[rollei_list] Re: slide shows alive and well in Europe
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:16:48 -0500
I have a friend with an old Pradovit. He won't sell. I have NEVER seen
an adequate projection of a photographic image via powerpoint. That
system is set up for colors at the ega level, and is bombarding its
victims with dim, dull, kindergarten-level piecharts and graphs. Good
for boffins, maybe...
I agree with you.
Peter
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:18:27 -0700 Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> 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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