Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachome processing
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 10:20:46 +0200
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Hi Pascal,

In principle, the Kodachrome processing you get should be of the same quality as
what I get, since in both cases the film is processed in Lausanne. Of course,
you will have a much longer turnaround time.

The P100F is my favourite E6 film, but you are right that it does not appear as
sharp on the light table as Kodachrome. So far I have only found Velvia to rival
Kodachrome in apparent sharpness, but its slow speed and oversaturated colours
put me off.

Where do you have your slides done? During my 5 years in Belgium I usually
dropped my E6 off at Photo Grenson on Chaussée de Wavre in Auderghem. He sent
them to a lab, I do not know which one, and I had the slides the next day. No
quality problems ever, and the price was a reasonable 245 BEF. I have also tried
a lab near the Gare de Luxembourg, which did the processing in-house and same
day. Quality was good too, but the price was significantly higher, close to 400
BEF as far as I recall.

Nathan

Pascal wrote:

> Thanks for getting back to me on this, Nathan.
>
> I may give Kodachrome another try then, but I first have to wade through the
> last stacks of Fujichrome Provia 100 F... :-)
>
> An excellent film, fine grain, but is it me or do you also find that it can
> sometimes seem a bit "fuzzy" ? I have the impression it could be a little
> sharper.
>
> Pascal
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