Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/04
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If you do a google "all of these words search" on the words "Godowsky" and
"Kodachome," you'll find a great deal of info. Here's a couple of decent
capsule summaries:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0398/geduld1.html
http://www.bu.edu/prc/GODOWSKY/godowsk2.htm
Godowsky married George Gershwin's sister Frances ("Frankie"). Godowski
and Mannes used to time darkroom processes by whistling the last movement
of Brahms' C minor symphony at 2 beats/second.
- --Peter
>The Kodachrome process was invented by a couple of musicians who did all
the
>R & D in an appartment in N.Y. in the 1930's. Simply amazing!
>
>Does anybody know the story of these guys? I have been searching for a
>book or other information sources on them and their 'process' for
>several years now.
Thanks,
- - - marc
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