Re: 3Discover

[P3D sid herbage <sid@xxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Sam Smith wrote:

> Here's another way: a 12 perf advance. That takes care of the individual 8P
> image and the space in between.

Not being very experienced in such modifications, I assumed
it would be easier to limit the winder stroke than to extend
it but if extending it is reasonably easy, that's obviously
a better way. Plus this would give enough stroke to tension
the shutter so the kludge I mentioned wouldn't be necessary.

> I guess the one big drawback is the fact that a roll of 36 exposure slide
> duping film plus processing costs a lot more than the original cassette.

Well, since this would be making a filmstrip of my *own*
slides I don't feel that the original cassette cost would
set a limit for the cost of my own production. That is, I
would be prepared to pay a bit more for a personal
filmstrip (within reason).

It's probably 20 - 25 years since I played around with
slide-duplicating to any degree but as I recall, buying
the duping film in bulk and loading cassettes from it
wasn't excessively expensive. I should check on the
costs now though. (I still have the duplicator and bulk
film loader).
> 
> I had mentioned to Gabriel before that an auto-transposing camera originated
> in Montreal several years ago ( my post drew no comment ). I've had several
> cameras of this type drawn up for years, but had no practical application to
> go ahead and build one. Now that 3Discover has just opened the door, maybe
> it's time!

I can definitely confirm that it's time Sam .... take it
from me (would I lie to you?) (:-)

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    ... Sid (sid@xxxxxxxxxx)


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