Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I shot heaps - maybe 100-250 rolls a year, until Kodak shut down their processing facility in Australia in 2004 or 2005. After that it was too hard. Marty On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:07 AM, bill pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > > but don't you see, the goal wasn't perfect processing, it was to make more > money for a few executives. That it did! The flaw in those sorts of plans > is > that you make some quick bucks but loose in the long haul. Thisk how much > money has been lost when they gave up making B&W paper. That was a mature > technology that could have made a lot fairly easily, but the dollars wern't > so huge to interest a CEO who doesn't understand that little dollars make > big ones. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] When did Kodachrome really die? > > >> I quit shooting Kodachrome when they turned the developing over to Qualex. >> Qualex routinely ruined about 1/3 of what I sent them ?Slides cut in half, >> horrible chemical stains, scratches. ?I gave up and went with E-6 films I >> could develop myself in my Jobo. >> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The huge recent flurry of publicity notwithstanding, I was wondering, how >>> many LUG shooters were REALLY still regularly shooting Kodachrome? >>> >>> I really can't remember the last roll I shot. ?It probably was in the >>> 1970's, maybe earlier. >>> >>> When Primary Color opened in New Orleans and offered two Ektachrome runs >>> a >>> day, I kissed Kodachrome goodbye. >>> >>> I mentioned this before but it was buried in another thread. >>> >>> I'm just wondering, how long has it been since you shot the stuff, not >>> counting this recent "drink the kool-aid" rush. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >