Re: Realist notch, 3D CD, and Kodalux

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Talbot noted:

>So, you have to look at the negative or slide chip (unmounted) to
>locate the witness mark.

When I was first starting out, I became SO excited when I discovered the
witness mark.  "At last!", I thought.  "No more having to keep track of
left and right chips as I cut-- I can sort them all afterwards!"

Imagine my dismay upon discovering that oftentimes, the witness mark falls
EXACTLY on a perforation, rendering it all-but-invisible.  Less often,
but still useless, is when it falls in shadow and can't be seen...

(And this of course assumes a later-model Realist that HAS the witness
mark, not all do [my early Ilex Realist doesn't].)

	-Greg W.


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