Re: Albion Instructions (Greg E's method)

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>If you follow my instructions and do not bend the channel you should not
>have a problem stacking them in the same orientation.  I have two mounts
>here in front of them and I can stack them and tape them and have the chips
>touching each other.  I think there are some recommendations on how to
>sandwich film chip (emulsions touching?)... I have not paid much attention
>to it.

  Sorry, I was asking about how you use two Albions
to crop vertically or horizontally. Not for stacking
two film chips.

>How are you using these mounts Greg?  Do you try and open the chips first?

  I used to but it caused too many problems when I'd
get the channel too loose.

  Now I do pretty much what you do, only left handed,
and without a glove. (I save my glove for mounting
MF which takes a lot more handling.)

  I pick up the film chip with my left hand, emulsion
side facing me (easy to tell on Kodachrome). I hold
it by the perfs at the top of the picture so any
fingerprints there don't matter. I use my thumb and
middle finger (if it matters).

  I hold the Albion in my right hand with the channels
facing me. I bring the bottom of the film chip right
up against the bottom channel. Then I use my right
hand and flex the Albion a bit to open up the
channel and insert the film chip into the channel.
(I hold the Albion below the bottom channel and
then flex it forward which pushes the top against
the back of my middle finger, opening up the channel.)

  I insert the other chip the same way. Now I have
both chips in at the bottom but loose at the top.

  I now change my grip and use my left hand to
flex open the top channel. I use a fingernail
on my right hand to hook the top of the film
chip and push it downward which causes it to bow
out. I then manouver the top edge under the open top
channel and let it pop in.  Repeat for the
other film chip.

  Then I set the Albion down on a clean flat
surface, channels down and use the corners of
my finger nails to pull the film chips down and
straight (hooking the perf through the channel holes
in the front). Sometimes I move them up if I
want to crop a bit at the top.

  Finally I view them and adjust the film chips
to get the closest object at the window. When
I'm happy I tape the top openings with a half
width piece of the silver polyester tape that
is sold by Reel 3d.

  Most of them stay like bare like that. One's
I really like get a EMDE frame put over them.
Irreplacable photos (my kids) or ones I mail out
to people get a plastic protector, either inside
the EMDE or over the whole mount (can be over
the bare Albion or over the EMDE frame).

Hope that's clear because that's way more than
I intended to write :)

Greg E.



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