[rollei_list] Re: slide shows alive and well in Europe
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:18:27 -0700
Peter,
It is not the unreliability that disturbs me. It is the dim, fuzzy images that
irritate me. The company at which I am employed has the finest digital
projection equipment. but the results are pathetic.
Until you have seen what a 6x6 cm slide projected by a Rollei or Leica
6x6 projector, you could not appreciate the difference.
Jerry
Peter J Nebergall wrote:
> 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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