Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue Dec 30 11:45:57 2008
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I had a bad time with old Ektachromes as well.  My fifty-year-old 
Kodachromes held up just fine.

I also have a period where I used an SX-70.  I may try to copy some of those 
to fill in the gaps in my archives.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace


> How about old Ektachromes?
> I refused to shoot with it during the 70's and 80's when I was doing  copy 
> slides for artists.
> I stuck with Kodachrome. Most of the time I used an M3 with a DR  'cron. 
> Sometimes with a Nikon with a Mirco-Nikkor.
> The DR still cleaned its clock.
> An old friend had a job going over artist submitted slides at the  MOCA in 
> LA.
> She was amazed with the way the Kodachromes held up.
> The very worst images, i.e. fading, were done with tungsten Ektachrome.
>
> But, speaking of Polaroid, the issue of its collection is still a  sore 
> point.
> One rumor I heard was that the Getty was interested.
> ???
> sd
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Don Dory wrote:
>
>> The
>> Polaroid's held up better color wise than the newer stuff(60's into  the
>> 80's).
>
>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace)
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Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace)
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