Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kodachrome mini-labs eh! If I remember correctly there was a mobile Kodachrome lab up for grabs after the LA Olympics which many UK photographers were lobbying to have sent over here, no joy needless to say and now after a brief rennaisance in UK Kodachrome processing Kodak have dropped their 10Am drop off/5Pm pick up service from London labs so its back to 5 days in the post and that means no more Kodachrome on jobs for me I'm afraid. No doubt we will never get a mini-lab and "there's no demand guv'nor" will be the logic. Apologies for a mini-rant but I do miss being able to use Kodachrome. Mike Stone > > Let's just hope sanity takes over and people learn not too late that digital > is a poor imitation of film. Especially with the recent breakthroughs in > film technology that could increase speed 10X for the same image quality. > (Lots to work out yet, but it's coming). Kodak has released a series of > Kodachrome mini-labs that don't require a chemist on duty all the time. And > if they sell enough of them, they have a new emulsion in the wings - so I > hear - that is ISO 100 and has finer grain than PKM. I pray for that day to > arrive. I am with Erwin, my favorite film choice with Leica glass is > Kodachrome. > > -- > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > > http://www.neteze.com/ewelch > > As far as I'm concerned, treachery will sometimes bring loyalty into > question. > > > From: Erwin Puts <imxputs@knoware.nl> > > Reply-To: leica@topica.com > > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 12:37:14 -0700 > > To: leica@topica.com > > Cc: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Kodak versus Fuji: is that the issue? > > > > It is really a pity that Kodak has lost all interest in these > > K-series as they could be the cutting edge in emulsion technology. > > But Kodak also has lost interest in the traditional B&W films.