[photo-3d] Kodachrome demise, digital rise

[Paul Talbot <list_post@xxxxxxxxx>]

It strikes me as wholly appropriate that Kodachrome 25
is the first victim of the digital/film wars.  When I
look at K25 stereo slides, I generally cannot convince
myself that I am looking at the results of an analog
process.  Take your basic jps file, apply the "sharpen"
filter a few too many times, and you end up with a very
Kodachrome-like image: highly pixelated, and giving the
impression that the picture was etched or chiseled onto
the film.  There is no smooth flow betwen objects in the
scene like there is in real life, or with images recorded
on other quality films.  So Kodachrome fans can shift
to digital imaging with minimal impact on the final
results...IMO.

I spent a couple years carrying around an extra stereo
camera loaded with K-25, shooting "archival" extras for
potential sale at NSA convention auctions.  I tried very
hard to fall in love with the film, but could not do it.
When I look at those 3D slides now, I cannot get them out
of my Red Button fast enough.  (I've never offered any of
them for sale, so the whole experiment was a big waste of
time and money.)

<<Full Power to the Flame Shields>>

I'm not a pure Kodachrome hater; I've seen Kodachrome II
images in SSA Gamma folios that are incredibly beautiful.
If that film (and processing) were still available today,
it might even be my film of first choice.  IMO, Kodachrome
died years ago, and the only one to blame is the Big Yellow
Father himself.

Paul Talbot

 

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