Teresa Kimberly Schultz wrote: > > Mike, > > I did a trip to AZ in October and used K64 and K25. I did not use the Pro > stuff, but the regular garden variety film. > > I was impressed with my results. The K25 was just great, IMHO. I did > have one problem, and that is K25 does not give you much latitude in > locations that have relatively fast train speeds. I had some blur in a > couple of shots with K25, that was due to lower shutter speeds of 1/60th. > K 64 was not a problem in that regard. > > So, if I had to do it again, I would be a bit more selective for the use > of K25 in action shots, and stick to K64. >
Ditto all that from Jeff. I find the biggest selling point for Pro Kodachrome is when you are shooting a LOT of film in a short period, the colors are pretty much dead-on, roll after roll. On the last AZ trip I made, I think I did something like 17 rolls in 5 days and you could have taken a few slides from each roll, put them in a carousel, projected them and sworn they were all from the same day, same roll, etc. Frankly, I was thrilled with the PKL (K200) stuff from that trip...particularly the dawn/dusk artsy stuff and the super-telephoto shots. You can really make that grain work for you. It's a very unforgiving film...your exposure has to be right on the money or you have problems...vs the 1/2 to full-stop latitude you sometimes have with the slower 'chromes. One of the things about ATSF main line across AZ is the fact that there are so many trains and so many hints of what's coming (via scanner talk) that you can pick your spot and set up for the parade...take a tripod and you should have no problem getting tack-sharp stuff each time. --DB -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
