Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thoroughly approve of that kind of stubbornness, too. BUT I am very disappointed. I thought Kodachrome was actually back,but that would require even more stubbornness than these guys have. :-( Peter On 15/09/2020 23:31, Richard Man wrote: > OK, this is the type of stubbornness that I appreciate. > > Background: Kodachrome, with such vibrant colors that Paul Simon even wrote > a song about it. It was created by "God and Man" (Leopold Godowsky Jr. and > Leopold Mannes) in the 1930s. SADLY, I did not take many Kodachrome photos > myself. > > The process went kaput when the last lab shut down and it's not a process > that people can just do at home, unlike other slide films. So when a > company that sells digital presets that simulate film-look wanted to > release a Kodachrome preset, they just asked people to send in their > Kodachrome slides. > > No, wait, they spent two years painstakingly recreated the Kodachrome > development process and chemicals. > > I APPROVE OF THIS STUBBORNNESS / FOOLISHNESS. I mean, we went to the Moon > because it is not easy. > > https://petapixel.com/2020/09/15/vsco-went-full-macgyver-to-create-an-authentic-kodachome-film-simulation > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig