What are Super Slides?

 

 

Super Slides, also known as 46mm slides, are exactly what the name says. They are medium format film, trimmed to approximately 1-3/4 inches square, and mounted in a special 2" x 2" mount. Super Slides will not be accepted for submission to art shows or college applications.

 

The primary purposes are either for large display projections or, more commonly, for use with special background projection systems such as Virtual Backgrounds. Because the diagonal of the image is larger than a standard 35mm slide some projectors will
cause vignetting at the corners.

 

 

 

 

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Our Process

Imaging

Your files are scaled and imaged on Kodak 120 E100G film at high resolution using one of our Agfa Alto Film recorders like the one pictured here with a 645 option mounted.

 

We constantly monitor the process and film emulsions to maintain the most accurate color balance possible. Your Images should be in either Adobe 1998, or sRGB color space for an accurate match.

 

Mounting

In 2010 GEPE abruptly stopped producing mounts. After a long period of promises from another manufacturer we decided to make our own mounts. (images at right)

 

The mounts are made from two pieces of optical quality.8mm laser cut cell cast anti- newton acrylic with hardened surfaces to minimize wear. We sandwich the acrylic and film together with double sided tape and trim the excess film. The mounting process is a bit more complicated than the glass mounts, but the results are excellent.

 

 

 

The finished Super Slides are sleeved and shipped out within 5 days.

 

 

 

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Preparing Images for Super Slides

 

We recommend that your images be at least 1800 x 1800 pixels, but this is not critical. You can send smaller size images but sharpness may be lost. In many cases this is not important for background images, but it's better to have a sharp image and defocus it.

 

The optimal image size is 2,750 x 2,750 pixels, this is the actual size recorded to film. Smaller images are scaled up to this dimension. Because of the mounts we produce, none of the image will be cropped by the mount.

 

If your image is square it will fit full frame. Images that are not square will have black at the sides or top & bottom of the image.

 

Your Images should be in either Adobe 1998, or sRGB color space for an accurate match. For Virtual Background images you will probably need to add Red to the image to compensate for lighting differences, but the amount may vary depending on your specific studio setting.

 

We accept just about any format for recording. You can check supported formats on our Format Page.

 

 

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Stock Images

 

We do offer a limited (but growing) number of stock background images.

 

All images are the highest resolution, and available in glass mounted Super Slide, glass mounted 35mm, and plastic mounted 35mm sizes.

 

Stock images are available in our site store, located here: Stock Images

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Price and Timing

	Price	Additional copies
	$10.00 each	$8.00 each
Reorders of previous images*	$8.00 each	$8.00 each
Minimum order for Super Slides	$20.00
*Images are archived for approximately 1 year. You may reorder from archived images at any time at the lower price.

 

 

 

Turnaround time
Current lab time for Super Slides is 5 days (add to delivery time)
Shipping Rates
1st Class Mail:	$2.50	3-6 day delivery - no tracking
Priority Mail:	$6.00	3-5 day delivery - no tracking
Fed Ex Express Saver:	$15.00	3 business days or less with tracking
Fed Ex 2-Day:	$20.00	2nd business day delivery with tracking
Fed Ex Next Day:	$30.00	Next business day delivery with tracking
Fed Ex Priority:	$35.00	Next business morning before 10:30 with tracking
Fed Ex Saturday:	$51.00	For Emergencies
Global Priority Mail:	$14.00	Most Countries - no tracking
Global Express Mail:	$29.00	Most Countries - limited tracking
International Fed Ex:	$51.00	Canada, Europe & Asia with tracking

 

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