Re: Mounting Realist format.

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 8:53 AM 9/27/96, P3D Dr. George A. Themelis wrote:
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>>But how do you then mount them so they line up right to your vision?
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>Depends on the kind of mount you are using!  Realist-format mounts usually
>allow you to push the slides down and they will be aligned.  There is a
>little vertical play but if you push both down they sill be aligned.  If
>you have any horizontal freedom you should center them over the apertures.
>This goes for Realist-format mounts.  Full-frame crossed mounts should not
>be much different.  That will get you started.  Of course, if you want to
>know "the rest of the story", get yourself the mounting video (is it out
>yet? ;)) -- George

There's a slide-mounting manual in Postscript format on the 3d-web site
(http://www.3d-web.com/, go to FAQs etc.) complete with alignment gauges.
Though as Dr. T says you don't really need the gauges with most kinds of
slide mounts...

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
Division of Biology
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Caltech
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