Re: Mounts - one last time

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

Response to Doctor Dave whose cave slides I had the pleasure of viewing
recently.  Good job Dave!  Now, if I can only convince you to use a Realist
camera and Realist viewer....

>I am concluding that the
>aluminum mask such as the Albion is the overall favorite. 

I would not draw the same conclusion just because a couple of guys in
photo-3d have strong opinions about their mounting preferences.  I would
say that most people use the cardboard mounts because they are cheap and
(in their opinion) look good.  RBT mounts are a recent addition and they
are gaining ground fast.

>though, do you secure the film chips (with tape) or let them float free in
>the slots? If taped do you prefer top and bottom or just top?

My method (as Dr. Dave will soon see when I return his slides with some of
mine):  I push the chips down (occasionally, but not often, up) and use
aluminum tape in both the top and bottom.  That will block the light if the
slide is projected.

Try and experiment by moving the chips relative to each other.  This will
move the stereo window back and forth.  A good placement of the stereo
window is just in front of the closest object.  Since you do a lot of close
up work, you might need to use the close-up (4-p) mount (per Jon Golden's
and other's recommendations).  The mount is assymmetric, blocks more of the
image at the top (or bottom) and you can use it to best advantage by
blocking distracting areas either at the top or the bottom of the image. 
If you just want to limit the width of the slide but want to preserve the
full height then you can slide two mounts with respect to each other (also
known as "double-masking")

Have fun! -- George


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