Re: Kodak now MOUNTING Realist stereo slides

[P3D Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>      Am I the only person on the list who didn't know that Kodak will 
> _mount_ Realist format stereo slides?  I don't remember anyone mentioning 
> it here before.

It's been mentioned before.  I've been sending my film directly to Kodalux for 
a few years.  In fact, I'm really incensed right now because the last roll I 
sent them seems to have disappeared, either in the mail or in the lab.  I have 
no way of knowing.  I think I'll send all my film registered from now on.

>       I just got back a roll of Kodachrome from my local lab.  Like most 
> labs he doesn't have the chemistry to do Kodachrome, so he sent the roll 
> off to, he said, Kodak.  To his surprise and my amazement the roll came 
> back cut and mounted in cardboard mounts.  Nicely done.  No 
> pseudo-stereos.  Nothing in backwards.

Some folks on this list have complained about the quality of Kodalux mounting. 
 I haven't had any problems, but then again, I've never projected my slides.  
For use in a Kodaslide II viewer, they look great!

>       Cost for developing and mounting 27 views came to a bit over $15, 

You can buy pre-paid mailers from B&H for about $4-something.  Then add $4.20 
for the stereo mounting, and you're getting a 36 exposure roll (29 stereo 
slides) of Kodachrome done for about $8-something.

-pd


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