Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Henning, I;m with you. All my old E. slides are obviously "off." The K slide still look good. They are seldom used. But to me, the accuracy of the color is very important, too. I dislike the "hot" colors of some chrome films. They look like an artist's conception of reality more than a representation of it. I oftem respond more to subtle colors rather than the "stick it in your eye" school. Cheers, Joe Stephenson [cut] - -----Original Message----- > >As for the archival qualities; I know that Kodachromes I have from the 40's >are still OK, I don't have any useable non-Kodachromes from later than 20 >years ago, and most of those are toast. Maybe my Kodachromes haven't 'seen >the light' enough, but none have any appreacheable fading. As the common >wisdom holds, I don't want to find out 25 years from now (if I'm still >around) that the artificial aging tests done on the E-6 stuff wasn't quite >right. Obviously, E-6 has made tremendous strides, but PKR hasn't gotten >worse (except for the processing turnaround). > >I shoot Velvia (when circumstances force me to), Provia and Astia >professionally because of the quick turnaround, but for my personal stuff I >shoot Kodachrome. Leica M's are fine with it. > > > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > >