Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very good point, Sonny. My trajectory was similar to yours. When I lived in Switzerland from 2000 to 2003, I used Kodachrome as my primary color film (I had used it while living in the US and Belgium prior to that as well, but more mixed with E6 stuff). Turnaround was good, 3-4 days usually, since Kodak's European processing was all done in Lausanne. But in 2003 I moved to the Netherlands and the turnaround time became 2-3 weeks all of a sudden, while on the other hand there was a good pro lab on my way to work which had same-day E6 service. So it was all various flavors of Fujichrome from then on. In late 2004 I bought my first DSLR and I have not shot any color film since (B&W, yes, but no color). I think many of the tears over the loss of Kodachrome were shed by people who had stopped using it long ago and were really nostalgic about their youth rather than the actual film. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > The huge recent flurry of publicity notwithstanding, I was wondering, how > many LUG shooters were REALLY still regularly shooting Kodachrome? > > I really can't remember the last roll I shot. It probably was in the > 1970's, maybe earlier. > > When Primary Color opened in New Orleans and offered two Ektachrome runs a > day, I kissed Kodachrome goodbye. > > I mentioned this before but it was buried in another thread. > > I'm just wondering, how long has it been since you shot the stuff, not > counting this recent "drink the kool-aid" rush. > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >