RE: MF Folio II

[Stephen Puckett <spuckett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today Brian Reynolds wrote:

>...Tom Deering (next on the list) is on his way to the Czech 
>Republic, and won't be around to accept delivery of
>the folio (or more likely for me to meet with him and hand it off).
>Should I hold onto the folio until he gets back?

My idea on this is to hold on to it to ensure that it has a 
reasonable chance of getting into Tom's hands.  The chances of mail 
being 'lost' are probably no different where I live but why tempt 
fate?  Once he's back and contacts you, the folio will be mailed to 
him in a couple of days so we are only losing that couple of days.  

A possible alternative is to send it to Joel, he enjoys it but 
doesn't replace his pictures (so Tom can see Joel's from the current 
loop), and then he sends it to Tom.  Tom then sends it back to Joel, 
Joel quickly replaces his pix and sends it on.  Joel would be out an 
extra $3 (or so) and a little extra of his time.  The advantage is 
that there may be less delay in the folio and Joel gets to look at 
everything a little earlier.  

Just some ideas.

>...I was wondering if there would be any objections to my showing 
>the folio at the dinner.

I showed the folio at my office and 2 of the camera stores I 
frequent.  I wanted to show my coworkers and my store friends the 
glories of the hobby that they knew I had.  I also showed this to 
about 15 members of my stereo club at a business meeting 
(unfortunately, the member would be lost in another world while 
viewing and so was useless for 'real' business).  Many of the club 
members had heard of MF3D but none AFAIK had seen any actual 
slides.  Everyone loved them!  8-)  It was a great way to promote 
stereography and MF3D in particular.  It also showed them a wider 
range of styles than I would take myself.

I only named the photographer for the ones I took though would have 
if asked.  Nobody asked the photographer but many recognized the 
Oregon scenery ones: "Why, that's South Falls in the drizzle.  You 
must have taken that one, Steve."  "Yep, that was me."

One of my fellow club members had actually taken some 6x6's, had 
mounted them individually, and had lamented that there was not a 
convenient way of viewing them.  He was jazzed by the mounts and
viewer.   

They also got to see the wonderful Puckettscope: "See guys, even 
I can build a viewer!"

Steve in Portland OR (the Drizzle State)