> > From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/10/29 Wed PM 03:03:38 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: chromes from the thirties and forties > > Mike, > I think the scans of the Cushman stuff don't have the reds of autumn > in much vibrancy. > The maple trees this time of year are 'Velvia' bright. Kodachrome gets > those... > Regards, Bob S.
It was early days, then. Move on 10-15 years and the film had improved tremendously. > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:13 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2008/10/28 Tue PM 02:29:44 GMT > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: chromes from the thirties and forties > >> > >> Mike, > >> > >> I had some of the same feelings about timing. > >> Some of those pre-war shots had a number of guys in khaki uniforms. > >> > >> On a side note, I did some searching thru Cushman's photos at his > >> Arboretum shots. > >> It will takes some work to find the exact locations and camera angles > >> he used, if possible. > >> I was out shooting this morning and digital can be more colorful than > >> his chromes. > > > > Well, it can be pretty much anything that you want, can't it? It's my > > understanding that the aim with Kodachrome was (is.....) accuracy of > > colour. So, properly exposed and processed, the slide should be a close > > representation of what you saw. A bonus was near-archivity (ouch!) > > although we don't know to what extent the slides shown have changed from > > their original state. > > > >> > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:19 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Date: 2008/10/27 Mon PM 12:31:52 GMT > >> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> >> Subject: Re: chromes from the thirties and forties > >> >> > >> >> On 10/27/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > On 26/10/08, PN Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >Some nice classic early Kodachromes here: > >> >> > >http://www.openmyeyeslord.net/ALookBackInHistory.htm > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Fascinating, thanks for posting Paul. > >> >> > >> >> Agreed. That article mentions Charles Cushman. He shot A LOT of > >> >> Kodachrome. http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ > >> > > >> > I was a bit unhappy about the designation of "pre-war" to a few of the > >> > photos. Knowing (sad git that I am) that the Boeing Stratoliner did not > >> > enter service until late 1940, I managed to find the Cushman photo that > >> > is in the presentation. > >> > http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/results/detail.do?query=year%3A1941+AND+subject%3A%22Airplanes%22&page=1&pagesize=20&display=thumbcap&action=browse&pnum=P02541 > >> > > >> > October 1941. > >> > > >> > Then I remembered that WWII didn't start until December 7th 1941. What > >> > a dumbass. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
