P3D my 2 cents worth on adjusting projectors

[CanterMike@xxxxxxx]

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And I quote:

" Of course, this means
that you CANNOT mount to eliminate ghosting, because the mounting would have
to be different for different screen sizes...

Bob Aldridge
Stereoscopic Society Projectionist "


THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!
I've been saying exactly this but it is such a heartfelt topic (or my
communications skills are so poor) that I've been ignored.  Even with my
limited understanding of all of this (this is a relatively new hobby for me
and I must be considered a novice) the very arguments that the persuasive Mr
Duggan expounds have made this clear.  If I mount for projection in my living
room (infinity points not to exceed 2.5" on my 50" screen) then when my slides
are projected in competition on a 84" or 96" screen my infinity points will be
off and even worse should I try to show at a PSA (or NSA or ISU) exhibition.
(Rhetorical question follows.)  So who (or is that "whom"? sorry, my English
is not that good...) do I please, my family or the club membership or the
vocal Dr. (and I never knew what the abbreviation for "Dictator" was before)
T?  As Ricky Nelson sang, "You can't please everyone...".

Multiply this by a dozen or more exhibitors presenting slides in almost as
many different mounts (and my own mounts have changed as my standards have
changed, from (convienient but terrible) Kodak mounting to (worse) Pegco slip-
ins to (tedious but cheap) Pic-Mount heat seal cardboard to (frighteningly
expensive) RBT's) and the need to make minor adjustments during projection is
almost unavoidable.  The most important word in that sentence is "MINOR".  I,
too, look over my glasses when operating the projector, and I feel that making
a gradual, graceful adjustment to the alignment is no more distracting than
making an adjustment to the focus (and how many times have we tolerated that
during "flat" presentations at work, at school, or the neighbors?).  This is
such a vocal and emotional topic that the PSSP has lost members (on both
sides) over it (and Jonathan, if you're reading this, you are welcome back).

Forgive me, I'm about to go too far:

We must all remember:  No one has to be here.  We are all here because we want
to be here.  We are all here because we're having fun.  People drop out when
it stops being fun.  Groups get reputations and people won't join over issues
just like this.  (I know (socially) three avid stereo photographers who won't
even try a PSSP meeting because of extremism like this.)
Its time for us all to get down off our soap (soup?) boxes and make our hobby
accessible and user friendly to the general public.  Through tolerance and
understanding of all skill levels we can gradually educate and encourage those
who actually want to learn.  That doesn't mean that we have to accept gross
negligence, gross incompetance, or outright abuse.  We can use the egregious
examples as tools to educate without humiliating.  

I know that this may be far from the last word on this, but I think IN MY
OPINION AND LETS NOT GET ANY FLAME WARS GOING HERE its time for the Mounting
Nazis to calm down, chill out, get a life, and learn to live and let live.

Thanks.


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