Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michael, Welcome. Fuji Provia 100 - Velvia is highly saturated. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Michael Sacca <mfsacca at sover.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is the first post to LUG having just joined recently. > > I have had a nearly continuous roll of Kodachrome (25 then 64p) in my M4 > since the mid 70's. It is of course disappointing to be at the end of the > line with the film, but do understand the economics. I have heard that at > it's height there were only 8 processsing labs for Kodachrome in the states > with Dwaynes in Kansas being the last to do the processing. > > I will miss it, but I'm not going to stop shooting transparencies, that is > until I can afford an M9. Any suggestions for a a fine grain, balanced > color > film? Anyone with experience with FUJICHROME Velvia 50? I'm not starting on > a new film just yet since I have about 25 rolls left in my freezer that I > am > looking forward to shooting before mid December.... > > Michael Sacca > Tunbridge Vermont > > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 1:29 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >> >> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:28:52 -0700 >> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome" >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: >> ? ? ? ?<AANLkTikjYcHvBMJzht3D2KXGfVLn0YE-xKF0K7RFTfHC at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I don't think anyone is accusing Kodak of anything, other than that we are >> bemoaning the lost of a great film :-( >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman >> <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: >> >>> Funny how everyone waxes lyrically about this film. Reality is that it is >>> being discontinued because not enough people are buying it to make >>> production and the complex development economically feasible: >>> >>> >>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128728114&sc=fb&cc=fp >>> >>> Kodak is not a charity, nor is it an evil empire wanting to deprive >>> photographers of their beloved films. It is a struggling company trying >>> to >>> survive in a changed environment, which its previous managements did not >>> anticipate particularly well. >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all >> previous >> replies in your msgs. ] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. See >> http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more informationlug >> >> End of LUG Digest, Vol 46, Issue 54 >> *********************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >