Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]InfinityDT@aol.com wrote: ><snip> > Actually, professional K25 has been discontinued. All they have > now is the "amateur" version (I never saw any difference once I "aged" it for > a couple of months and then froze it). I use the Qualex lab in NJ, never had > any problem with them, and the same PK-36 mailers used for E6 work for K25 as > well. PKR (K64) is not a film I like to use. The whites are clean, but the > rest of the colors have a "70's retro" look to them that I don't particularly > like...plus, K64 has even higher contrast than Velvia. At least Velvia's > shadows turn pure black when they block up...all the Kodachromes tend to get > muddy/greenish shadows. Film is *such* a personal thing! ><snip> On your takes here on Kodachrome: No mention of flesh tones a major plus with Kodachrome possibly you don't get many people in your shots? (Not intended as criticism) Also your take on the pinkyness of the 25. Also I hear you can have the 200 pushed somewhere and that at least at one time National Geographic was big on it. Mark Rabiner