Pushing Kodachrome

[P3D Franklin J. Flocks <fjf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

       Re: Todd Eifert's question about pushing Kodachrome - 
       Kodachrome can be pushed, although I've never heard of anyone 
       doing it with Kodachrome 25. -   Pushing Kodachrome 200 two 
       stops to ISO 800, is a favorite technique of rock photographers 
       who shoot shows at large arenas, where the lighting is usually 
       balanced similar to daylight. - Pushing Kodachrome is not 
       cheap; and there are few places that will do it. - I believe 
       the places that will push Kodachrome charge about $30 extra per 
       push processing order. - The extra charge is a special set up 
       charge- The charge is the same, whether one or several rolls 
       are sent in for processing at the same time.   --  I have not 
       tried this myself, but I have been told that the advantage of 
       using Kodachrome this way, as compared to E-6 push processing, 
       is that there is less of a loss of density in the blacks.  - I 
       use Ektachrome 1600P, or Fuji Provia 1600,  pushed to ISO 
       1600, for shows at large arena. - These films are really ISO 
       400 films which have been optimized to prevent color shift in 
       the blacks, when they are push processed.  For smaller 
       theaters, where tungsten balance is more common, I used 
       Ektachrome 320T, either at its rated ISO, or pushed one stop.



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