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08/20/2003 01:49:34 PM · #26 |
Okay guys, I made my first order for slides last night. I will hopefull have them in about a week. This place has pretty decent prices, considering all of the options there are. I used //www.prodigitalphotos.com and ordered 6 slides. I had a few more in the folder I was working with. They were $1.75 per slide, plus $4.45 shipping. Hopefully it all works out. I don't have a slide projector, but my dad does. They have some promotions too that I didn't see until after I got my order placed.... oh well. I miss out on free 4x6 prints.
Ok, dumb question time.... are slides square? so you can turn them portrait or landscape and still get away with it? or not? I cannot remember if they are or not, but someone I'm sure knows.
I'll let you know how they turn out. - Bob |
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08/20/2003 02:02:42 PM · #27 |
I will be joining a club this fall. I was told they are open to digital shooters, we shall soon see.
They also have a slide competition, so I will be interested to find out how yours come out.
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08/20/2003 02:25:17 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by inspzil:
Ok, dumb question time.... are slides square? so you can turn them portrait or landscape and still get away with it? or not? I cannot remember if they are or not, but someone I'm sure knows.
I'll let you know how they turn out. - Bob |
Yes, the slide mount is square, so you can display both portrait and landscape images. They usually go in the projector tray upside-down. |
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08/20/2003 08:31:01 PM · #29 |
Bob, et. al., our university computer science department has a machine that holds your slide film. It comes with software that allows you to specify your images and the order in which you want them to appear on film. Then the machine runs and makes slides from whatever image you have on your computer.
Come to think of it, my father has such software on his computer, too. The machine in the computer center is very expensive, I'm sure, but my father does slides all the time for presentations on microbiology at international conferences. I'll ask how he does it; it may be a cheap alternative. The slides he usually makes are of diseased body organs of mice, with text added like "Herpes Rota Virus" and such. But he does it often enough that he must have something that's not too expensive.
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08/20/2003 10:24:02 PM · #30 |
A lot of places seem to make a distinction between 4000 line and 8000 line reproductions (also called powerpoint and raster reproductions in some places) The only difference appears to be resolution (and about double the price) but for images sized to 4096 on the long side, there isn't much point going for the expensive 8000 pixel reproductions. (it makes sense maybe for high resolution film scans)
I haven't tried this out yet, but that is some advice I gleaned from several of the print places and also makes sense based on the resolution of the files. So maybe the 'expensive photo' options for slides are not worth the money for digital images. It might be worth spending the $1.50 and $3 to see if you can tell the difference, but I doubt you will. |
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08/20/2003 11:57:55 PM · #31 |
@David - Keep me informed. A cheaper alternative would be awesome. Especially one that I could do locally, or even at home
@Gordon - prodigitalphotos does the 4096x whatever slides. I have another one to try too... If I had more, I would've tried it actually. It starts at $19 for UP TO 10 slides. I did have 10 slides set up, but I decided to go with prodigitalphotos because for less than 20 slides its $1.75 a slide.
All for now.... BB
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