Re: Mounting prints question

[P3D Alan Lewis <dlewis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Chuck Field-ECF004 wrote:
>  not successfully mounted prints taken by the shift-your-weight method.
> > I'd like to mount these pictures, but I believe they're
> 4X6 prints.  (3X5 minimum).
> How do I know where to trim them, so that they fit in the Q-VU mounts
> properly?  I free viewed them... and the pictures have promise.  Any
> suggestions? Thanx,


A few of us on this list do this:
Choose which Q-VU mount you are going to use.  They come in different 
sizes.  For full frame prints I use the biggest Q-VU to have the most 
image.  You probably have the smaller Q-VU X mounts for the Loreo.?

Assuming you are using the smaller X mount size:
Pick the closest object in your picture.

Place the right hand view over the left hand view with the closest object 
perfectly on top of each other.  If you hold this pair up to a bright 
light, you will see that the close objects are lined up, but farther 
objects are offset, this is OK.

You now can choose where you will trim the picture.  You will trim to a 
width of 2 7/8".  You can trim anywhere in the 3x5 print area.  Make sure 
that the prints don't shift while you are doing the trimming, they must 
be together , with the near objects over one another at all times. 

Now you can take the pair apart.  Make sure the right view is on the 
right, etc.  Turn the pair over and scotch tape the prints together, with 
the bottom print edges aligned.  

You now have a stereo pair that can be viewed by itself, or mounted in a 
Q-VU X.

If you are using the larger Q-VU antique mount, then the trim width will 
be 3 1/16".  Everything else is the same. 

Alan Lewis



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