[Leica] Colour cast with Kodachrome 200

["Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>]

I recently shot several dozen cassettes of Kodachrome 200 - I normally
use Kodachrome 64 but needed the extra speed.

Looking through the results, I notice that the slides have a pale
pink/lilac cast which shows on whites such as cloudy skies. Pics taken
with blue skies or indoors look OK, but everything taken outdoors with
a cloudy sky has a distinct colour cast.

Is this normal for Kodachrome 200?  The film was purchased in several
batches, and sent for processing in two batches some five months
apart. So I don't think we are dealing with faulty or badly stored
film, or processing faults.

I remember asking last year if anyone could recommend a fast slide
film, and the overwhelming answer was NO! (Though I seem to recall one
of the European Lugnuts saying he'd just tried one of the faster Fuji
films and had decent results with a first cassette. I've accidentally
deleted the posting, so can't recall what the film was.)

Regards,

Doug Richardson