Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome--Any Indication of Its Future
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon Jan 30 15:17:58 2006
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I have another question, where do you get it processed? According to  
Kodak, there is only one processing facility left in the Americas:  
Dwaynes Photo out of Kansas. I will also check with my local camera  
store.

John Collier

On 30-Jan-06, at 3:10 PM, Seth Rosner wrote:

> You're welcome John (reminds me of one of the mild irritations of  
> current 'merkin language usage: no one any longer says you're  
> welcome here; it's "no problem". Forget about the "you knows" and  
> the "likes")
>
> I have never left Kodachrome. If the subject's or scene's contrast  
> is not too broad and one is really careful with exposure, I still  
> believe there has never been anything on the market to compare,  
> either in terms of faithful color rendition and certainly in  
> archival quality.
>
> Seth
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome--Any Indication of Its Future
>
>
>> Thanks Seth,
>>
>> I have been shooting Provia for the last couple of years because I  
>> thought Kodachrome was about to disappear. Maybe it is time I   
>> switched back! I certainly prefer the colour palette of Kodachrome  
>> 64.
>>
>> John Collier
>>
>> On 30-Jan-06, at 1:18 PM, Seth Rosner wrote:
>>
>>> Almost all on this list are concerned about film in general;  
>>> many  if not most, about Kodachrome.
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Kodachrome--Any Indication of Its Future)
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