Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > My local photo store does not sell Kodachrome and sometimes they sort of > chide me for using this "environmentally unsafe product". I figure if it is > developed in Tukwila, what do I care if the kids are all mutants. Serves > 'em right for moving to the suburbs. > > Let them eat funny colored cake! is my motto. > > RP Johnson Kodachrome is now made in what is now considered to be "minilabs". Comparing the total effect of the Kodachrome process to the pollutants given off by industry. Any industry. Would be like comparing a needle to a haystack. Beyond insignificant. Kodachrome is not having a smaller market share because of environmental issues in most cases. (the UK) It's turnover issues. It's just an issue of can i get my film back in one HOUR or two or do i have to wait a DAY or two. Kodachrome has diminished because E6 takes 2 hours. That is 99 percent of the reason. Kodachrome is not going to color your kids any color they are not already. One of my main reasons other then the what i call "clarity" and longevity is the flesh tones. Kodachrome flesh tones can not be approached by any E6 film. Can't be approximated. Can't be touched. The crud it puts in the ground is a micron in a drop in the bucket. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/