I was overwhelmed with the choices of viewers at Glazer's Camera Supply in
Seattle. Everything from small loupes to small battery powered units to
larger A/C units that will take an entire stack of slides, and cycle thru
them (manually), spitting them out at the bottom in a neat stack, to light
tables. And of course, the Kodak Carousels and Leitz. I walked away,
leaving that decision for another day and a fatter wallet.
Tonite in a thrift store I found a big stack of about two dozen or more Bell
& Howell slide trays, in cardboard holders, 99 cents apiece. Don't have a
Bell & Howell, but thought surely somebody on the List might. Also a Sawyer
projector and another brand, the name of which escapes me after a Labatts.
Two screens (the nicer looking one fell apart when I attempted to open it --
I could fix it, but why bother, I'll find another).
Slide equipment is being abandoned, it seems, a part of the move to digital,
no doubt. How many teenagers today have seen even one slide projected on a
screen in their home? Even a big $1000 21-inch monitor can't compare. Used
to be a regular occurrence at family get togethers when I was growing up.
There is magic in a projected slide, just as there is magic a campfire.
Rich
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