P3D Colorama

[Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I said:

> Ernst Haas (SP?) provided the 35mm slide Kodak used to create a
> Colorama - an 18 foot high and 60 foot wide - color display
> transparency. It was the very first such image, shot on Kodachrome,
> using probably a Leicaflex or M Series.

I thought I was clear about my post. The Haas image I speak of was the
first time a Colorama was made from a 35mm slide. And it was Kodachrome.


>>Excuse me, I'm a bit slow today (lack of sleep) and am not quite sure
>>of what you are saying.  By "very first such image" do you mean very
>>first 35mm Kodachrome image used for Colorama, or very first
>>Kodachrome image used for Colorama?

The first Colorama made from 35mm.


If you mean the later, I think
>>you may be mistaken.  All of the early Colorama images were made with
>>a 8x20 or 8x10 large format camera.

Coloramas were made from a wide variety of originals including 120 and some
custom made cameras. There were several cameras Kodak termed "Colorama
Cameras" and these were also different formats. In later years, 35mm was
used far more extensively. in more recent years, Kodak offered lithos of
their display materials and the Coloramas were really not that good.

As the people at Kodak got used
>>to the process of creating the Coloramas, and the films improved,
>>later images (like the one you mention by Ernst Haas) were made with
>>smaller cameras.  One of my father's friends was a Kodak staff
>>photographer, and he made one of the Colorama images with a Kodak
>>Brownie.

Which one? I have every dealer Colorama ever issued from the first to about
1985 or so. along with the viewer. I wanted to sell them at one time, but
now, I use them as displays in my home. The problem is it is a big display
and hard to place so it does not overwhelm.

Cheers,

RM



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