Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a bad time with old Ektachromes as well. My fifty-year-old Kodachromes held up just fine. I also have a period where I used an SX-70. I may try to copy some of those to fill in the gaps in my archives. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > How about old Ektachromes? > I refused to shoot with it during the 70's and 80's when I was doing copy > slides for artists. > I stuck with Kodachrome. Most of the time I used an M3 with a DR 'cron. > Sometimes with a Nikon with a Mirco-Nikkor. > The DR still cleaned its clock. > An old friend had a job going over artist submitted slides at the MOCA in > LA. > She was amazed with the way the Kodachromes held up. > The very worst images, i.e. fading, were done with tungsten Ektachrome. > > But, speaking of Polaroid, the issue of its collection is still a sore > point. > One rumor I heard was that the Getty was interested. > ??? > sd > > > On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Don Dory wrote: > >> The >> Polaroid's held up better color wise than the newer stuff(60's into the >> 80's). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >