Digital Slide Online Circle

Slide film was a deservedly popular medium amongst photographers. The colour and sharpness of projected (or backlit) images outweighed the more challenging exposure demands that the medium required when compared to negative films.
Colour Slide 1 was PPC’s first slide circle formed in the early 1980s with a second added by the Summer of 1984. Both circles thrived for about 20 years, but, as digital cameras made their mark and interest in film declined, the Circles merged under the Secretaryship of John Maule. The circulation of a box of slides gave way to a USB stick with scanned slides and digital images, and mono images began to appear alongside the more usual colour. The name, too, changed to reflect the times, becoming Digital Slide Circle.
The introduction of the club’s online platform meant the days of circulating a memory stick by post were numbered and Digital Slide finally joined the other Internet Circles. But, in recognition of its long heritage it became Digital Slide Online, DSO for short!
The Circle welcomes photographers of all levels of skill and experience and still offers the opportunity to see colour and mono images in the same round.


Roger Edwardes
Circle Secretary