Re: Mounting Stereo Prints

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Thorpe writes:

>I can get access to the technicians. That is the key. If you can tell the
>tech what you want, you can get stereo pairs printed. I happen to use a
>Nimslo but I have 2 realists and many other stereo cameras. The Nimslo is
>pretty close to a half-frame format and if the lab has a half-frame mask
>it solves several problems; color balance and exposure differences, for
>instance. If the prints are made with a full-frame mask, the tech just has
>to be a little more careful.

Could you share with us what exactly it is you tell the lab people?  I'd
love to give this a try, but I'm afraid they will look at me like I'm
crazy for asking them to do something non-standard.

>One comment I take a little exception to was Greg Wageman's, "The Realist
>and Kodak were designed for slides." Certainly they are mostly used that
>way, but there is NOTHING in their DESIGN that makes them better for slides
>than prints. 

Perhaps the word "designed" was a poor choice, but the *advertised* use was
for taking slides.  Remember that the "Realist format" viewer and mount
were invented specifically for viewing images taken with these cameras.
Kodak even made a special "stereo" slide film, which simply clued the
processing lab to expect Realist format images and to mount them in Realist
mounts.  To my knowlege (and please educate me if I'm wrong), no such
provision was ever made for prints (though I have to wonder why not, since
it certainly was technically feasible.  Maybe the concept of producing
"old-fashioned" stereoviews from a modern camera was not considered an
acceptable marketing idea?).

	-Greg


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