Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/06
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>Eric Welch wrote:
>>
>> At 03:16 PM 7/5/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> >slides, something many photographers do. Then, why not
>> >dupe slides -- being judicious of which slides obviously --
>> >periodically so at least if you lose the original in 10 to 30
>>
>> My only problem with that is, dupes are second generation. And unless the
>> dupes are superb, you've lost a good part of the Leica advantage anyway. But
>> I have seen dupes done with a Leica R 100 f/4 that were amazingly good. They
>> were done by Citizen Photo on Portland, OR.
>>
>> ==========================
>> Eric Welch
>> Grants Pass Daily Courier
>
>Eric, and all the other readers of Leica-users...
>
>You've hit my nail on the head...
>
>The name of the game is TO MAKE THE DUPES IN CAMERA...in other words, shoot
LOTSA
>originals...then you won't lose any of that world renown Leica quality. And
it's a heck
>of a lot cheaper, too. And then you can make all your submissions as "original
>KODACHROMES!"
>
>Hey, it works...
>
>...'cause photo researchers and photo editors LOVE IT!
>
>Cordially,
>Jack Hamilton
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
The shelflife of dups, dup film being E6-based, will be shorter than the
life of your Kodachrome originals. The only interest I see in making dups
would be to avoid projecting Kodachrome slides.
With regards,
Gerard Captijn,
Geneva, Switzerland.
>
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