Did I miss out?

[calebarchie]

I like apples.

I don't like oranges at all that much, pardon my sleep-posting. My mother once told me she had caught me sleepwalking going to the fridge, peeling and eating oranges. Strange!

 

[wiltw]

'Missing out' is relative...'need' vs. 'desire'. 25 years ago, when I needed a color accurate film for product work (or fashions/textiles shooting) I would reach for EPN.

"EKTACHROME 100 Professional Film is an excellent choice for photographic applications where natural color rendition is required; i.e., commercial images of furniture, fabric, and clothing—particularly those with reflectance characteristics that often adversely affect color reproduction."​

The film is No more.

What would folks grab today, to accomplish color accuracy in rendition that can be demanded by some clients?

 

[John_Nikon_F]

'Missing out' is relative...'need' vs. 'desire'. 25 years ago, when I needed a color accurate film for product work (or fashions/textiles shooting) I would reach for EPN.

"EKTACHROME 100 Professional Film is an excellent choice for photographic applications where natural color rendition is required; i.e., commercial images of furniture, fabric, and clothing—particularly those with reflectance characteristics that often adversely affect color reproduction."​

The film is No more.

What would folks grab today, to accomplish color accuracy in rendition that can be demanded by some clients?

Considering how most clients would want something more immediate, whatever d-word body I had on hand.

If they wanted analog, then there are a couple choices. Slide, probably something in the Provia range, since Velvia tends to be a bit eye-popping, unless that's what they're going for. C41, Portra 160 is probably what comes closest to old Ektachrome 100.

-J

 

[fstop]

'Missing out' is relative...'need' vs. 'desire'. 25 years ago, when I needed a color accurate film for product work (or fashions/textiles shooting) I would reach for EPN.

"EKTACHROME 100 Professional Film is an excellent choice for photographic applications where natural color rendition is required; i.e., commercial images of furniture, fabric, and clothing—particularly those with reflectance characteristics that often adversely affect color reproduction."​

The film is No more.

What would folks grab today, to accomplish color accuracy in rendition that can be demanded by some clients?

Photoshop.

 

[GarageBoy]

The romance of the old is really killing all the beautiful new films currently available...
Porta/velvia/acros/tmax

They're all beautiful products that you can make amazing work on

 

[Alan W]

I'd say the Daguerreotype boys had a rough time of it when they found out about the calotype and the albumen print,but the ones who soldiered on using what was available went from strength to strength.You've got everything you need right now.

 

[removed account4]

the good old days were never as good as everyone thought.

 

[fstop]

the good old days were never as good as everything thought.

Well I remember when sex was safe and racing was dangerous.

 

[Nodda Duma]

As someone else who didn't really start doing darkroom work until a couple of years ago (but have shot film forever), you're not missing out. Seeing the print form is just as magical today and the papers and film available give very nice results....even if they're different from days past.

What you do have going for you is initial investment cost: It's very cheap to get a full darkroom up and running today.

 

[farmersteve]

Only one I miss is Kodachrome...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Here we go again. BARF BARF

 

[fstop]

"Only one I miss is Kodachrome..."

Try Velvia. Give it an honest try.My only regret was I didn't try it sooner.

 

[mehguy]

How was the Konica film?

 

[Nodda Duma]

I used Konica Centuria 400 for astrophotography. It was grainy but had really good reciprocity and response to H-alpha line.

http://www1.iwvisp.com/opticman/astroimages/sagwide.html

 

[PeanutNore]

One thing that you definitely did not miss out on is being able to snag darkroom equipment and medium format gear for a small fraction of what it would have cost 15 years ago, because that's happening right now.

For people that grew up shooting Kodachrome etc. there is something to miss, if only for the nostalgia. I recently found a lot of the negatives I shot when I was a kid in the 1990s and they are all Kodak Gold 200. If I'm feeling nostalgic I can still shoot the same stuff - I shot a roll of it just last week. But, I'd rather shoot Acros or Delta 3200, or Vision3 500T.