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Re: McKay on Mounts and glass



>RE: dalia wants to know what McKay said? He may have said many things 
>in many places but it his book, "3 Dimension Photography" on page 199 
>he says:
>"MOUNTS---There is some grave question about the danger to slides 
>from projector heat. Even with a well-cooled projector, a slide which 
>has been projected for a half-minute or more will be uncomfortably 
>hot to the hand. [...]

Clearly McKay was using the wrong kind of projector!!! (or his heat
filters or fan have a problem!)  I measured a steady 110F temperature
around the slides.  Slides do not even feel warm after staying for
10 minutes in my TDC 116 w/750W bulbs projector.  

It was hotter in Las Vegas this summer!

George Themelis


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