Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues: No man I got The BLUES

["GPYLE" <gpyle@netnitco.net>]

Perhaps it was the other way around and Kodachrome was designed for Leica
glass.   An old box of Kodachrome ( from 1948 no less )  was clearly labled
"Safety Color Film In Magazines For 35 mm Kodaks, Contax, Leica And Similar
Cameras" .   _____ George Pyle

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues: No man I got The BLUES


> "Lee, Ken" wrote:
> >
> > I recently found 1 roll of K64 in the bottom of the freezer. It was at
least
> > 5 years old and the price included processing. I shot the roll and since
the
> > prepaid mailer had been lost long ago, took the film to a camera store
in a
> > suburb of Toronto. The film was back in a week with no processing
charge. I
> > don't know where Kodak Canada sends the film now, but the turn around
time
> > was acceptable to me for personal work. This is the first time I shot
> > Kodachrome with Leica glass. I was blown away! E6 always looks too
contrasty
> > and dark to me. I thought it was just me screwing up the exposure with
E6
> > film. I am going to try some different E6 labs to see if it is the
> > processing, but I am going to get some more K64 also.
> >
> > Ken
> I'm sure it's impossible that Leica glass was designed with Kodachrome
films but
> sometimes to me it has sure looked that way.
> Leica and Kodachrome go together like......
> 1. two peas in a pod.
> 2.
> Mark Rabiner
>