Report on Slide Mounting Service

[P3D Bill Davis <bd3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As mentioned previously in my post about Realist Labs, I recently sent four
rolls of developed slide film to Colorado Camera Co. for mounting.  I
received the slides a while back and had a chance to review them all pretty
thoroughly both in a halogenized Kodaslide II and during an evening of
projection with my TDC 116.

I sent three rolls of 24 exposure Kodachrome plus one roll of Lumiere 36
exp. that my brother Dan had shot. At $3.90 per 24 and $5.90 for 36, total
mounting cost was $17.60, including return postage.

The slides were mounted in cardboard heat-seal mounts.  Each roll's slides
came back packed in one of the small bags used for submitting negative
strips for reprints.  All four bags were packed securely (with
environmentally-correct packing) inside a sturdy cardboard box, sent by
mail.  Package and contents arrived undamaged.  Total turnaround time was
just over three weeks, but part of this was due to the fact that I had sent
several of the rolls reverse-rolled. They had to re-roll to remove that
curve before mounting.  You should send film rolled with the emulsion *in*
to prevent this delay.

The mounting was pretty good, actually.  There were no mismatched pairs, no
upside-down chips, no pseudo nor any outrageous eyeball-twisters in the
bunch (80-plus slides).  At that price I wouldn't expect
competition-quality mounting, but quite a few were right on.  It was
obvious that attention had been paid to the window and to vertical and
rotational considerations of mounting.  Even in extensive projection, the
worst of the bunch were easily tolerable.  

Of course our outstanding photography contributed to our enjoyment. :--)
All shots were taken using the world-renowned (and oft-maligned) Kodak
Stereo cameras and Kodak film. Included were shots from Disney World,
Downtown Rochester, Atlanta-area golf courses and views from Stone
Mountain. Pretty cool to stand in my attic in Upstate New York and look
down a fairway or off a mountain in Georgia! TDC 116 Spatial Transporter,
working as planned...  

I think this would be an acceptable way to go for initial mounting for the
time-challenged, providing one had access to precision mounting supplies to
remount the "keepers" if projection, circuits or salons were intended.  If
hand viewing under less critical conditions is the main intent, based on my
experience I see no reason not to use Colorado Camera.


Colorado Camera Co.,   2480 Kipling Street,  Lakewood, Colorado 80215,
phone: (303) 233-4788    Fax: (303) 237-5207  I spoke with Keith Shrum.
Processing and stereo mounting for 24 exp. rolls is $10.00 total.  36 exp.
rolls $12.00 total. 
They will also mount your already-processed film for $3.90 for 24 exp.
rolls, $5.90 for 36 exp. rolls.  
Website:   http://www.indra.com/cocamco/Location.htm



Bill Davis
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