P3D Re: Realist to VM

[Sid Herbage <sid@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:20 PM 4/4/99 -0600, Mike wrote:

>It is possible to dupe without a camera at all, in the same manner as labs 
>use to make internegs, or perhaps more similar to micrographics.  A standard 
>enlarger can be set up with an approprate lens to reduce an image.  With
this 
>example, it is possible to copy between virtually any format (MF to Realist, 
>Realist to VM, etc.).

I think the problem with this Mike, in the specific case of the VM format,
is the difficulty of cutting out the VM copies to fit the reel.

The VM chips are a special shape - not a straight rectangle - and it isn't
really practical to cut them by hand (to say nothing of the difficulty of
maintaining an equivalent window between left and right exposures).

The VM cutter relies on the exposures being made on 35mm film, in a
specific pattern at that (the film is run through the camera twice with a
set of exposures along each edge of the film), which is why in-camera
duplication from Realist to VM seems to be the logical approach.

... sid (sid@xxxxxxxxxx)


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