Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am very happy with Sensia but I just have a thing about Kodachrome. Another LUGer pointed me in the direction of different scanner software and I have tried it on Kodachrome with great success so I will probably move back to Kodachrome as soon as my Sensia stocks are out. The only problem I have with Kodachrome is the long development time. Gerry - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mikiro <arbos@silva.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 16 April 2000 11:53 Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome > At 9:31 AM +0200 00.4.16, Gerry Walden wrote: > >Like you, Nathan, I am a lover of Kodachrome but have been using Sensia > >recently. I decided to change back to Kodachrome last week and bought 6 > >rolls of Kodachrome 64 the same day as buying my new Nikon Coolscan 3 > >scanner. Reading the scanner instructions, I find that it cannot get the > >right colour balance with Kodachrome so, guess what, the Kodachrome had to > >go back. Sadly, that is the current situation for me but I am told by Tina > >Manly it is OK as long as you keep the 'Clean Image' software turned off. > >I am still playing so I am not sure which way I am jumping at the moment. > >I may well be shooting 4 remaining rolls of Kodachrome 200 today so that may > >be the decider. The Tall Ships race is sailing down the river here in > >Southampton past the new P&O cruise liner 'Aurora' and I have been invited > >on a privately hired tug boat to go down and photograph it with the official > >P&O photographer (just him and me). The sun is shining bright so it looks > >like a good day for Leica glass whatever the film! > > > >Gerry > > Gerry- > I have used a lot of Sensia II recently, because it is reasonably priced > with a good character (natural, smooth, not too contrasty, etc.) How do you > compare it with Kodachrome 64? Is the difference visible with images > scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 3 at the maximum resolution? I also use some > Elitechrome and can see some character differences on a light table. When I > scan them with my Coolscan 2, the differences are no more visible to my eyes > on a monitor even when scanned at 2700 dpi. I am also curious to what > extent we can see film characters with inkjet printouts. > > Cheers, > > Mikiro > Strasbourg, Europe > http://arbos.silva.net > >