Re: printing slides

From: Mike Dworetsky (platinum198_at_pants.btinternet.com)
Date: 01/09/05


Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:40:35 +0000 (UTC)


"OG" <owen@gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote in message
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> "C. Balci" <cbalci@fenerbahcefan.com> wrote in message
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> > Hello,
> >
> > I have completed a roll of slide film with astrophotos (constellation
> > shots). Since this is my first try, i have only requested my lab to
> > process it without cutting. Today i got my film. Pictures seem good.
> > Now i don't know what to do next. I plan to cut the frames and select
> > the good ones for printing. Do you think i should print all of them?
> > If i cut the frames but not mount the slides, does it cause any
> > problem in printing or should i mount them before printing. I have not
> > shot any daylight or any other bright picture so it seems that there
> > is no other way to have my lab cut the slide. Or, is there any way?
> > If i don't plan to make slide shows, do i need to mount the slides?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > balci
>
> If I'm reading you correctly, you have used slide film rather than
> having a strip of negatives - is that right?
>
> In which case I would suggest you cut and self-mount them yourself.
>
> You can then hand the mounted negatives in to be printed.
>
> I recall an astrophotography weekend back in '85/86 for Halley's Comet
> where one of the two slide films we managed to take was spoiled by
> having each of the images cut exactly in half as they were mounted. ;-(
>

We both speak with the voice of experience on this issue...."Knowledge
gained is directly proportional to the amount of film ruined."

 --
Mike Dworetsky

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