Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I understand that there is a demand from the movie industry who want a ?non-digital? look to their films, so maybe that demand is growing to the balance point. Gerry Gerry Walden 023 8046 3076 0797 287 7932 > On 14 Feb 2018, at 12:19, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > However, Polaroid is now selling SX-70 film again having purchased it back > from Impossible Project and fixed the weird color issues. I am now digging > around for my SX-70 camera to start the whole knitting needle on image > thing again. > > As to Kodachrome, I can't imagine bringing back that process even for fine > art creative types. I suspect this is just a method to make a little money > on nostalgia like the Life Magazine specials that appear every quarter or > so. > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:56 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> I think slide films are at the bottom now selling wise. They don't sell a >> lot of the stuff. The last years of Kodachrome not a lot of people were >> buying it but quite a few were buying and using Fujichrome. Fujichrome >> did >> replace Kodachrome in the hearts and minds of most serious photographers >> you got it back and hour later instead of a few days and the color was >> great. >> It certainly replaced Ektachrom which always was cyan and horrible. But no >> one used it. Fujichrome ruled. >> Me I mainly shot color neg and black and white neg. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> >> ?On 2/14/18, 2:18 AM, "LUG on behalf of Gerry Walden via LUG" >> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> I am intrigued that Kodak are now pushing Kodachrome photography >> (note, I did not say Kodachrome is back) by publishing a new Kodachrome >> magazine, edition 2 of which is now available at a price of ?20 here in >> the >> UK. It features Kodachrome images from the archives but is very expensive >> for what it is. I also note that a contact sheet featured in Edition 2 was >> shot on Ilford HP5, but it is what the featured photographer was using >> ?back in the day?. >> >> Does this re-emergence mean that they are trying to raise interest in >> Kodachrome again? Pretty unlikely, but a strange move. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> 023 8046 3076 >> 0797 287 7932 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information