Re: Albion Slide Masks are Back

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Now that we have mastered the art of transferring chips from mount to
>mount, it is time to look into an aluminum mount with no guides, just like
>the Spicer cardboard mounts.  That should be a bit simpler to do and, in
>the case of reduced height, it gives the user the freedom to position the
>chips at will (instead of being forced to do, say, a "symmetric" cropping,
>a top or bottom cropping could be done).

  I like the way the 4 perf Albions do it. They are reduced
height for Nimslo type cameras with the opening not centered
relative to the film holding channels. So I can use them to
cut off more of the top or more of the bottom by using them
right side up or down. Reduced height 5 perf mounts that worked
in this way would be perfect (IMO).

  I don't think removing the channels would make the tooling
all that much cheaper (maybe 25%?). Dennis might have a guess.

>If doing this with aluminum is too expensive, perhaps it is time to look
>into paper mounts.  Why not Spicer right away?  Because the paper (or thin
>cardboard) mounts could be mounted in glass.

  One problem with paper is that they let light pass
through. So bright parts of the slide that are cropped
by the window show (glow) thru (in my Dr.T red button
viewer at least). Black paper would solve that one.

  No paper would give as perfect an edge as aluminum.
Even the low fuzz paper that Steve/Joel use.

  How about plastic? Punch some thin black plastic
sheet. Use glass or EMDE aluminum frames, or Reel-3d
blue cardboard foldovers to stiffen and protect the
one piece/ one sided slide mount. The tooling would
be cheaper then, I'd guess. But still costly.

Greg E. (next wish: aluminum MF stereo mounts :)



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