Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't know, but wouldn't surprise me, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:06 PM Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome apocrypha > It was my impression that the color balance of Kodachrome was deliberately > altered to achieve a "pleasing" color balance. A professor of mine during > the '50s claimed that he helped design a Kodak study where users of color > film were asked to rank snapshots in order of preference. True color > photos > were almost always rejected in favor of those that made complexions look > "healthy", i.e. redder and slightly sunburned. Scenics were preferred > which > gave the impression of a bright sunlit day. Hence the slightly magenta > cast > of Kodachrome images. Does anyone know the facts of the case? Is it just a > Rochester urban rumor? > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information