Re: Mounts again

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>>    "So you have 4 options (maybe more) with the albions:
>>    naked, blue foldovers, acetate sleeves, and glass sandwich."
>     
> One of the "maybe more"... is to put the Albion mask in an Emde frame. 

I have been a heavy user of Albion mounts since Reel 3-D switched us to
those, after the EMDE were temporarily discontinued.  After I got used to
using these mounts, I was thankful for the switch.  I love the flexibility
ease and speed of use, clean edges, accuarate mounting with horizontal
control and little bit of vertical play, but most of all I like the thin
size.  Even though I have not tried RBT's, I am turned off by the thickness
and the reflections at the edges as Greg mentioned.  One day I might use
RBT's and find out that I like them enough, for other reasons, to switch. 
But, for the time being, I am happy that I can store 500 slides in one 
small box for hand-viewing.

While the EMDE mounts needed some kind of external protection (like the
frames that Allan mentioned), the Albion mounts are stiff enough to stay
as-is (naked).  I use blue foldovers for slides that I circulate and glass
for slides that I project.  For quick projection I just slip the slide in a
pair of glasses tapped on one side.  In England, people also use a kind of
card stiffener that is glued in one side of the mask.

Debating mounting techniques is a little bit like debating stereo cameras. 
My philosophy has been that different mounting techniques/materials are
capable of excellent results in good hands.  I have seen slides perfectly
mounted in heat-seal cardboard mounts and slides badly mounted in aluminum
mounts.  At the end, it is up to us to perfect our mounting techniques. 
And, as I have said many times, doing our own mounting is far better than
having someone else do it for us.  At the end, it all boils out to our
level of expectations and degree of involvement and enjoyment of what we
do.

George Themelis


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