Frank said: > You raise an interesting point, Herb. When I was a kid (like early > 60's) my dad (who shot with a Yashica A tlr - the poor man's Mat, > which was the poor man's Rolleiflex <g>) shot probably 80% chrome. > He'd set up the projector, tape a sheet on the wall (we were too poor > for a proper screen) and we'd all sit down to look at a new set of > slides. > > When he did shoot prints, it was inevitably b&w. > > I recall that when I got my first 35mm camera, I shot a lot of chrome, > a lot of b&w prints, and pretty much no colour prints. > > So, what killed chromes? The advent of C41? I can't believe that > alone did it. Because while it certainly made colour prints > economical for the snapshot consumer, the price differential didn't > kill black and white, it merely wounded it. > > Any thoughts? > > cheers, > frank Well i still see a few at the local pro lab using slide film.
My dad in his day shot quite a lot of chrome and we looked forward to the monthly slideshow. I love the results from chrome,but getting a print is a problem. Local pro lab does interneg and i can see the loss in the reprint,plus its a bit expensive. Aaron is closer but its still an hour trip plus gas. His scans are pretty good. He did a cople of 11x14's in July for me. Dave (loves a good 6x7 chrome)Brooks
