P3D Re: Slide formats

[aifxtony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Alderson)]

>Marvin Jones wrote (digest 3035):
>The club recognizes three categories--"Conventional" (Realist format) and
>"Non-Conventional" (2x2), plus a third category for first-year entrants.<

This is not quite accurate. Just for the record, as we accept mail-in
entries from members of SCSC, this is how our competition is divided:

We accept slides in either 41x101 combined pairs or 2x2 separated pairs, at
the competitor's option, without regard for how the image was taken.

"Conventional" slides are taken with any production 35mm camera.  Generally
these are 5 perf American Standard Cameras, of the Realist type, but also
include production 7 perf European cameras. (There was some controversy a
few years back about putting 7 perf and 5 perf cameras on an equal
footing...). These slides are usually, but not necessarily, submitted in
41x101 mounts.

"Nonconventional" slides are everything else, including production cameras
of a reduced base, such as the Realist Macro, the Burdlo; spliced cameras
such as the RBT and all 8 perf jobs; slide bars; twin camera rigs;
drawings; conversions and computer  generated stereo.  These are more
likely than conventional slides to be mounted in 2x2x2, but are often
submitted in 41x101.

I don't recall our decision on Nimslo slides. I think slides from the
outermost lenses are called conventional, any pair of reduced spacing is
non-conventional, but I'd have to check the rules.

Competitors are divided into A and B groups. New members are in the A
group. Once an A member has won enough awards/acceptances (again, I'd have
to check the rules for the exact condition), he/she gets kicked upstairs to
the B (advanced) group.

We also have a separate, annual Viewmaster competition, and the Movie
Division hosts an annual competition for stereo movies and videos in a
variety of formats.

Tony Alderson
aifxtony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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