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> That's an interesting question. I wonder why slide projectors were so > popular to begin with, as opposed to prints. Perhaps color prints > in reasonable sizes were prohibitively expensive as compared to a slide. > But I can't really remember. I *do* remember that my folks almost always > took slides (even in 2D) as opposed to doing prints... >
Color prints were/are much more expensive than slides (four or five times so at least), but I wouldn't say they were "prohibitively" more expensive. I think slides were popular because the projected image is more impressive than a little scrap of paper to hand around, especially in the days before television made large images in our parlors such a common experience. It does seem to me that people used to take pictures more seriously than they do today--it would be interesting to consider whether there is a cause-and-effect (in either direciton) between the more casual attitude toward photos and the supplanting of projection by prints.
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