How do you view your slides these days? Digi or old school? Well, I reckon that the vast majority of us will use a computer screen. We've become completely reliant on our desktops in the digital world that we've created. However, for me, it'll always be the old school route, with a projector.
I remember as a kid returning home from family holidays and pestering my father to get the holiday snaps processed. His choice when it came to shoot 35mm was always slide. Once he got them developed we would sit down and view the good, the bad and the somewhat indifferent. The magic of displaying those images onto a large white wall or screen for me was magical. Fully displayed for all of us to see....... The slide projectors that I was so familiar with all those years ago are now appearing at car boot sales all over the UK. I've several myself but nothing really along the lines of this little gem I picked up today.
A Minolta Mini 35. The price, £8, yep, £8. Now, you purchase from a car boat at your peril and believe to a certain extent what the seller will tells you in terms of does it work. Yes will always be their reply. So, you'll only really know if thats the case when you get it home.
So, I got home, plugged it in, and nothing!! Oh dear. I wasn't disheartened. I replaced the fuse and she fired up. Happy days......
A more detailed look
tHE 35 came in its original box with the instruction leaflet, wired up with the factory plug on it and a lovely little bakerlite switch. In addition to that was the Minolta autochanger. A manual functional slide holder capable of holding 20 slides at a time. Everything in its box as it would of come out of the factory all those years ago.
The Mini's design was simple yet functional, durable and compact and a great little find........ RD
