Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I meant Fuji make Polaroids. Which they'd already been doing in the past I think. Mark William Rabiner > From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:04:33 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > > Mark, Fuji couldn't make a Kodachrome type film; Kodak had locktite patents > on the film. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace > > >> Ektachrome was so cyan blue and flat for so long it was unbelievable. >> I'd love to know the story behind that. >> Some head tech guy at Kodak running everything ignoring the marketing >> people >> and photographers named Mark. >> I used an 81 b filter with it when I had to use it. >> An 81 a Just didn't do it. >> >> Fuji film was so superior, the slide film that it that it was amazing. >> >> But Fuji never made a Kodachrome type film it was always E6 or E4. >> >> Kodachrome will always rule. >> I made my clients wait for Kodachrome or I didn't do the job. >> With one or two exceptions; with the rent due. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@lighttube.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:45:58 -0600 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace >>> >>> 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). >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: 12/30/2008 > 12:06 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information