Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/11

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Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome color revisited
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:15:47 -0500

A bit of internet research led me to a reference on the "pleasing" color of
Kodachrome. The information is contained in: The reproduction of colour By
Robert William Gainer Hunt.

A Google reference to the book is:
*Reproduction of Colour*:
http://books.google.com/books?id=nFtW4LG24fEC&pg=PA174&dq=%22preferred+colour+reproduction%22+OR+%22preferred+color+reproduction%22&hl=en&ei=XkM_TfveHYT68AbJxoT7Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22preferred%20colour%20reproduction%22%20OR%20%22preferred%20color%20reproduction%22&f=false

Apparently my old professor was telling the truth since his previous job was
at the Univ. of Rochester.
In contrast to Kodak's "pleasing" color, Fuji touted the true color
rendition in its introduction of Fujicolor in the US market in the '60s. I
always thought the Fuji slides looked weak next to their Kodak competitor.
Larry Z