Re: [photo-3d] Re: Kodak stereo (mounting) question

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding prints from negative film shot in Realist cameras.  There are
currently three methods, none of which is ideal.

The simplest is to ask the lab to make half-frame prints.  Many labs have
half-frame masks and cutoff guides for their printers.  Unfortunately you
lose about 1/5 of your image area.

Another is to have conventional full frame prints made, asking the lab to
center the image in their printer aperture.  Then, you must trim them
yourself in a paper cutter.

If you have a lab that you work with all the time, and are on a real
friendly basis with, you can bring in a slide mask, like the kind used for
glass mounted slides (not the mount itself, they are too thick).  They can
put the mask in the aperture of their printer, and reset the cutter to
cut-off the prints at the right distance.  Be sure to remind them to set the
cutter back to normal when they are done with your job, or you will no
longer be on a friendly basis with them.

When using negative film in the Realist, or any stereo camera for that
matter, you might consider buying respooled motion picture film.  This is
available from the specialty labs that process it for consumers.  RGB is a
lab in Hollywood that does this, there are others in some other cities as
well.

The film is already spooled in a standard still camera cassette.

There are several advantages to doing this.

Obviously, prints and slides can be made from the same film.  However,
exposure must be as accurate as when shooting slide film, and color filters
used when shooting under lighting of different color temperature than that
for which the film is intended.  Think of it as a slide film when you shoot.

This is because when the slides are made, the entire roll of film is printed
as one continuous strip, without the individual control that can be done
when having paper prints made.

Printing it this way is very economical.  If you shoot conventional negative
film, it usually costs several dollars per slide to have slides made from it
at a regular "E-6" professional lab.  With MP film you can get the film
processed, the slides made, and often another "replacement roll" for your
next shoot for not much more than conventional film.   And a unique bonus
for those who mail their slides out: peace of mind.

If your precious slides are lost, you just take your negative (uncut) back
to the lab and have new slides made.  Since they are made from the camera
negatives by contact printing, they are not duplicates, but are originals
just like the first set, just as sharp as the first ones.

Normally, these labs mount your slides in conventional 2x2 mounts (okay for
RBT or dual camera use, although the lab mounting may not be good enough for
projection).

For Realist and all other stereo cameras, be sure to tell the lab to return
the slides as one strip unmounted, much as you would do with a transparency
lab.  Then you can cut and mount them yourself just as if you had shot slide
film.

Only cut apart the slides, not the original negative.  Keep it intact for
future printing.
You can also have the entire roll printed to paper prints, or just select
frames.  You do not cut the negative for this.  You just tell the lab the
edge numbers of the negatives you want printed.

These (paper prints) can be given to your friends and relatives as
conventional monoscopic flat prints.  Or, you can mount them to cardboard as
stereo pairs for viewing in a print viewer (be sure that they are printed
the correct size for your viewer).

Or, you can give out pairs  (marked "L" and "R" on the back) along with
instructions for free viewing.  These should be the smallest standard size
for parallel viewing, but can be any size for transposed (crossed-eye)
viewing.

JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence W Kaufman" <kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 5:41 AM
Subject: [photo-3d] Re: Kodak stereo (mounting) question


> "Barwood, Henry L" wrote:
>
> > My question is : Who processes
> > stereo slides anymore? I removed a roll of film from the camera and had
it
> > processed at (Mega) WalMart and they returned the film unmounted. Is
there a
> > faq for this?
>
> http://pweb.netcom.com/~bd3d/3d-labs.html
> is a good place to check for current stereo mounting options.
>
> Good luck,
> Lawrence
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