RE: [Leica] Slide mounting- Question for Tina

["Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>]

Robert,

Pardon me for jumping in.   For a few years I had a sideline which required
me processing and mounting 40 to 50 rolls of slides in a weekend.  The two
best purchases I made were a drying cabinet and a Noritsu (sp?) electric
mounter.  For low volume I used the Pacon "Snappy" mounter.  Neither set up
required cutting by hand, and I never scratched film.  The electric mounter
still requires you to be careful so you don't chop the film in the wrong
place, but it is a joy to use.   I bought it second hand from Noritsu for
about $3000 Canadian.  I could be convinced to sell it <grin>.

Ken Lee
Oakville, Ontario

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert G. Stevens [SMTP:robsteve@istar.ca]
> Sent:	Saturday, February 13, 1999 12:55 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	[Leica] Slide mounting- Question for Tina
> 
> Tina:
> 
> Today I have been cleaning off my desk by mounting some of the many rolls
> of slides that just sat there as uncut strips.  I remember you saying that
> you use Pakon slide mounts for you negatives.  I just got a case of them
> and that is what I have been using.  My manual mounter has not arrived yet
> and I have just been cutting them by hand using scissors.  I was wondering
> what you used to mount with, a manual or automatic pakon mounter?
> 
> The cutting them with scissors is not too bad since a good percentage of
> the sports and wildlife shots just get thrown out because they are not in
> focus or not sharp enough.  It would be neat to have an electric mounter
> which could mount a whole roll in a mater of a minute or too.  It would be
> quicker that way than how I do it now and I would be more inclined to do
> an
> edit right away.  For example I ran accross a roll of snow board racing
> from two weeks ago that had some pretty awesome shots on it.  I must have
> missed the whole roll when editing the snowboard shots two weeks ago. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert