Re: Generation of slides

[P3D Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I agree with the slide proponents that 3D slides look great. I also think
>3D prints look great.
>
>John R

Yes yes me too! I agree. ;-) Slides are great and after the dust settles
and someone does indeed sort out the facts and fallacies, we'll get to
the bottom of this mess. ;-) (Yeah right!) Anyways my thoughts on this is
that disregarding what the prevailing majority use, be it slides or prints
I find advantages and disadvantages with both.

Prints are easier to handle and can be magnified to different sizes. Then
with the appropriate viewer one can view them at different F.L. (especially
now with Alan's Freeviewer) Clarity wise maybe theortically slides might
have the upper hand but for all intensive purposes, to me a good print
looks just as sharp as a slide. Sure there is other factors such as contrast
etc. but I don't think this is a serious drawback. In any case wouldn't a
digital scan of a negative have better range of contrast than a positive?
But that is another issue. Then there is the issue of duping slides. Very
easy and inexpensive to do with prints. Thus if one was to weight the
advantages and disadvantages of each medium I think prints would have the
upper hand. If one weights only absolute sharpness then slides would prevail.

Now as to the matter of this absolute sharpness that borders close to
reproducing reality, I beg to differ. Sure slides look realistic but
one thing that hinders them is there size. This I will expand upon in
another post.

Gabriel


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