P3D Re: Sigma Mounts

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>I have been out of contact with the stereo market for the last 9 years and
>am now getting back into it.  

Welcome back!  I got into stereo 2 years before you got out so I can
fill you in the developments in these years.

>I have a couple of questions regarding two
>products that I do not see or hear about anymore.  The first are the Sigma
>mounts.  These were identical to the Realist brand. I heard that someone was
>to buy the machine that manufactures them and they might be released under
>another name.  

As far as I know, this never happened.  The closer we got was with
the EMDE mounts.  Dennis Sherwood bought the dies and produced them
again.  He had plans to change the dies to put a channel, like the
Realist or Sigma mounts.  That did not happen.  Dennis got out of the
stereo market and, as far as I know, the dies are still available for
sale.

But, during these 9 years, we had the Albion mounts.  In my opinion,
these are better than the Realist mounts.  I was "forced" to shitch
to them after Reel 3-D stopped carrying the EMDE mounts.  I am glad
I did... The Albion mounts are made of aluminum and have channels to
slide the chips, like the Realist mounts.  In some respects they
work better.  I still use them to preview all my slides.

Finally, today we also have the RBT plastic mounts and the Spicer
cardboard mounts that we did not have 9 years ago.  It is worth
getting a few samples of each to see what you like.   Dalia, 3-D
Concepts and Rocky Mountain Memories carry these.  They are all
in the Interent.

>"Zak" (Ron Zakowski) was to produce a polarizer for the
>Realist.  Did this ever come about?

Not as far as I know... John Slivon has a prototype of a similar
concept in his web page... I am not sure if he is ready to market
this...

Needless to say, all these subjects are discussed in my Realist
book :-)

George Themelis


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