Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, I thought the forum was for photography. Why am I not entitled to an opinion? You call it a high horse, but I think like many today you attempt to criticize me for what I say to reduce the effectiveness of truthful comments. Ashame.... Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: Lee, Ken [mailto:ken.lee@hbc.com] Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 10:00 AM To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' Subject: RE: [Leica] I for one am glad Kodachrome is dead or dying.[!] Peter, Please get off your high horse! Tastes differ. For my tastes (and some others) most (if not all) of the current E6 films are over the top. The colours are too exaggerated and saturated. The film has too much contrast, I just don't like the result. This is my opinion so it cannot be wrong any more than your opinion can be wrong. This forum is for exchanging ideas not for proving who is the biggest... Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) [SMTP:peterk@lucent.com] > Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 11:34 AM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] I for one am glad Kodachrome is dead or > dying.[!] > > Baloney! Use the new E-6 films and you'll understand why kodak went with > E-6 vs. K-14. > (Physics aside!) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch [mailto:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] > Sent: Sunday, December 13, 1998 6:24 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] I for one am glad Kodachrome is dead or dying.[!] > > > >Prettier palate?? Poppycock!! Kodachrome reproduces purple as blue, so > >what palate? > >Finer grain...Nope, not anymore. New T-grain emulsions in Ektachromes > blow > >away archane kodachrap. > > Color balance has nothing to do with E6 or K14, it has to do with the > current formula for the emulsion. Simple. > > As for finer grain, do you know what color couplers are? E-6 has them in > the emulsion, K14 does not. Always will make Kodachrome potentially > superior to E6, because the emulsion can be thinner, the key to higher > sharpness and finer grain. Basic physics. > -- > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > "...nostalgia ain't what it used to be." ...unknown