[rollei_list] Re: slide shows alive and well in Europe

  • From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 16:06:25 -0500

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
> >
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