Everytime I get a roll of 120 slides back...

iakustov · Aug 22, 2017

NJH said:
Gepe glass mounts are readily available in Europe

Are they still being made or?

destroya said:
thats thr reason i bought my mamiya 6

+1
I use Mamiya 6 for slides almost exclusively and had superb results. Unfortunately, my Tetenal e6 stock died all of a sudden (second batch from 5l kit, ~1 year passed) and this chems cannot be shipped outside EU to RUS anymore..

guangong · Aug 22, 2017

I shoot 66 and 67 slides and view with a manual 66/67 Hasselblad projector (a rebadged Leitz 66 Prato). One disadvantage of 120 slides is buckling , thus requiring glass mounts. My cache of 67 mounts is dwindling. It would be exciting to shoot 69 with my Medalist but where to find a reasonably priced projector and glass mounts?
However, I do shoot most of my slides in 35mm. I have a lifetime supply of Gene mounts.
Come to think of it a 45 slide mounted in a back lighted frame could be interesting.

NJH · Aug 22, 2017

Hi iakustov I can't say if they are making them but there doesn't seem to be any supply problem with 6x6 and 645 glass slide mounts. Several retailers here in the UK sell them and of course on the continent I imagine there are many more: Here is the companies own listing: https://www.gepe.com/website/index.asp?pageID=238&showProdID=53

chip j · Aug 23, 2017

bvy said:
As someone sitting on a roll each of exposed yet undeveloped Provia and Velvia (both 120), my excitement level just went up. I've not really shot slides before this summer.

And as someone who just can't bring himself to drop film in a mailbox, I'm trying to find a lab in a city that I visit frequently. (There's nothing here in Pittsburgh.)

There's Rudinec here in Yougstown--www.rudinec.com--330-726-2572.

bvy · Aug 23, 2017

chip j said:
There's Rudinec here in Yougstown--www.rudinec.com--330-726-2572.

I had no idea about this place. There's another lab on the West Side, but they don't do slides. Have you used them?

Edit: They're in North Lima. Practically pass right by it on my way up there...

chip j · Aug 23, 2017

Yes, a short distance from the Turnpike exit. Haven't used the other lab. Good luck!

wiltw · Aug 23, 2017

guangong said:
I shoot 66 and 67 slides and view with a manual 66/67 Hasselblad projector (a rebadged Leitz 66 Prato). One disadvantage of 120 slides is buckling , thus requiring glass mounts. My cache of 67 mounts is dwindling. It would be exciting to shoot 69 with my Medalist but where to find a reasonably priced projector and glass mounts?
However, I do shoot most of my slides in 35mm. I have a lifetime supply of Gene mounts.
Come to think of it a 45 slide mounted in a back lighted frame could be interesting.

There are Gepe #2701 glass mounts for 54 x 68 Slide Mount, unfortunately even B&H does not routinely offer them for sale (not on their website when I checked a moment ago), but perhaps they can procure them upon specific customer order.

bvy · Aug 25, 2017

chip j said:
Yes, a short distance from the Turnpike exit. Haven't used the other lab. Good luck!

Talked to someone from there today. Super nice guy, eager to accommodate. Apparently they've been in business since the 70's, albeit in a few locations around Youngstown. The website seems a testament to their professionalism. I think I'm going to give them a try. Thanks for the tip!

Vonder · Aug 25, 2017

Prest_400 said:
Note to self: Buy another propack of Provia.

It has been a while since I shot Chromes (prefer winter due to less harsh light here) and I kind of not thought that having a 6x9 camera makes it a reeeeally nice experience.

I wonder that given the day of handyness now, something like an Intrepid 4x5 could be made into a projector. Saw a thread of someone who did a mod like that.

Anything can adapt if the desire is strong enough. I had no enlarger as a kid, so I used my Viewmaster (remember them?) projector. Worked pretty ok for the shots on 110 but not as well for 35mm

I bet an enlarger could be modified to project 120 chromes... and who among us doesn't have a "spare" enlarger, or three!

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