P3D Re: Remounting last years images

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Dottle reports on his "Awakening:"
 
> I decided to perform autopsic reviews of some earlier slides.....the
> evidence is conclusive....the images were murdered. The images sustained
> clear cuts from windows....the rotational errors must have been
> painful....misaligned carcasses of chips crushed under a mount of
> pressure and resistance.....and sealed in a box and buried on a back
> shelf. I was able to lift a couple of good prints from the
> emulsion....and the prints undeniably match my own!

Congratulations, Mark!  I think most of us go through this stage
in some form or other.  For some of us it is the realization that
those Kodalux-mounted stereo pairs just aren't good enough to hold
up to tough scrutiny, for others it is the realization that our
early mounting efforts were sub-par.  This is part of the large
learning curve that serves as one barrier to more widespread
participation in our hobby.  (I know DrT will reply about how
easy it all is, but for most people it is not easy, IMO.  It
is still not easy for me.)

> Upon further forensic review, the mounts were removed....sprocket
> holes were torn and dismembered, corners broken off.....and my
> God....SCOTCH TAPE restrained the poor things!

It has been reported from time to time that Scotch Magic Tape (but
not necessarily all their tapes) is relatively archival and not a
bad choice for mounting slide chips.

> Restitution is in order as I vowed to enter one of
> these images in the next Ohio competition. May all forces of
> length,width and depth forgive me for I knew not then what I was doing.
> Every chip is being reviewed. ( OK, so I don't have anything good to
> enter yet, It's only monday and I've got till tomorrow :-))

Good luck!  Let us know how it goes.

Paul Talbot


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