My parents have lots of old slides that are about 50 years old. Apparently slides were big in the 1960s, as were slide nights, but are unheard of now. They were going to throw the slides away but I grabbed them to preserve the family history. I suspect Thygo may have some slides, because that would be so him.
The other day I found a strange contraption for $59. It is a Kaiser Baas "Photo Maker" which converts slides or negatives into .jpeg files. The machine is powered by the usb cord which connects to the computer, and it comes with the necessary software. The process is simple (a couple of buttons pushed on the computer screen) and relatively quick.
The slides were starting to deteriorate after half a century, but with a bit of cleaning the machine did a pretty good job of converting them. Certainly at only $59 the technology is a bargain.
Python is being extraordinarily polite by not mentioning me by name wrt an (in)famous slide night.
Even now, I struggle to consider and stick to the detail the audience wants ...
Posted by: Thygocanberra | Sunday, 21 December 2014 at 10:25 PM
Great slide! The great thing about an iphone is that when someone shows you their photos, there only are about 5 you are supposed to finger flip through and you don't have to take more than 2 seconds per picture. When someone shows you their slides, they consider it an offensive social faux pas to not fill the 80 slide carousel, and to have a second carousel of some previous adventures to one side, just in case you seem to be enjoying the first 80!
Posted by: PythonMagus | Sunday, 21 December 2014 at 02:37 PM
Priceless photo!!
And yes, I have slides, and my Dad has heaps, and Louise has all her Dad's slides.
And yes we had slide nights.
Louise is trying to save all hers.
I saw a projector on Gumtree tonight for $25 - I might have to buy it.
You know one thing that good old analogue slides could do that Powerpoint can't? - you can put it the image in Portrait without losing and pictorial area.
Posted by: Thygocanberra | Sunday, 21 December 2014 at 12:44 AM