Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henry Ambrose wrote: ><snip> > Kodachrome: > > I have not tried any Kodachrome for many years - too much trouble. > I shot one roll each of 25, 64, 200 and sent it off last Monday to The > New Lab in San Francisco. Got it back on Thursday. The film is beautiful. > > The downsides are the cost and time factors - 4 days and about $20.00 > shipping expenses plus processing fees. I can't see using the film for a > job and only rarely for myself given this situation. > > I can get E6 processed in 2 hours and only one block from my studio. > > Is Kodak trying to kill Kodachrome? Whats the deal? > > Henry Ambrose I think many of the better art directors are still impressed by the sound of the word "Kodachrome." It still has an impressive "quality" sound to it and I know that for many on this list the sound is "inconveniently archaic" to which I say mubdestygca!!!. The fact that it has to not be a "rush" job would often make it not a cheap job. For me it's a matter of how tested out am I. Do I need to see a test roll of something a day before the shoot? I usually do. Mark Rabiner