[MF3D.FORUM:882] Re: Mount Colors

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>That's an excellent point, Robert.  I've thought about the
>issue of not being able to write on black mounts before,
>but forgot to mention it in response to Sam's post.  One
>advantage of grey is that if it is not too dark we could
>still write on the mount.
>
>I suppose the entire back could be left white for writing.  I
>think most folks do most of their writing on the back, with
>just a title on the front.  The title could be put on a
>label over the black or grey mount, but many people like
>the convenience of writing directly on the mount.

  If there's any chance of the ink bleeding
onto fingers then I'd want to avoid black.
18% grey (like a Kodak Grey card) would be
my second preference. It would still allow you
to write with a pen on any area you choose.

  On my own slides I put the title, date and
film used on the front. On the rear I put
boring technical information that I might want
to know later.

  For a non-black mount it would be best if
both front and back were coloured (IMO). I
use up a lot of that silver tape, inside mounts,
to keep light from shining through the mounts
(usually on slides with darker scenes).

Greg