Re: Kodachrome question

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is it my imagination, or is today's Kodachrome a different (and inferior)
> product than what was sold in the 1960s? Looking over my Kodachrome II
> stereos from 1963 - 1969 I am amazed by the brilliance and accuracy of the
> color, the lack of visible grain, and the sharpness of the images. I
> haven't gotten that result using current Kodachrome 25. The pictures
> inevitably have a greenish or bluish cast, and some visible grain. Anyone
> else experience this?

I read somewhere that a greenish/bluish cast "means" that the Kodachrome
used is either too "young" or too "old" relative to the "optimal" age.
I think green/blue was too "young" if I recall right.  So what is being
seen may be this effect.

One way around it may be to buy the "Pro" versions and use them promptly
(and/or refrigerate them).  They are supposed to come "at optimum".
I don't recall that B&H charged very much more for pro versions.

Mike K.


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