[Leica] When did Kodachrome really die?

[mfsacca at sover.net (Michael Sacca)]

Sonny,
I had a practically continuous roll primarily in my M4, but also other  
cameras since the late '70's. I probably shot 40-60 rolls a year right  
up until December, mostly 64 but a fair amount of 25 until it was  
discontinued and also some 200 for longer lens work. Since the early  
90's I used PKR almost exclusively and found it to be stable without  
strong casts. I remember in the lean years buying foreign stuff that  
always seemed to be really green. Then the Qualex period made me  
nearly give it up. In fact I did stop shooting it for about 6 months  
or more. I wrote and called them to complain about all kinds of  
problems and they seemed not to care about quality control.

I'm really beginning to appreciate working with RAW files. I mean  
hell, it's like having a nearly ultimate positive or negative to work  
from. What is different, very different now is the loss of a reference  
when I'm composing or pre-visualizing a potential exposure. Now since  
a file can be so malleable, well it can look like anything in the end.  
To some extant, the interpretation comes sitting in front of a screen  
rather than in the field with the camera in my hands.

I'm moving on, of course, but it was a great ride.

Michael


On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:35 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:

> Yeah, I understand that; were you using it regularly for the past few
> years,  or did you just buy some for the fireworks show at the end  
> of last
> year?