Re: Kodachrome -- Thanks for the Memories
Author: Freericks
Date: 12-26-2010 - 21:08
Ken Shattock (KRK) Wrote:
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> Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> > We have 22 carousels of Kodachrome slides
> dating
> > from the late '50's to the 80's. We just spent
> a
> > zillion dollars having them put on CD's at
> Costco
> > and were amazed at how well the colors have
> held
> > up. Very few were faded. I have a whole box of
> > slides from my parent's trips to Hawaii in the
> > '60's and all of them are in good condition.
> > Aside from being in carousels or specific slide
> > boxes/cases, they received no special attention
> > and were mostly housed in the garage.
> > C.
> > PS--I too saw the CBS piece this morning and
> > thought it wonderfully well done, including the
> > final shot taken of the Parsons Cemetery as
> > fitting tribute.
> > C.
>
> Hi Carol-- Happy New Year.. Hope you and Carl
> had a great Christmas. Have a question for you
> regarding slides.. What size are your slide
> carousels ? 80 or 140 quantity ??
> I have a bunch of slides that still need to be put
> in carousels for projecting and I was going to
> hunt for some on Ebay.. The 140 size that is..
> However, my video film lab in Seattle gave me a
> heck of a good price on the "80" size. They said
> that 80 is better because the plastic wall
> thickness between each slide is thicker and won't
> break over time from usage as the thinner walled
> 140-types. What do you think may I ask ??
> By the way, I only paid about $ 27.00 for a huge
> case of 80-type carousels !! Great, huh?
> And I think they have more, too. They look NEW.
>
> KRK
I have actually been toying with the idea of pulling the slides that I have in carousels and putting them in Logan boxes. Sure, it will be a huge pain when doing a slide show, but I think I've done two slides shows in the last ten years. My screen is so deep under the bed, I'm scared what I'd find pulling it out.