Re: [photo-3d] Spicer mounting

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxxxxx>]

Ralph writes:

> Also, I just installed the Zenitar fisheye lenses on my RBT X4B and can't
> wait to shoot.  Haven't seen the sun here in 10 days with all the rain.

Aha!  So you are a "sunny day only" photographer? :)

> When Jon Golden showed me his at NSA, I went right to e-bay and bid on two
> @$169 ea.  These are 16mm f/2.8 and are mostly glass.

Are you at all concerned about matching FLs?

> Anyway, I just mounted my 8-perf RBT slides in Spicer mounts using the RBT
> jig.  These were in 7 or 8 perf cutouts.  Out of  two rolls, I had three
> pair with vertical misalignment and had to go back and remount them in RBT
> mounts.  Then they were fine.  I think I need a more accurate way to align
> the RBT jig with the Spicer mount.  Am I being too sloppy?  Maybe need to
> pinch at each end instead of just in the middle.

Three pairs out of two rolls (32 pairs?) seems like a good output.  But
how did you miss the other two?  Maybe you were being a bit sloppy.
I usually push the center and then "rock" the spicer mount a bit.
DrDave, how do you do it?

George