[Leica] source for mats and frames

[Chris Crawford]

George,

I would not buy anything from Light Impressions. They were once a good
company, and I still have a case of their museum board left, but a few
years ago, they began taking people's money and not shipping goods.

http://host.madison.com/news/local/ask/sos/sos-historical-societies-learnin
g-not-to-trust-archiving-supplies-company/article_fc011aac-5418-11e1-a0fe-0
019bb2963f4.html

http://www.bbb.org/us/article/century-photo-light-impressions-leave-hundred
s-of-unhappy-customers-bbb-warns-27877

http://www.bbb.org/losangelessiliconvalley/business-reviews/picture-restori
ng/light-impressions-in-santa-fe-springs-ca-100040664

http://photo.net/black-and-white-photo-printing-finishing-forum/00c4Vr

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On 9/22/14 12:24 AM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com>
wrote:

>
>On Sep 21, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> http://www.americanframe.com
>> 
>> I just buy frames from them, since I cut my own mats. They custom-cut
>> Neilsen frames and they're very reasonably priced. Cheaper than many
>> premade frames, but a lot better quality. They cut mats too.
>> 
>> I have never tried American Frame's mats, but in my experience going to
>> rather high-priced frame shops, they all do shit work at high prices.
>>Get
>> a mat cutter, and cut your own. I use a Logan 700SGM, which I bought
>> nearly 20 years ago and have cut thousands of mats with. Best $200 I
>>ever
>> spent! The current model is the 750-1:
>> 
>> 
>>http://www.dickblick.com/products/logan-750-1-and-760-1-simplex-elite-mat
>>-c
>> utters/
>> 
>> The price has not gone up much in all those years! Don't buy a cheap mat
>> cutter, it will frustrate the hell out of you. Archival mat board is
>> expensive, you don't want to ruin any of it...and the Logan cutter I use
>> is nearly foolproof.
>> 
>> I have a tutorial on matting and framing on my tutorial site:
>> http://crawfordphotoschool.com/framing/index.php
>
>
>also <http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/mat-boards/>
>
>Regards,
>George Lottermoser
>
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>
>
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