Digital BW, The Print

At 01:57 PM 5/7/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I've noticed most venues are still using slides for entry.  Makes a 
>certain amount of sense to me.  Especially since most people haven't 
>developed a good single glance contact sheet in digital form.  I can 
>therefore understand that galleries don't want to open each file, etc.
>
>?? What's the going rate for having slides made ??  Or are you charging to 
>make slides ??
>?? When you have a digital file, I'm presuming making a slide of the 
>print, just as you would a silver ??
>?? When doing slides yourself are you bracketing like crazy to be sure ??
>?? When doing slides yourself HOW MANY slides are you trying for of each 
>work to have on hand ??
>
>The show at our local community college of photography opening this 
>weekend is a complete mix of traditional and digital.  I suspect the 
>'amateur' market is quicker to take up the digital.  The 'professional' 
>has already been hit with the benefits of digital in certain aspects of 
>his work long ago.  The "advanced amateur" is hanging a bit, if they are 
>undecided about their 'career' goals.
>
>Curiously,
>Cleavis
>
>
>Cleavis,

Cleavis,
I am on the exhibition committee of my coop gallery and we ask for slides 
for submissions.  We accept digital files, prints, and slides for 
submission but don't advertise it on our prospectus.  The more artists 
complain about slides the sooner they will become obsolete. I'm looking 
forward to the day when we toss out the slide projectors.

So far I haven't had digital files made into slides but a local service 
will do it for as low as a dollar each - not sure of the quantity.  I 
wonder if anyone has tried shooting off their VDT screen?  I have a copy 
stand and use Ektachrome Tungsten film when I have to. I don't bracket - 
just leave it on Auto. Shoot extras rather than having copies 
made.  Trouble is I have boxes of out-of date slides and am reluctant to 
keep accumulating more.   My pan photos really suffer as slides.  It would 
be great if CD's became the norm.

AZ



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