Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: R8+Kodachrome 25: the last hurrah
From: lowiemanuel at yahoo.ca (Emanuel Lowi)
Date: Sun Aug 15 10:01:19 2004

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> This last image also illustrates 
> the problems of K25--I cannot for the life of me get
> decent skin tones 
> in that photo. For the flower shots this is not a
> problem, but for the 
> portrait it is. 

A wise person taught me that K25 is to be reserved for
use only in PERFECT light. It is not a versatile film.

Now before someone poses the Clinton-esque question:
"That depends on how you define "PERFECT light," my
answer is:  perfect light is that which cries out for
K25. It's all about experience.

Point is that K25 belongs on my palette of
transparency emulsion choices because, in very
specific situations, it is the ideal film.

I'm keeping my stash well-frozen.

Emanuel Lowi
Montreal

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