Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35mm scans/Kodachrome/E6
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 09:17:08 +0200
References: <200108012137.OAA22718@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <001b01c11c2d$bf5e0300$8987f8cc@BILL>

Bill,

Kodachrome can provide wonderful scans but it has to be done differently than
scanning E6, and I suspect that the Kodak Photo CD operator might not have taken
the extra care. I scan both Kodachrome and E6 on my Nikon LS-2000 and the better
sharpness and more natural color rendition of Kodachrome comes through on the
scans.

BTW, I just tried Kodak Elite 100 Extra Color for some landscape shots, and I
could not believe how garish the colors are. If Kodak wanted to dethrone Fuji
Velvia with this film, they definitely missed the boat. I cannot think of a
single Kodak E6 film that I like. I used to like the E200 but now that Fuji
Provia 400F is out, not anymore.

Nathan

Bill Lawlor wrote, in part:

> Scanning 35: I have been using Kodak Photo CD scans for most of my 35mm
> work. When I compared the quality of those scans from Kodachrome 64 with
> those from Provia 100 I found the difference to be significant. I had a
> bunch of K64 all packed to go to Bali but I swapped it for Provia at the
> last moment. Has anyone else noticed the difference in scans from these two
> films?

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Nathan Wajsman
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In reply to: Message from "Bill Lawlor" <wvl@infinex.com> ([Leica] 35 & MF, scans, and Bali)