Re: [Leica] [ OFF TOPIC ] Bitching against Kodak

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

True Technicolor had about thirteen different layers, including a layer for
black. It was not cheap and was used for big buck movies... I think it was
either "Wizard of OZ" or "Gone with the Wind" both from 1939, that used the
complex Tcechnicolor. They went to a regular three or four layer version
later.
Kodachrome was unique in that the dye couplers were not incorporated in the
emulsion, making for smaller more compact grains. The couplers were
'diffused' into the emulsion during the processing, which at one time
required the services of a full time chemist.... That was why the Kodachrome
processors were rather large volume, and there were not too many around.
Personally, I would be interested in know about the K-12 'minilabs', and how
they process the new Kodachrome.
Dan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] [ OFF TOPIC ] Bitching against Kodak


>Andre Jean Quintal wrote:
>snip
>>         I read somewhere, about mainland China,
>>         that a simple employee had come up with a whole
>>         system to recycle photo chemicals, use much less
>>         water / chemicals, retain performance and help the environment:
>>         that would seem a "next step" for the megabuck C-41
>>         process... from a user's standpoint.
>>snip
> I heard that they still in mainland China shoot films in three color
>Technicolor which went out in the 40's everywhere else. I just saw a
>thing on cable TV about it and their head makeup guy said he did a film
>test with all the womens lipsticks on his arm and they all came out
>brown on the new non Technicolor stuff. No reds. All the actresses and
>actors were ready to revolt. I'm sure people like Martin Scorcase would
>love to get his hands on that technology. Make those Louisville slugger
>scenes jump to life! As well as those rolling green pastures like in
>Robin Hood.
>Three individual strips of black and white film individually filtered
>and combined. Is that like Kodachrome? I wonder if Kodachrome is at all
>like Technicolor?
>Mark Rabiner