P3D Re: One Mount

["David W. Kesner" <drdave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In p3d digest 3750 Mark Dottle write:

> How would you go about standardizing mounts for competitions or
> programs where various people participate. And why should their entries be
> duped to conform to a mount?  Nobody would agree on a specific mount to
> use. If I have a "winner" mounted in a spicer reduced height, and a
> "winner" mounted in an RBT 5p. or 7p......how and why would I agree to use
> one mount?

The standardization comes not in the way a mount is made (such 
as material, etc.) it comes in the sizing. Meaning outside 
dimensions (41x101), window aperture spacing (63.5), etc. These 
are the things that make it possible to project different images 
without having to adjust the projector. And as Dr. T. has stated most 
mounts do conform to these standards. I just found in my limited 
exposure that there either has been or is a lot more types and sizes 
of mounts out there than I ever imagined.

There are people out there, such as Boris Starosta, that do have to 
compromise their original images if they want to be accepted in 
exhibitions. Boris shoots 2x2 full frame originals and has to crop 
them down and mount them in 41x101 mounts to be accepted. 
Most exhibitions even limit the size to 7p. That is a lot of cropping 
for Boris to have to do.

That's all for now,

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA
drdave@xxxxxxxxxx