Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Fellow LUGnuts, I just received the 1996 (with 1997 revision) Kodak Professional Photographic Catalogue from Kodak. It must have been sent to me in repsonse to a business reply card. It lists all of the current Kodak films with filter factors and reciprocity data, paper information and chemicals. It is very helpful and should compliment any library books that you have on these items. I have found Kodak to be much more responsive to information requests lately. Possibly its becasue I'm using lots of their film or maybe its just my imagination. Due to posts I've read on this list, I have ordered Kodachrome 25 film again due to its fine grain and reistance to fading. I'll just have to use the Kodak mailers for processing with their cardboard mounts. Used long term, the cardboard mounts warp and get stuck in projectors - even the wide slots of the 80 capacity Carosel trays. I use Kodak's Ektachrome 100 SW for my lectures since I can get it processed same day and it resists fading. I take new slides all the time - as my field changes constantly with new technology. Evenutally I'll break down and get a Digital camera and just use my IBM Thinkpad to make presentations with Powerpoint. At this stage, trying to lecture to 500 docs with a 30 watt video projector just doesn't cut it. Xenon powered projectors are the way to go for large audiences. Unfortunately, the bulbs put off lots of heat. Last month I lectured in Tulsa at a conference and the plastic mounts warped in one projector due to the heat. I now use Wess plastic mounts exclusively. They seem bulletproof. Richard - ----------------------------- Richard Clompus, OD West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA