Re: [photo-3d] Digest Number 569

[Rob <lilindn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> <TCNET058@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote
> Subject: Re: Kodachrome
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>     I will be one of those mouring the loss of Kodachrome. Simply
> because no other color film produced the accurrate slides that
> Kodachrome 25 did. Yes I have shot Provia 100F which is finer grain
> but has a cyan tint to it. Blues are a problem with Provia 100f as
> this film does not do an accurrate job of reproduction. Velvia is
> great for super saturated color. If thats what you want. For landscapes
> Velvia does jump out at you.
>     But none of the current transparancy films equal Kodachrome 25 in
> terms of color accurracy.

    This one really puzzles me.  Yes, E-6 films have their inaccuracies, Elitechromes are too
warm, Sensia I 100 had magenta in its grays, Provia 100F may have a bluish cast to it, and
Velvia's greens are far too saturated, but Kodachrome 25 has never been the same film twice!
I had too many rolls come back with a green of magenta cast over them.  True, this was
probably the processor's fault, but, nevertheless, it is a fact of life with Kodachrome.



> I started using Kodachrome back in 1971 when
> it was still KII. Slides I have seen shot in 1947 retain the same
> colors as they did in 1947.

  There's no evidence that KM is any bit more archival than KR.

>
>     Time and technology move on, but not always is progress made. Film
> has come a long way, but Kodachrome was the standard which all others
> were measured against.

     Absolutely, I loved the "snap" of a KM slide, nothing could quite compare to it when no
color cast occurred, and I will miss it.

   Rob



 

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