P3D Slide formats

["Andrea Blair" <asblair@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>Someone wrote: Some national competitions still do not recognize 
2x2--there has been quite a bit of discussion over whether we should 
open our own national competition (the Hollywood Stereo Exhibition) to 
the format.<<<<

>>George A. Themelis wrote: I'd say "do not accept", not "do not 
recognize".  Maybe they do not have the projection equipment or they 
want consistency of judging.  They also do not accept View Master in the 
same competition.  I don't blame them, especially since it is very easy 
to remount a 2x2x2 pair in an RBT wide mount.<<

As an exhibition co-chairperson, let me say this about mixed media 
exhibitions. Think about very carefully! The Potomac Exhibition used to 
be mixed media (including cards) and the logistics got very complicated. 
It's harder to judge and keep score. We found that the few entries in 
formats other than Realist-format slides were too time consuming, and, 
because of constantly changing formats to show everything, possibly a 
disadvantage to the maker. Sometimes 2x2x2s were shown in hand viewers 
instead of setting up two projectors and switching back and forth 
between projectors because there were only 12 entries out of over 250. I 
feel it's harder for judges, too, when the top entries are spread out in 
different formats to make comparisons (lights off; show Realist-mounted 
slides; lights on; a) switch projectors, lights off, show 2x2x2s, lights 
on OR b) pass 2x2x2s around in hand viewers; pass cards around in 
viewers... and round and round until all of the awards have been made). 
We looked over the last several years of entries and there weren't many 
other types of media entered so we made it Realist-format slides only. 
We feel this is fairer to the entrants. If you have the equipment and 
the time, that's great; but it will take longer than only having one 
format. Just my HO.

Andrea Blair
asblair@xxxxxxxxxxx


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