excuse my ignorance

[Jamesmd]

is it possible to print slides ( 35mm) ?
sorry if its a stupid question .

James

 

[Bob]

No excuse necessary,
Yes indeed, "R" prints can be made.
-bob

 

[TRSmith]

Is Cibachrome dead? Showing my age here.

 

[Jack]

James,

Do you mean make prints from 35mm slides, or do you mean print a 35mm transparency slide from a digital file? The answer is yes for both, but the processes are very different

 

[Jamesmd]

First thing thanks for replys.
I mean print slides transp. At home if possible.

The thing is I was wondering if showing pics instead of a video proyector from an "analog" one , photos would get some of the nice film light and optics magic back . It might be stupid , ?
With sound it works fine , I do something similar and it's much warmer than pure digital .

Thanks

James

 

[TRSmith]

I'm officially confused. Sound?

 

[Jamesmd]

sorry , I'm a sound editor and all sound postpo is now digital all the way thru till the cinema theatre , and we process sound before mastering to get some warmth back . for sound as it is and behaves it works fine , so I was comparing both , sound and image .

james

 

[Bob]

James,
Another option is to scan your slides and then post process them digitally.
Slide shows work great with a high quality digital projector.
-bob

 

[Jamesmd]

thanks Bob, do you think a sony homecinema HD would do or is there any specific for photo , apart from Leicas one for obvious reason


James

 

[Bob]

I am not familiar with that one.
Check to se if it has a dvi interface, then drive it from a computer through that interface. There are also options for hdmi depending on your graphics card.
You might also want to consider profiling your projector, by developing an icc profile on the computer. I1 has some solutions for this as well as others.
-bob

 

[Jamesmd]

yes , it has dvi , there is some thant have CZ lenses to , Ill go and have a look what there is .

Thanks Sir.

 

[Jamesmd]

well HDMI and DVI is really the same thing only that HDMI holds video and sound signals and DVI only video. If I'm wrong please correct me .

James

 

[TRSmith]

Ahh. So not print, but rather projection or video display.

 

[Jamesmd]

I do print (paper ) but I would like , if possible to print slide transparensy and see what comes out .

 

[TRSmith]

Sorry, I must need more coffee. To be 100% clear, you want to have a paper print you can hold in your hand that is made directly from a transparency. Is that correct? The discussion of video projection or HDMI display is confusing me. Two different animals.

 

[Jamesmd]

no problem , I want to print on a printer a transparecy from a digital file
but , I don't know if its possible .

James

 

[Arjuna]

A. You can scan a transparency, and, from the digital file, make a print, on paper from it, no problem, I do it all the time.

B. From a digital file, you can print, e.g. on clear film, a 'transparency'. People do this in order to do some digital processing of an image, and then produce large negatives for contact printing, I believe. A normal printer would not likely produce a transparency with anywhere near the resolution of an original transparency from film, so I doubt that it would be very useful for creating a slide for projection in a slide projector. Probably OK for an overhead projector, if anyone still uses those.

 

[Jamesmd]

Thanks Arjuna , solved my question .

Cheers

James

 

[TRSmith]

Getting closer now, I think I understand. I was thinking you wanted to do A. as listed above in Arjuna's note.

If it's B. (from the note above) then you need some transparency film for your inkjet printer. Like this: http://www.pictorico.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=52

It would be interesting to hear if the results were worth the effort. Good luck!

 

[Jamesmd]

trsmith , I'll let you know if its any good

cheers