Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- >From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues: No man I got The BLUES >Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2000, 12:33 AM > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mark Rabiner" <mrabiner@concentric.net> >>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 11:39 AM >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues: No man I got The BLUES >> >> >>> I'm sure it's impossible that Leica glass was designed with Kodachrome >>films but >>> sometimes to me it has sure looked that way. >>> Leica and Kodachrome go together like...... >>> 1. two peas in a pod. >>> 2. > > Chuck Albertson wrote: > >>Sacco and Vanzetti?>>> > > Naw Chuck it's....... Vinnie and Guido! :) > > ted > > > Ted Grant > This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. > http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > When I was much younger, back in the late fifties and early sixties, the conventional wisdom was Leica optimised their Optics for slide film. Kodachrom was the benchmark film in those days. While the Japanese were optimising for color negative film. If this was the case this may explain the Leica look. John