SLIDE MOUNTING Unlike photographic prints, slides must be put into slide mounts in order to be of any use. The process of mounting slides ranges from a simple pair of scissors to slide-mounting machines, costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Processing costs have hit all time highs and even the range of slide mounts available has decreased dramatically.
This is simply done by removing two different slides from their mounts and placing them in one slide mount. The density of the two slides should be the same. Choose an image with a strong subject, with the other adding supplementary elements.
Mine consisted of slide sheets grouped by subject and stored in a file cabinet. I maintained simple notes on the slide mounts for dates, subject and location, plus a basic database. This worked well for me-until I went digital.
Process paid
Some 'amateur' trannie film includes the cost of processing by the manufacturers own 'Processing Lab. The transparency film is returned, slide mounted, ready for the projector, usually within a week.
(see Trannie) ...
For 35mm an empty slide mount will do the trick. For larger formats a simple cardboard cut-out can prove a valuable accessory. Studying a scene through this template, holding it at varying distances from your eye, rotating it, etc.
Canon do this because 100% viewfinders require larger, heavier and costlier pentaprisms or mirrors. Normally it's not a big problem, though. Photo labs tend to crop images slightly when printing and slide mounts tend to cover the edges of slide film.
A tray offering a best of both worlds approach is LKM (designed by Leitz Kindermann) these hold 80 of any make of slide mounts, providing they are 1.6mm or thinner, and take up the same space as a universal 50 capacity tray.
 See also: Photograph, Mount, Image, Film, Slide
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