Re: [photo-3d] Nismlo as regular stereo

["Allan Griffin" <agriffin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Specifically, this is to Bob Weir but it should be of great interest to
others like myself who have only just now come to know the full capabilities
of the Fuji FRONTIER Digital Mini-lab.

Bob, can you find a mini-lab in your area which has taken the plunge and
installed the above digital equipment?  Fuji say that you only need to call
them and they will advise the nearest location.

Much has been said on this List about the quality of prints so produced from
slides at much reduced prices than previously, but the story is even better
than that.  In your case, take your Nimslo pairs, either in the film strip
or mounted in 2 X 2 mounts, to the mini-lab   Forget about masks.  The lab
operator will scan the images and crop/mask on screen to suit your Nimslo or
any other format.  Following that, you can have prints made to your own
requirements OR simply receive the scanned and cropped/masked  images on
floppy or CD from which you can go straight to work with them in your own
computer, all first generation - no losses.  If you must, simply place your
mask into the 2 X 2 mount with the film chips.

Because there are a couple more important tips, contact me off List and we
can kick this stuff around a little.

Allan Griffin
Sydney, Australia
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Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 2:24 PM
Subject: [photo-3d] Nismlo as regular stereo

Bob Weir, you wrote:

> Here's something that's been discussed before, but I now need a quick
> summary. I'm thinking of getting prints made from my Nimslo at the
> local 1 hour photo place, having them print the two "outside" negatives.
> As I recall these are slightly smaller than 35 mm half frame. Thus you
> need a custom mask made up in order not to buffalo the auto exposure/
> color correction circuitry in the printer. At least one person found a
> manager at such a place willing to experiment to get this to work
> correctly (I'm after prints that I can then scan into/onto the web
> using Photoshop for spacing/adjustment, etc).
>
> Will anyone who has further insights into doing this (or something
> similar with a Realist) kindly drop me a note (note our mail contact
> is flakey since we just changed ISPs to go to from a T1 to a T3 and
> we are resolving (to coin a phrase) our DNS problems).
>
> THANKS
>
>               Bob Wier