P3D Copying in Kodachrome

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 Bill King:
 "I like to have any particularly precious slides to be on Kodacrhome for
 its long term color stability, but recently ran out of Kodacrhome on
 location and so had to locally buy one roll of Fuji. Now I wish to copy
 it onto Kchrome so I can keep it in the family for decades."

Dr. George A. Themelis:
"I am sure any lab that deals with duplication can use Kodachrome
at your request and at some extra cost to you, perhaps.  The only
question is, why? Have you developed this roll?  Are you sure that
there are images in this roll that *must* be kept in the family for
decades?"

Bill King:
Well I suppose not, but they are of late last June's Railfair 99 the largest

rail event in the world which is scheduled once a decade. Got a shot of the
John Bull rotating on the Central.Pacific turntable taken from inside the
cab
of the worlds largest operating steam engine the U.P. 3995 Challenger. And
U.P. 844
"elephant ears" viz. a viz. Southern Pacific's Daylight (is it really the
world's most
beautiful?) The newspaper reports a minor scalding accident caused the U.P.
to
reconsider liabilities, and the Challenger exhibitor told me of difficulties
this time
in finding a Road that would allow passage for a reasonable insurance
premium,
so it had to find a long way round to Sacramento. Who knows when again?

Dr. George A. Themelis: "Do you realize that by copying regular slides in
Kodachrome you will get an increase in contrast that might make them look
terrible?"

Bill King: Well I knew there would be an increase in contrast; I was hoping
it won't prove a bad thing  : /

Dr. George A. Themelis: "Do you have any idea how long will the E6 last?"

Bill King:
I copied from online to hardrive Philip Greenspan's review of
 _Permanence and Care of Color Photographs_ three years ago
 (now at: http://photo.net/photo/wilhelm-book.html ) but jumping there just
now I see
 interestingly that Paul Romaine now adds at the bottom that Wilhelm has
since "changed
 his thinking".

Dr. George A. Themelis:
"Have you developed this roll?  Are you sure that there are images
in this roll that *must* be kept in the family for decades?  Do
you realize that by copying regular slides in Kodachrome you will
get an increase in contrast that might make them look terrible?
Do you have any idea how long will the E6 last?  Don't you suspect
that 20 years from now digital duplication and storage might be
the norm?  And don't you think that if there is one particular
picture in this roll that must really preserve its colors and
the color balance has shifted 40 years from now then it would be
very easy to restore the original colors digitally?  Are you convinced
that your family would like to keep every single stereo slide that
you took after you pass away?  And do you think it will really
bother them that you shot one single roll in E6 among the hundreds (?)
Kodachrome rolls?"

Bill King:
I don't get it when you say "if there is one particular picture in
this roll that must really preserve its colors". Why wouldn't there be? I
can
tell you that  the slide I shot in Yosemite of my mom when I was too young
to remember the trip, well it looks like she is young again and standing
right
there in real life, just like magic. Might well be comforting when I'm 'in
the
rest home' seeing my kids again under the Xmas tree, in color stereo I will
be
able to. Which they had Realists at Great Grandpa's big day at Chickamagua
(so he said). So why not keep those old trains looking nice to look at,
especially since all it usually takes is saying "Kodachrome, please" at the
drugstore?

Dr. George A. Themelis:
" I actually follow the reverse strategy and shoot approximately one
roll of Kodachrome every 100 rolls or so.  This way if the rumors are
true that my E6 slides will be all gone in 20 years, I will have a
few pictures to pass to my children (in case they even care). I have
a small box with about 100 B&W pictures of me and my family which
was passed to me from my parents.  Somehow I feel that this is plenty."

Bill King:
George, they will care!





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