Re: MOUNTING

[P3D John Bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Boeckstijns writes:

> I was wondering.  When back in the fifties, it was common to get one's 
> slides mounted by the lab (and it seems it is still possible now, here 
> and there) how was (is) this done ? Manually ? Or was there some kind 
> of mounting machine?  I also understood it was (is) not done very 
> accurately ? How "badly" was (is) it done or was (is) it still quite 
> acceptable ?

I think it must be at least partly manual because I've heard there are 
secret names you can mark your package attention of and get a better 
result.  Also, if you envision what they must do to be cost effective 
and yet get acceptable results, I think the machine must be guided by 
a human.

I think the results you get when you send your film in to be mounted are
acceptable if you're not too critical and you only view them in a hand
viewer.

John B


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