P3D Re: re: great find in the attic

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Michael Kaplan  writes:

>>Now, I want to work on duplicating some of these to make 2d prints for
>>my parents.

>You could duplicate them as 3D slides, buy a Realist red-button viewer,
>and give your parents a fabulous gift! 

This is much easier said than done!
Have you ever actually tried to get Realist format dupes made by somebody else?

I've been having a heck of a time!
I (at first) had an uncut roll of (positive) slides which I wanted 
duplicated.  I called all over the country to find a place that 
would dupe the entire strip, no luck.  (If it were *negative* film, it would
be no problem, by the way).  So then I bought a bunch of 2x2 Realist-chip mounts 
(thinking that any local photo place can dupe those), and cut and mounted each chip, 
carefully labelling left and right images.  I took them to the best local custom 
lab, explaining that I needed them duped, but that:
1) I wanted the result uncut (to make it easier on them- so that they
didn't have to cut the odd size chip, nor keep track of R/L images)
2) they had to dupe/keep them in order (so that R and L didn't get mixed up)
3) whatever exposure they picked for the first image copied, they had
to keep the same exposure for the second image of the pair.

I got such a hard time from the counter person, that I left the store in frustration.
You'd think I was asking them to invent a new emulsion or something.
I need to go back and keep up the pressure until I get to talk
to the actual person who does the duping.  Perhaps then I'll be successful.
Anyway, I have not found it possible to Have duplicate Realist
format slides made (economically, anyway.  Certainly with enough money, 
nearly anything is possible).  

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Rick Inzero                                     
Northern Telecom, Inc.      			
Rochester, NY					rdi@xxxxxxx


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