Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:50:35 -0800

GPYLE wrote:

>I agree that the quality of todays E6 films is spectactlar but will they
>last as long as Kodachrome ?>>>>>

As long as they last until I go to the big darkroom in the sky I don't
think about how long the E6 slides will last.  I've some old "ektachromes"
whatever they were from the '50's that still look interesting, certainly
not the snap like the films of today, but the image and content are still
OK.

Besides, in reality guys and gals, are any of the pictures we shoot today
going to be of any "real importance" 70-100 years down the line?  Maybe so
if you're shooting the world political scene and or other world interest
subjects.

But I'm sure at that time, on average, nobody is going to give a hoop
whether it was E6 or kodachrome.

Isn't it more important to have nice smashing images today than concerning
oneself with Kodachrome having a longer life span?  just wondered.

ted

ted

Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant