Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Arthur Wouk wrote: > > i wish to warn all of those cheering various forms of the E-6 color > process, that the transparencies do not last. thirty years is about > it. > > my agfachromes from the late 40s and early 50s are gone. mt > ektachromes from the late 50s through about '65 are clearly > fading. > > if you want archival results, and you must use an ektachrome, etc., > then preserve your really valuable transparencies via the three color > separation process (this IS archival.) for anything else, either store > them in the deep freeze or prepare to lose your precious scenes in > about 30 years. > > this is not true of clasic kodachrome, and thought not to be true of > the faster newer kodachromes. i have a 1945 kodachrome which, for all > its 'false' color, is exactly what it was when first processed in > 1945. > > i was lead astray by my search for truer, more neutral media, in a > revulsion against kodachrome! Arthur, and all the other Leica-users. For the most part, I'm still a Kodachrome user...and since Kodak TOOK BACK CONTROL of Kodalux processing some months back, I can't even complain about the processing. For those of us that live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...it's out one day...and back the next...even though the current Kodalux lab that handles it is in Dallas, TX. Personally, I wouldn't care if it took a day or two more. I shoot for the "stock photo" market...and have for 30 + years. I'm more interested in sharpness, color saturation...AND LONGEVITY OF IMAGES. And I haven't really found a good reason to switch from Kodachrome. By my way of thinking...I would still rather use the film that all others are still compared to... And TO those of you that disagree with me, particularly my "competitors," KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING...AND BE CRITICAL OF ME...if you are using e-6, and I'm using Kodachrome...I will DEFINITELY HAVE THE 'EDGE.' And the "proof" is in my bank statements... THE DEFENSE RESTS, Jack Hamilton Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA