Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]500,000! Thanks Tina. Yes, this is very helpful. A follow up question if I may. With the plastic mounts that have metal liners, which you find keep the film flat, have you projected these? How do they work in terms of projecting a flat and focussed image? Any popping issues? I'd be happy if others would chime in with their experiences in projecting Gepe slides, of different sorts. I'm wanting to choose two types and stick with them. One glass type for professional slide shows of my better nature shots, and cheaper (and easier) glassless ones for family/holiday slides, though even and flat focussing across the image is still desired. Does anyone know why Gepe make 3mm thick glass slides as well as 2.3mm glass slides? The 3mm slides will fit in my RT-m projector, so no probs there. Pros? Cons? Thankyou. Rick Dykstra. http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nature On 08/05/2006, at 6:38 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 08:22 PM 5/6/2006, you wrote: >> Tina, if I recall correctly you took on a big slide mounting effort a >> couple of years ago (5000 slides?). I'm looking at a similar but >> less extensive project and am planning to use Gepe plastic mounts >> (Article no 7001) for family/holiday shots and Gepe 3mm Anti-Newton >> glass mounts (Article no. 2004) for my best nature shots, for >> projection to audiences. > > Hi, Rick - Yes, I'm still mounting slides - several hundred > thousand to go ;-) I'm using Gepe plastic mounts that snap > together in a small hand press. I timed myself once and it takes > about 5 seconds per slide to fit the slide in the mount and snap it > closed. You just have to be careful to get your fingers out of the > way before slamming the handle down! Gepe makes many different > mounts and I like the ones with metal liners inside the frame that > hold the film perfectly flat. I did experiment with some glass > mounts, but that is 4 more surfaces to clean and the humidity is so > high here in SC that Newton's Rings are a big problem. I ruled out > glass pretty quickly. The Gepe mounts are just the right thickness > for Nikon's LS5000 bulk slide feeder. They never jam. I file them > in hanging slide pages in lateral filing cabinets - over 500,000 in > 11 later cabinets, so far. > > Hope this helps! Good luck. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information