T3D RE: T3D Re: Copying 'Holmes cards' to slides...

["Greg Kane" <pgwhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Bill Costa writes:
>
> >I'm thinking of making 35mm slide pairs of old stereo cards for
> >stereo projection.

>
> >- Should I simply center each image in the view finder and fix up
> >  the window on mounting
>

> George Themelis replies:

> Yes, that's what you should do.  With the copied slides you can
> fix that window which is in the wrong place most of the time!
> Also, remember that some cameras do not show 100% of the view
> photographed.
>

   George, do you mean fix the copy-process window error?  Or do you mean fix the window error of the origianl stereograph?

   Pld stereographs didn't follow the "rules."  My vote:  don't remove original window "mistakes," they're part of the history of
the art form.

Greg


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