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Subject: [OM] Re: MF gear (Was: 28mm/3.5 hood [was: Re: lens questions)
From: David Carter <spotz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:47:49 +1200
6x6 projectors seem cheap enough
Romanslide Projector FG-500
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Photography/Vintage/auction-15932046.htm
has a start/reserve of NZ$45.00

> 
> OK, so I have a couple of boxes of 6x6 slides here in front of me. 
> Georgeous, big, clear, and so on. But what am I supposed to do with them 
> that takes advantage of those stellar qualities? If I had an MF scanner, 
> which I don't, I could print them or put them on the web. In either 
> case, I lose at least most of the extra resolution, unless I make very 
> large prints.
> 
> I guess I could put them out on the coffee table with a small light box 
> and a designer loupe, but I'll bet friends and family wouldn't get it.
> 
> I was just at friends' house and went through a bunch of 8x? prints from 
> his Nik*n 5700. His father had printed them all out for him. What a 
> bunch of junque! Banding in many, lots of blocked out shadow areas. The 
> pics of our friends were nice to see, but Glacier and Waterton Lakes 
> Parks were not too splendid. I can imagine making a print that bad, but 
> I can't imagine letting anybody see it!
> 
> Moose
> 
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