Alienskin Exposure has a couple of Kodachrome filters, one for 64 and one
for 200. I never shot K200 but used to use the 64 and I don't think the
Alienskin filter is very close, unfortunately. I long ago switched to
Ektachrome though.
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On 12/27/10 4:56 AM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/26/2010 9:48 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> People are waxing lyrical about the demise of Kodachrome, but the fact is
>> that not enough of them were buying it when it was available to make it
>> worthwhile for Kodak to continue it.
>
> I never understood the mystique, but clearly, things about its color rendering
> were important to the artistic vision of
> many photographers.
>
> Fairly early on, I mixed Kodachrome and Ektachrome on the same trip, to get
> more speed for some shots. It drove me a
> little wild that the two films rendered the same subjects with such different
> colors. It didn't seem to me that either
> was particularly accurate. I had this foolish ;-) idea that all films should
> render relatively similar and more or
> less accurate colors.
>
> So as soon as I could get my film scanned, I dropped slides completely - and
> very soon got my first scanner. I loved the
> extended range of CNeg film and soon, the ability to profile films so they all
> came out with the same, rather accurate,
> colors.
>
> I feel for those who are strongly affected by the demise of Kodachrome. But I
> have to think the handwriting was on the
> wall for a very long time. Shouldn't they have been exploring alternative ways
> to express their vision? I can't imagine
> it isn't possible to make very good Kodachrome looking color prints from
> digital image files.
>
> After all, it's just a version of ICC color profiling, adjusting a file to
> match the Kodachrome profile, rather than an
> ideal file. Of course anyone who wanted to do so should be done by now, as
> it's too late to shoot the targets. It would
> never be quite the same, but I'll bet it could be very, very close. No
> replacement for viewing the transparency, except
> perhaps with a film 'printer' and a lot of work, but very Kodachromey prints
> should be possible.
>
> Moose
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