An Age of Magic

Remember when dad would hold a slide-night…?

And friends and family would find all kinds of excuses to avoid being invited…? my dad was a devoted fan of the camera and slide film in particular and I have boxes of old slides from the days of my childhood. These days it is not the usual way to take photos, everything is digital now, but the slides had their own unique attraction about them and I still love to hold them up to the light and look over them. Dad’s old projector gave up the ghost years ago.

I was looking some time back through some catalogues from camera stores and was amazed at how those things have changed over the years – and their prices too. These days a slide projector will set you back a few more dollars than when dad bought one depending on what you buy and what it does. We still have the projector screen that dad bought when mum stopped him pegging up her good white sheets for screenings but I’d kind of like to resurrect the traditional slide night as we have a collection of slides of our own from as recent as eight years ago. They sit in boxes at the moment but are well stored.

The best way to buy one these days is to have a look at a site featuring projector reviews as these machines have moved on in technology since the 60’s and 70’s – they range fairly broadly in price too so if you are wanting one just to show your holiday slides you’d not be wanting to spend too much money.

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