Re: [photo-3d] Vision Redux

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For whatever it is worth, Kodachrome is a great film, as it always has been.

It is just that a lot of people do not realize the tremendous advances that
have been made in other films, especially motion picture negative.
Image-wise, they certainly are on a par with Kodachrome, as several tests
that I made seem to confirm.

And, most of the people that I showed my test slides to seemed to prefer the
ones made on Vision MP to the Kodachromes, although personally I prefer the
K2 "look" myself.  Part of this may be a bias on my part due to my having
shot so much Kodachrome over the years.

A caveat: someone mentioned the effect that the quality of the lab has on
the results.   This is very true.  I have been very happy with the lab I use
(RGB, Hollywood), but you should run a test with any lab you intend to use
before trusting them with an important job.

In general, Kodak has traditionally held a bigger quality control stick over
the labs that process Kodachrome, but labs have been known to screw that up
also.  It shouldn't be that way, since K14 is a much more complicated
process (with separate developers and re-exposure lamps for each color), but
it often seems to be the case.

One other caution: Be sure your camera settings (exposure) are correct.  One
of the claimed advantages of negative film is a wider exposure latitude
(Kodak says 1/2 stop under to 2 stops over).  However, if you want maximum
quality, your exposure should be as accurate as if you were shooting slide
film.

JR

---- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert C Maxey" <bmaxey1@xxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Vision Redux


> >>I have run this test (at the same magnification) with slides intermixed
> in
> >>the slide tray.  Most people could not tell me which were which.  Those
> that
> >>could preferred the MP slides to the Kodachrome.  I also tried the same
> test
> >>with a slide viewer.  Essentially the same results.
>
> I want to thank you very much, for saving me lots of money. With the
> money I will now save, I plan to purchase another motorcycle and take a
> long trip. I will now forget Kodachrome film, that most inferior of films
> and do all my photography using re-spooled motion picture film.
>
> Bob
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