[Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome"

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Hi Michael,
I've?shot a fair bit of Velvia 50. It is my film of choice for landscapes, 
but?not as good with skin. I tend?to process my own using a JOBO processor.
It is slow, doesn't cotton to kindly?to pushing?or pulling much more than a 
stop, but 1/3 stop increments?do produce noticable results. It has the 
narrow (5 
stop) lattitude you would expect from transparency film and must be exposed 
for 
the highlights. 

Much to my disappointment, Fuji has discontinued?4x5 quickload (though they 
still make sheets) as well as Velvia 50 in 220 format.?I think this may be 
quite 
telling?of things to come. I have a freezer full of each of these.
Many landscape photographers like Provia 400 for the increased speed. I 
don't 
know much about Velvia 100.?
Despite rumors to the contrary, film is not quite dead...
Best,
Bob
Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: Michael Sacca <mfsacca at sover.net>
To: lug at leica-users.org
Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 9:10:16 AM
Subject: [Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome"

Hi all,

This is the first post to LUG having just joined recently.

I have had a nearly continuous roll of Kodachrome (25 then 64p) in my M4 
since 
the mid 70's. It is of course disappointing to be at the end of the line 
with 
the film, but do understand the economics. I have heard that at it's height 
there were only 8 processsing labs for Kodachrome in the states with Dwaynes 
in 
Kansas being the last to do the processing.

I will miss it, but I'm not going to stop shooting transparencies, that is 
until 
I can afford an M9. Any suggestions for a a fine grain, balanced color film? 
Anyone with experience with FUJICHROME Velvia 50? I'm not starting on a new 
film 
just yet since I have about 25 rolls left in my freezer that I am looking 
forward to shooting before mid December....

Michael Sacca
Tunbridge Vermont


On Jul 26, 2010, at 1:29 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:28:52 -0700
> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome"
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> I don't think anyone is accusing Kodak of anything, other than that we are
> bemoaning the lost of a great film :-(
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> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
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>> Funny how everyone waxes lyrically about this film. Reality is that it is
>> being discontinued because not enough people are buying it to make
>> production and the complex development economically feasible:
>> 
>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128728114&sc=fb&cc=fp
>> 
>> Kodak is not a charity, nor is it an evil empire wanting to deprive
>> photographers of their beloved films. It is a struggling company trying to
>> survive in a changed environment, which its previous managements did not
>> anticipate particularly well.
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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