[Leica] Kodachrome is back...

[Peter Dzwig]

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
> 

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Dr. Peter Dzwig