Solutions to Slide mounting phobias, SEEING AND FEELING

[P3D <JGoldenRRP@xxxxxxx>]

I sit on the sidelines reading all this stuff about slide mounting,.....and I
feel that the two major obstacles that cause discouragement for 3-D hobbyists
are a) lack of understanding slide mounting techniques b) lack of
understanding of projection techniques and how to mount for projection.

Neither of these subjects should be talken lightly, and although I have been
doing it professionally for years, in 2 x 2 and Realist formats cardboard,
metal, plastic.....I still have way too much to learn.

I am in the process of devloping a series of alternatives that   may provide
to be something CRUCIAL to understanding how to mount 3-D slides, and it will
help people to understand what that "window" is....and what "in front and
behind the window"  are....and what "rotational and vertical" problems are.
  

Why so crucial, because many people cannot grasp a concept by READING about
it....BUT IF THEY CAN SEE IT.....AHA!  
Analogy here.....I can describe what it is like to fly upside down in a stunt
plane to you, and if I am a good writer....you'll get some sense of
it......but the real way to understand what it is like to do that IS TO
ACTUALLY DO IT!  

So, if I can come up with these alternatives......then it will help us to SEE
the window CHANGING as we move the  chips back and forth horizontally, it
will enable us to SEE the doubled vertical window edges APPPEARING if we move
the chips too close together, or  to SEE doubled top or bottom window edges
APPPEARING if the vertical offset is not correct. It will help us to SEE the
image MOVE BACK AWAY from the window if the chips are moved too far
apart....it will help us to FEEL a bit of PRESSURE AND DISCOMFORT in our eyes
as we twist one chip out of alignment....causing more extreme rotation.  It
will help us to SEE the composition of the image first...before we have to
worry about the alignment, because it will all be magnafied for you as you
move the chips.....not after you closed the mount and are shoving it in a
viewer.

This is how I do it, my 3-D friends.....for precision projectable images.
 And depending on the type of mount, I can now (under pressure) mount around
30 images per hour....precison projectable.  I am not trying to brag, I am
simply letting you know that using a mounting gauge with your own two
eyes.....without assisted magnafication, to me, is justifyably a hard way to
mount.

I do not use a mount gauge...as there is no need for one with the device I
use, which is a Zeiss map reader with adjustable interocular lenses....and it
is a dream to use.  I also have a headset that was made for me custom.   I am
researching it  now for the use of the 3-D commmunity, as I have unearthed a
few alternative models....but I must critique them first
.However, realize that I am not going to become an eye doctor....and these
viewers may work better for some than others.

If you want to be on the mailing list for my findings.....leave your email or
slo-mail address with me.

I am also going to propose to Larry Moor that at next years NSA....I do an in
depth slide mounting seminar, for projection as well.  Larry is receiving a
posting personally of this.
Also if you want to try a sample RBT mount....feel free to email me your slo
mail address and I will send you one free sample plus an infopak.....choose
one from the following sizes below

 Five sizes available: Non-glass, and One-sided Anti-Newton glass
 RBT 4  Nimslo format   21 x 16mm 
 RBT 4G Nimslo format   21 x 16mm with Anti-Newton glass

 RBT 5  Realist format   23 x 21mm
 RBT 5G Realist format   23 x 21mm with Anti-Newton glass

 RBT 7  Euro format   23 x 28mm
 RBT 7G Euro format   23 x 28mm with Anti-Newton glass

 RBT W Wide format   23 x 31.5mm
 RBT WG Wide format   23 x 31.5mm with Anti-Newton glass

 RBT F  Full SLR format   23 x 33mm
 RBT FG Full SLR format   23 x33mm with Anti-Newton glass


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