Re: [Leica] Using Kodachrome 64

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

I underexpose K64 (meter it at EI 80) when I'm shooting with a Nikon, to
punch up the colors and the contrast a bit. But I haven't found that to be a
good idea with my Leica lenses--at ISO 64, the color and contrast are just
to my liking. All of this depends on your personal tastes, as well as the
end use of the slide. If it's destined for a print, too much underexposure
will make the shadows go completely black in the print. But for projection,
underexposure works fine.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com>
To: "Leica Users digest" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 4:45 AM
Subject: [Leica] Using Kodachrome 64


> Over the weekend, I was talking with Steve McCurry, the National
> Geographic photographer who shoots a lot for them in India and points
> east. He said he shoots with Kodachrome 64 (ie. shot at 80) and
> underexposes by a third of a stop so that colors are more saturated. I
> do the opposite with color negative film, but I never play with ASA in
> transparency film. I'm going to have to experiment with this and see how
> it goes. Do any of you shoot your transparency film at slower ASA, do
> you slightly underexpose for color saturation?
>
> Doug Nygren
>
>