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My grandfather's slide show of 1956 NYC ruined my projector bulb after 11 minutes
Found a box of Kodachrome slides in my dad's attic last week. Grandpa shot them on a trip to New York, 1956. Every single one was overexposed, like he pointed the camera at the sun for half the roll. I loaded them into my old Argus projector, and the heat from holding one slide too long cracked the glass. Replacement bulb cost me $28 and the slides are still useless. Was 35mm film just harder back then, or did my grandpa never learn how to use a light meter? Has anyone else inherited a dud collection that cost you more to look at than it was worth?
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linda_butler2810d ago
Pointed the camera at the sun for half the roll" sounds about right for my family too. My uncle had a whole reel of our 1987 beach trip that was nothing but white glare and a tiny blurry figure I assume was me. I spent $40 getting it digitized just to confirm it was a sunburned ghost. At least your grandpa's slides had buildings in them, mine just had my aunt's thumb on the lens for six straight shots. That projector bulb crack is a rite of passage, I think we've all roasted a few family memories into dust.
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