Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Problems with Kodachrome
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 08:02:29 -0700

At 09:00 PM 4/16/98 +0930, you wrote:
>I have just got 2 rolls of Kodachrome back from processing.
>The density appears OK possibly a little dense (ie as if underexposed
>by say 1/2 stop).  The main concern is that the resolution appears
>down.  This is not severe, but I picked it up as these 2 films were
>camera and lens tests.  I have used both cameras extensively and
>neither has shown exposure problems before.  The tests were done
>on a steady tripod so camera movement is unlikely.
>
>The question is what could have caused this.  Is it film storage
>(I usually store it in the freezer then give it 1 day to reach
>room temperature). Is it film handling.  Or is it processing.
>Here in Australia there is only one processing service (via Kodak).
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Richard Urmonas
>rurmonas@senet.com.au
> 

What camera, what lens, what f/stop, what shutter speed, how did you meter,
what was the subject?

Jim