Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]XXXXXXXXXX You can get K14 films in 35mm only. It doesn't take more than two brain cells to figure out this one! It's 9 O'Clock. Do you know where your film is? In a container on the tarmac in Memphis? In a UPS van in Houston Texas? On a loading dock in Biloxi Mississippi? XXXXXXXXXX Jim, Kodachrome is taken by Kodak courier from my local "shop" daily, with a turn around of usually 5 days. Many only ever use 35mm cameras. Kodachrome images from the amateur files of my grandfather look as fresh today as they did when they were taken, and his E6 images have died. For we amateurs, Kodachrome produces fantastic "family" colour and has the runs on the board with longevity. Perhaps Kodak realize that there are more amateurs than pros anyway, even if they don't shoot as much film (and rarely slides). Its not perfect, but its a film I use to record my life. I only hope Kodak keeps this bit of photographic consistancy alive, and doesn't bend to dubious commercial pressures to "kill" it off. Come on, you know as well as I that there is room in the world for many types of film, and for many types of photographer. If you don't want to use Kodachrome, don't ;-) Perhaps its the family slide film. Cheers Alastair Firkin http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html