Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chuck Albertson wrote: > > K64 was manufactured in 120 format for a few years in the late 1980s, early > 1990s, but was then discontinued. Presume it was due to lack of demand, > which in turn was probably attributable to processing hassles at the time > (slow turn-around times, quality control problems with the Kodak's > let's-outsource-our-processing experiment). > > Chuck Albertson > Seattle, Wash. > The idea that Kodachrome II or 25 or even 64 could be an equitable replacement for medium format was popular in the 70's and 80's. (The optics involved I believe/d could have something to do with it) Indeed it was said that Kodachrome was the only reason why a commercial pro would want such a "toy" as an 35mm camera. But 4x5 and sheet film is another level again. I just saw an impressive book which just came out by Paul Outerbridge consisting of many large format Kodachrome. I always defined "heaven" as a place stocked with all the Kodachrome sheet film I could shoot. With one hour turn around processing! Mark Rabiner