David Richardson wrote:

> Hello fellow larger film fans. Just a quick question to
> find what the group-think is about 3dworld vs holga
> plastic frames?

My take on the Holga mounts can be found at:
http://stereo.thurstons.us/content/?page_id=168
from which I quote:

> . . . they are fundamentally flawed. Even if the
> moldings were accurately made (which they are not), Holga
> has recreated the design defects of the first-edition 3D
> World mounts. The spacing of the apertures means that
> anything mounted in them will be forced in front of the
> stereo window. It will be impossible to do precision
> mounting in the the Holga mounts and they are not
> recommended.

The page also has thoughts on 3D World mounts of different
vintages. Those notes are too long to effectively excerpt
for inclusion here.

> How many other folks here use B+W film for slides via
> Woods DR5 processing? Many folks I do special projects
> for enjoy the novelty of 'old style slides' versus modern
> color.

I'd like to do some, but am put off by the expense. That is
not to say that Dr5 processing isn't a good value, just that
the absolute cost exceeds my budget.

I really enjoy _viewing_ other's B&W work, though.

>

--
John Thurston
Juneau Alaska
http://stereo.thurstons.us

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:35 AM, David
Richardson<digitalworldtraveler@yahoo.com> wrote:

>  How many other folks here use B+W film for slides via Woods DR5 processing?
> Many folks I do special projects for enjoy the novelty of 'old style slides'
> versus modern color.

I have used DR5 for my Tech Pan chromes. They do a great job and I
really like the look of these images. Sadly this film is no longer
available. Happily there is a new Rollie film that is supposedly
comparable (I have not tried it yet, but plan to).

David W. Kesner
Boise, Idaho, USA