: Anyone selling a Rolleivision 66 dual projector? > > Jan > > > >> From: ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: News from Rollei-Berlin : no more > >> digital cameras bu > >> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:42:45 -0400 > >> ...To project on the wall? For real? Rollei is dropping digital > > >> cameras > >> and making b&w slide film for the six people out there still > putting > >> slide shows on? > >> Elias > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'subscribe'in > > the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > > www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list