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

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 4:44 PM -0800 2/10/05, Ted Grant wrote:
>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
>

  Is that for 4K or 8K slides? Better have some made and project them. 
All slides from digital are not created equal, and few are created 
that can be shown together with camera shot Provia 100F without being 
obvious.

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