Re: Speaking of Kodachrome...

Scott said:
The bigger question for most is, other than nostalgia why would you still want to shoot Kodachrome? Aside from the processing hassles, both Fuji & Kodak have improved their E-6 process color transparency films to the point where they're better in every imaginable way - color rendition, fine-grain structure, resolution and, yes, even stability/longevity.
I reluctantly stopped using Kodachrome about three years ago. K-64 was costing about twice as much (per roll) as good E-6 film, while the quality of processed slides was getting really bad. Looking through my old slides, I now realize that I should've stopped using it when Kodak dropped K-25.
All is not well, however -- it seems to me that the quality of E-6 processing is also starting to drop. For example, Fuji's mail order lab in Phoenix seems to intentionally cut off any rolls with 37 exposures on them -- they'll cut through the 37th frame even though there was plenty of film after it.
My digital body, which uses all the same lenses that my (Pentax) film bodies use, is getting more and more use.
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Chris Webster
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