Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I beg to differ. I have been shooting Kodachrome extensively since moving to Switzerland a little over 1 year ago. My basic slide film is K64, replaced by K200 when light conditions are bad. Sometimes I use K25 in my R8 when the light is good and/or I am working with a tripod. I do use the Provia F films as well, but when I have the slides on a light table and look at them with a good loupe, or when I project them with my Leica Colorplan projection lens, the Kodachrome slides clearly stand out in terms of sharpness and crispness. Their color rendition is neutral, which is what I am looking for. Now, Provia 100F is an excellent film and would be my replacement for K64 if the latter were to be discontinued or I moved away from Switzerland (when I lived in Belgium, the quoted turnaround time for Kodachrome was 2-3 weeks, which I find unacceptable; here in Switzerland it is 1 week which I can live with). And Provia 400F is the best high-speed slide film I have ever seen and is now my standard film for low light photography. But I still think that Kodachrome and Leica lenses are a match made in heaven. Nathan Douglas Cooper wrote: > Provia F is the closest I've found to perfection in a transparency, just as > Reala is as close to perfect as I've seen in negative film. I haven't spent > much time with 400 F -- has anyone compared it rigorously with the 100? > (Man, it would be nice if it were in the same league.) - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/