Minoltafan2904
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K64 had a slight but in my opinion pleasing magenta cast, or that is at least what i see from my K64 slides from about 1983 to 1994.
Probably my Dad - his Bantam RF had a self timer.Looks pretty good for being nearly 60 years old. Do you know who took the photo?
Probably my Dad - his Bantam RF had a self timer.
But it may have been a bystander who was asked to help.
Everything from badly faded 1940s vintage Kodachrome to a few rolls that were developed in the last month of 2010, after which Dwayne's shut down the last remaining Kodachrome line.
Plus a whole bunch of double 8 and Super 8 movie film.
Strictly speaking, the majority of what I have was actually shot by my Dad.
Including this one, on 828, shot in 1961 on Kodachrome II - I'm the one in the brown jacket:
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That colour is a decent facsimile of nearly 60 year old Kodachrome.
Yep - although he didn't get the photography bug.I didn't know you had a little brother, too.
K64 had a slight but in my opinion pleasing magenta cast, or that is at least what i see from my K64 slides from about 1983 to 1994.
Everything from badly faded 1940s vintage Kodachrome to a few rolls that were developed in the last month of 2010, after which Dwayne's shut down the last remaining Kodachrome line.
Plus a whole bunch of double 8 and Super 8 movie film.
Strictly speaking, the majority of what I have was actually shot by my Dad.
Including this one, on 828, shot in 1961 on Kodachrome II - I'm the one in the brown jacket:
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That colour is a decent facsimile of nearly 60 year old Kodachrome.
Compared to my Ektachrome slides from the era the Ektachromes look decidedly "cleaner" with no cast at all.
I also have some Fujichrome 100D ( the current Provia 100F's Grandpa ) slides from i think around 1989 or 1990 that are decidedly very warm and much more saturated.
A processed Kodachrome slide had the advantage of really thin emulsion layers, which led to very high sharpness. Andrew would probably appreciate the fact that a Kodachrome slide exhibits the same sort of raised relief as a carbon transfer print.
The Kodachrome approach had other downsides though, so after a certain point of time Ektachrome surpassed it in terms of colour fidelity.
The Kodachrome process needed very high volumes to make sense.
They look no different than they did 30 years ago...That is the colors breaking down and fading. So you are saying you love color images devolving?
Well, Kodachrome has been history for 10 years, nobody is "using it" anymore.Be very careful! You are upsetting the Kodachromistas! They believe that there are no downsides to Kodachrome and that using Kodachrome makes their teeth whiter, replaces hair lost in pattern baldness, and removes crow's feet from old photographer's eyes.
They look no different than they did 30 years ago...
Kodachrome can't be anything but slide film.
Part of a popular duo wrote a hit song about some sort of film. Kokomo? The Beachtles? Simon Yager?
Anyhoo, as a youngn' or close enough, the youngsters are all about connecting to the traditions and past of photography and film in general. We can do it all on our phones but we CHOSE to haul around a camera and load it with chemical impregnated stuff. It's a choice. Digital natives are making this choice. Most of us never shot film the first time around and now we can chose what to shoot.
Try to buy some consumer color film and get back to me. It's sold out everywhere generally. Kodak and Fuji are recognized coolness. Tri-x is cooler but Kodachrome sits heads an shoulders over the rest. If the Old Yeller puts out a slide film that calls itself Kodachrome they won't be able to make enough. Never mind the science and history and all that rock 'n roll. Kodak can call whatever they want Kodachrome and they're printing gold.
What exactly would it take to bring back Kodachrome? I've heard a lot of generalities about how it wouldn't be practical but what, specifically, would be required?
What exactly would it take to bring back Kodachrome? I've heard a lot of generalities about how it wouldn't be practical but what, specifically, would be required?
Something like the Impossible Project, except it would be called the 'Actually Impossible Project'.
But seriously; niche, bespoke fine chemical manufacturing and lots of capital investment in resurrecting/redesigning & operating coating machinery, support for commercial/home processing, and a way to make profit. The last bit is the hard part, but IP proved it's possible by capitalizing on novelty and nostalgia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_B.V.
What exactly would it take to bring back Kodachrome? I've heard a lot of generalities about how it wouldn't be practical but what, specifically, would be required?
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