'Lurid' is quite a word to use, 'vivid' perhaps would be a better choice. Perhaps it's their movies that are lurid. John --- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Jensen" <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:28 PM > Subject: [rollei_list] 'Kodak, Don't Take My > Kodachrome' > > > > Re Super-8 Kodachrome from today's New York Times: > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/movies/31koda.html?oref=login > > > > (I hope the link works) > > > > John > Worked for me but I am a registered user of the > NYT site. > Others may have to register (free). > A curios story. The facts are probably all correct > but it > contains language such as: > > "Kodachrome Super 8 became a favorite thanks to the > film's > complex emulsion, the gelatinous solution that helps > capture > an image. It requires an elaborate developing > process but > produces striking, unique colors and unparalleled > archival > virtues, making it a favorite with Super 8 artists." > > Written by someone who has no idea how any film > works let > alone Kodachrome. Actually, Kodachrome has a simpler > > structure than chromogenic films. The problem for > Kodak is > the very complex process which also requires the use > of some > environmentally unfriendly chemicals. > The article also refers to Kodachrome as having > "lurid" > color. Of course it doesn't. That may have been true > for > 1940's Kodachrome but the current stuff is pretty > lifelike. > The archival properties are well known. Kodachrome > has > excellent dark storage life but is inferior to > Ektachrome > for resisting the fading caused by exposure to the > light in > projectors. > Anyway, perhaps they have shamed Kodak into > continuing to > make the stuff and process it. > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list