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Subject: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World
Date: 2014-07-17 15:03:57
From: George Themelis

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Out of production, given to me to sell on commission.

I have for sale 3 boxes of plastic mounts by 3D World. 100 mounts per box.

Asking $165 per box. Includes shipping in the USA.

George

Subject: Re: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World
Date: 2014-07-17 19:52:20
From: George Themelis

I was asked if these are the earlier or later mounts. Judging from the
packing (because I used to sell these) they are the later stock.

I measured the aperture opening and it is 54mm. The aperture spacing is
around 62 or 63mm.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: George Themelis
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:03 PM
To: MF
Subject: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World

Out of production, given to me to sell on commission.

I have for sale 3 boxes of plastic mounts by 3D World. 100 mounts per box.

Asking $165 per box. Includes shipping in the USA.

George

Subject: Re: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World
Date: 2014-07-19 15:21:31
From: jjstaus

I am not familiar with these mounts. are they equal to or better then the Holga plastic mounts?? if so I am interested in purchasing a box.

Subject: Re: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World
Date: 2014-07-21 12:00:32
From: John Thurston

On 7/19/2014 1:21 PM, jjstaus@yahoo.com [MF3D-group] wrote:

> I am not familiar with these mounts. are they equal to or better then the Holga plastic mounts?? if so I am interested in purchasing a box.

Unless the Holga mounts have changed significantly since I
looked at them, the 3D World mounts will be an infinite
improvement. If you are using Holga mounts, throw them away
and buy some 3D World mounts from George.

My biased opinion is a result of buying all the mounts I
could find and comparing their attributes. The results of
that exploration are here:
http://stereo.thurstons.us/content/?page_id=168

The significant bit is:

> While similar in external appearance to the new 3D World mounts, [the Holga mounts] 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.

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

Subject: Re: FS: Box of 100 MF mounts by 3d World
Date: 2014-07-21 18:48:35
From: George Themelis

Thanks John!

I have now sold the three boxes and I have 60 loose mounts (no box) in ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380956351662

I also have one viewer with presentation box:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380955114478

And one box of 10 sample Medium Format slides, which actually look quite
nice:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371106143144

These were given to me to sell in ebay.

George

> If you are using Holga mounts, throw them away
> and buy some 3D World mounts from George.
> http://stereo.thurstons.us/content/?page_id=168