At 02:10 AM 10/7/01 -0400, you wrote:
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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I really haven't noticed much of a change in the amount of slide
projection equipment in the thrift shops since digital became
popular. There has been quite a bit available for as long as I can
remember. Seems to me, that grandpas slide projector and screen were
discarded by dads who had no time for such things. Dads who have no time
for much of anything or so they believe. So of course as you suggest..the
number of teens who have ever seen a slide projected on a screen is
dwindling. we live in a snapshot world...that I think is why digital was
able to become such a hit.
I used to love the old slide shows, not to mention the home movies. I can
smell it just thinking about it. Oh what a wonderful smell. I hope that
my kids will enjoy the slides as much as I did. Unfortunately the cost of
home movies severely limits the amount of footage I could ever produce,
most likely I will never make any. It will have to be one of those special
occasions when these are pulled out of storage and children can watch their
great grandfather, with great great grandfather and grandfather in tow
heading out to get that christmas tree...or grandpa zooming up the driveway
in a cloud of dust in his new 50 oldsmobile....I think I will pull them out
this evening.
Chuck
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