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Re: photographic tank & Photos



Tony Terceira wrote:
> 
> At 10:15 AM 12/10/01 -0800, you wrote:
> >BTW, Tony's love for the old slow Kodachrome is understandable, but it has
> >just plain been outmoded by newer formulations, and better processing methods.
> >Much faster films have every bit as fine grain as those old dye-transfer
> >methods.
> 
>          Yea I know, that's another one of those older than dirt
> jokes.....   I can be understood and accepted cause I'm too old to accept
> new film ... I get it Wright   : )

Not meant as any joke, Tony. It is understandable, because it is and was such
a remarkably good film. If ya got something that really works, why change if
you don't have to?

Sounds like Kodak may be forcing that change. Sad. :-(

> 
>          I still think that the overall value of killies shot wit
> Kodachrome is closer to real life,  I found that Ektachrome Pro was second,
> but  have always stuck with Kodachrome because of its archival value, I
> have 5 year old slides just as crisp as the day they were taken.  Also I
> can get Kodak processing with their quality which has been outstanding over
> 30 years for $5.99 per 6 exposure roll .  let's not talk about the disaster
> of local developing of slides unless it is a custom lab .........

Agreed. I have been blessed with great pro labs around Stanford, and was
pretty close to the big Kodak plant right there in the Stanford Industrial
Park. Because of my connection to the University, I was privy to a lot of how
hard they worked on their processes, too.

> 
>          I have been playing the some of the newer film recently since I
> have my own slide scanner and save all my slides in2400 dpi images on CD.

Fabulous way to go. Most of the advantages of both worlds. If I was as good at
it as Tony, I might not waste so much film. For me, tho, lower resolution in
digital must do for now. Mostly I have to do my cropping in the viewfinder, or
else. With film, the improved resolution lets your Field of View be larger, so
you shoot less fish tails. :-)

> 
>                  that's my 1 cent worth, I'm too old to have 2 cents.......
> 
>                                  Tony

Careful, young man, some of us may be even older than you. ;-)

Wright

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