[rollei_list] Re: 'Kodak, Don't Take My Kodachrome'

  • From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:10:42 -0700

----- 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.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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