Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome 200 discontinued
From: Steve Beyer <steve@beyerphoto.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 01:02:17 -0500

Hi Tim,
    I agree with you on the grain.... K200 is a great film for winter.... It
put grain back into the snow!

Steve 

> You've got to get the bit of the url that wraps - may need to cut and paste
> 
> Kodachrome 200 is grainy, but it's good grain :)  Sort of Tri-x/HP5 ish.
> What a bugger to dump it. I've pretty much gone off E200. Guess I'll have to
> try FujiF400...
> 
> Tim A
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
>> Rabiner
>> Sent: November 13, 2000 6:26 PM
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome 200 discontinued
>> 
>> 
>> Henry Ambrose wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just saw at Kodak's site the following announcement that
>> Kodachrome 200
>>> is being discontinued mid year 2001.
>>> 
>>> from their site:
>>> 
>>> 
> http://www.kodak.com/cluster/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/e55/e5
>> 5.shtml
>> 
>>> --NOTICE--
>>> KODACHROME 200 Professional Film / PKL will be discontinued mid-year 2001
>> 
>>> KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Film E200 (Tech Pub: E-28) is the suggested
>> 
>>> replacement. >E200 is the fastest member of our remarkable EKTACHROME E-
>>> family of films, and features outstanding push performance plus
> exceptionally
>>> fine grain structure.
>> 
>> Henry Ambrose
> 
> 
> says it's not there, the url
> Great!! I've shot 20 rolls of it in the past few months and I've got 20
> rolls of
> it in my fridge.
> Much better color that E200 but MUCH grainer.
> I get my K64 in 24 hours from Camera world but the K200 takes another day or
> two.
> Mark rabiner
> :)
> http://spokenword.to/rabiner/
> 
> 

Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Kodachrome 200 discontinued)