P3D Re: Black Background Tip

[Dan Shelley <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:09 AM 4/1/98 -0700, you wrote:

>When shooting subjects where there is a dark background on each of the 
>left and right edges (such as tabletop still life or night photography), 
>make sure the first one or two photos on your roll are of a well lit 
>subject which goes from edge to edge. If your film starts off with 
>anything with a black background, the lab cannot see the dividing line 
>between the photos to properly set the machine to cut and mount your 
>slides, which usually results in the frames being slightly off (in some 
>cases as much as half a frame) and your photos are cut in the wrong 
>place. 

Andrea! THANKS!!! The best tip I have seen in a long time, and since I am
about to try some macro stereo stuff with my SLR it could not have been
more timely! =) 

Dan Shelley
dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


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