Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a really interesting perspective. After all the Ur-Leica was designed to use cinefilm! Peter On 14/02/2018 15:59, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig