Ahh, the magic of Kodachrome. Undefinable, elusive and even illusory
qualities are its hallmarks. It may be the finest color film ever made for
rendering of all skin tones on Earth. Under many conditions it captures the
Earth itself in all its extraordinary splendor. At other times it's
perfectly ordinary and somehow fails to overwhelm.
I think it's the latter that led to the yen for films like Velvia in an
effort to ensure that such failures never occurred. The drawback of course
is that Velvia sometimes overwhelms when a subtler touch is preferable.
Lex
(Waxing laxatively)
From: Erwin Voogt <erwin.voogt@xxxxxx>
Hi Simon,
These pictures are taken on kodachrome 64.
The technical data of the pictures is given on the main pages.
However, it is tricky to compare the colours of the original slides with
the
scanned images.
Nevertheless kodachrome gives the most natural colours of all common colour
films. Sometimes, this can be boring...
Compare for example an Ektachrome 100 image from 1990:
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/photovoogt/pix/toba.html
And an Kodacolor Gold 100 image from 1998 (scanned from the negative):
http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/photovoogt/holland/maki.html
Theses images have more saturated colours. Sometimes great, but not always
very natural... It is a matter of taste.
Bye,
Erwin.
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From: Simon E [mailto:ruralwales@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Erwin,
I was very taken with the colour 'signature' of these two shots,
particularly the one of the child, taken with the 35mm f2. What film did
you
use?
Thanks,
Simon E.
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