Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud, I am sure the cardboard mounts do their job, but I just do not like them. When I look at my Kodachromes from the mid-80s, I find that the edges on some of them are fraying a bit. On the other hand, I have never had the problem with the plastic mounts that you refer to. Nathan Bud Cook wrote: > The cardboard vs. plastic mount debate was discussed on the Kodachrome list at one > time. One advantage to cardboard mounts is that they do not result in the > transparency pulling loose the way they will with plastic mounts. > > I've used Kodak processing since the mid 50's and have not experienced ONE case of > a transparency pulling loose from the mount. On the other hand, every time I used > Agfa or another film which was returned in plastic, I always had occurrences of the > transparency pulling loose. > Bud