P3D NSA: Spicer mounts and projecting

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the last minute I put together a slide show for the Stereo 
Theater titled "Caving in the Third Dimension". And I do mean at the 
last minute - finishing just a few hours before my plane left.

I knew that cardboard mounts are all but prohibited for these shows, 
but that is how all my slides are mounted. There would never have 
been time to remount all these in RBTs or Albion and glass. Besides, 
a great majority were mounted in 5p close up masks which just aren't 
available in either RBT or Albion. (I did remount about a dozen of my 
early slides which were in Albion's)

What I did was to simply choose the slides I wanted and place them in 
an EMDE binder with one piece of glass. This made a ridgid, uniform 
mount that could be projected in either the Brackett Dissolver or the 
new Brackett Fader.

I asked Jon Golden to project my show for me as I have never used a 
Brackett before. Jon placed two of my slides in the projector, 
aligned and focused the images and then proceeded to project the show. 
He never once had to adjust anything through out the 75 slides. The 
window on the screen was sharp and the mounting consistent.

I am not saying this to build up my ego, but to extol the virtues of 
the Spicer cardboard mount. These are a precision mount and every bit 
as good in projection as the RBT or Albion. If anyone was able to 
tell the difference between them I would welcome hearing about it.

I realize that the EMDE binders are no longer available, and that the 
cost of a binder and glass and Spicer will be close to that of an 
RBT, but I can always take my slides back out of the binder and reuse 
them for my next show, never having to remount anything. Depending on 
the size of your show all you need is about 100-200 binders and 
glass.

Thanks for the time,

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx


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