Re: Mounts - one last time

[Joel.Alpers@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Ron Doerfler writes:

#Joel Alpers writes:
#
#>for example, I'm told that the Chicago Stereo Camera Club 
#>requires_ that slides mounted for competition be in aluminum/glass. 
#
#The CSCC has 3 classes of competition, B, A and AA.  Cardboard, including
#commercially mounted (e.g., Kodalux), is allowed in the introductory
#classification B, although most are entered in glass.  Glass-mounted slides
#are "required" in the other 2 classes, although RBT mounts are also
#fine.  The idea is to encourage higher quality slides having precision
#mounting, and the precision masks are considered superior to cardboard,
#which can warp, etc.  The glass offers dust and thermal protection to
#the chips as well.
#
#These rules date back to the founding of the club in the 1950's, which
#is why the RBT mounts are not specifically addressed but allowed.
# 

Ron, thanks for the clarification. How does someone in you club 
decide which class of competition to enter, are there guidelines or
rules? Just curious...


Joel Alpers
Rocky Mountain Memories - Equipment and Supplies for the 3D Photographer
rkymtmem@xxxxxxxx
http://www.frii.com/~rkymtmem


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