Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Fuji couldn't make a Kodachrome type film; Kodak had locktite patents on the film. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > Ektachrome was so cyan blue and flat for so long it was unbelievable. > I'd love to know the story behind that. > Some head tech guy at Kodak running everything ignoring the marketing > people > and photographers named Mark. > I used an 81 b filter with it when I had to use it. > An 81 a Just didn't do it. > > Fuji film was so superior, the slide film that it that it was amazing. > > But Fuji never made a Kodachrome type film it was always E6 or E4. > > Kodachrome will always rule. > I made my clients wait for Kodachrome or I didn't do the job. > With one or two exceptions; with the rent due. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:45:58 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace >> >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: 12/30/2008 12:06 PM