On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 08:51:49 -0700, David R. Busse wrote: >Kodachrome is described as "...the standard in color slide films..."; >"natural color and breathtaking detail with better dark-keeping >archivability than any slide film available." > >Now if they could only get their act together on the processing!
Hi Folks: In this month's _CTC Board_, Brian Rutherford comments on Kodachrome processing in his "Dispatcher's Report." Here are some sound bytes: Kodak has a new K-lab processor. If your area has a machine, you will be able to get Kocachome processing without your film being shipped across the country. [The processor] can be run by one operator using a Widows-based computer. Let's hope that local professional film labs across the country, and the world, snap these up and install them in all major cities. Yawn. Warren has another beer, turns to his virtual wife, and asks: Why would an E-6 lab install a K-lab? Don't all of their customers already shoot E-6? Great. What happens to the film that's in the machine when the Windoze crashes, which will probably be frequently? All major cities? Don't count on a lot of labs for film that is only manufactured in the 35mm format. On p. 8 of the same issue, Chris Guss has an outstanding photo of the UP steam excursion shot from a mountaintop somewhere east of Salida. There's a high probability that he used Kodachrome for this shot. It's evident that a lot of preplanning and logistics went into getting the shot. I wonder why he trusted it to the processing lottery. Not to be labeled a Kodachrome skeptic, I'd just like to say that I don't use it because it's place in the end-to-end photographic process is just not reliably supported. Later, Warren --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 1591
