[Leica] Back to... NOW... DIGITAL SLIDES?

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Nathan Wajsman pointed out:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Back to... NOW... DIGITAL SLIDES?


> Well, Ted, the cost IS a problem...just out of curiosity, I am going to 
> check with s-Color in Amsterdam how much it is. But even if we assume a 
> low price like 1 Euro per image, that would still be 36 EUR (equivalent to 
> a lot more of your Canadian rubles) for the equivalent of a roll of film.
>
> I think I prefer to wait for the projector technology to improve.

Hi Nathan,
Sorry I can't wait for the technology to catch-up! ;-) I've a lecture series 
to do in March and April where I want to use digital photos. But the sound 
of the anti-digital projector posts scared me, along with a few comments at 
a previous lecture about my digital images on the screen.

However. I just got off the phone with my "most favoured colour side lab" 
Where we discussed slides made from digital,
Cost start to finish?... $6.00 per slide!  Now that can't be too bad, the 
bonus is, the more you have done the price drops like a fast falling rock. 
:-)

They will also for that price, take the original images, scale them to size 
that will produce the best "digital image-slide" possible. No it wont be as 
good as a film slide of slow sped film, however it'll look like a good 
slide.

So next week a number of images will go for a test production to see how 
they'll look viewed on a 10' square screen. Will let you know.

ted