Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Kodachrome Valley
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:55:20 -0700

Jim Brick wrote:
> 
> If my feeble 5th sense serves me correctly...
> 
> The last time I checked, Kodachrome was still a B&W film, with real silver
> grain, and the color added in the processing. The result is a film with
> "real" silver grain.
> 
> Provia is an E6 film, where the color is within the film emulsion.
> Processing completely strips away all silver, it having been replaced with
> color globules.
> 
> So in reality, Kodachrome will have grain and Provia will have globs. I'm
> not sure that they can be scientifically compared.
> 
> Jim GO5 Brick
> 
Is the silver still in the film after processing or would that make a difference?
Mark Rabiner