kiev4a
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Thirty years ago, when I was really into photography, sometimes as a living, I shot strictly black and white and color slide--some Kodachrome but mostly Ektrachrome because I could process it myself. Color print film, mostly Kodacolor, was a dirty word --primarily used by "amateurs."
In the real early '80s I sold all my cameras to finance a new passion -- computers. Didn't pick up anything but some really bad point and shoots until the new millenium. When the passion did return, I shot black and white and color print film. With color neg I got lots of latitude and one-hour processing.
But recently I was scanning some old Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Agfa slides. And I suddenly realized why I had once been a dedicated slide shooter. The richness and sharpness was head and shoulders above even modern color neg films. In addition, I had a pretty good idea what the picture would look like before I put the film in the scanner (can't do that with color neg unleass you have every frame printed at the photofinisher)
So, I've got my first roll of Ektchrome in almost three decades in my camera. When I finish it, it will take a week to get it back from processing. But I'm really interested and excited to see the results.
So here I am, the "experts" claiming film is dead--my Ektagraphic Professional projector in the closet worth virtually nothing--and I'm taking another step backward. Next I'll be searching for 620 film for the Ansco Pioneer I used as a kid. Somebody help me!
In the real early '80s I sold all my cameras to finance a new passion -- computers. Didn't pick up anything but some really bad point and shoots until the new millenium. When the passion did return, I shot black and white and color print film. With color neg I got lots of latitude and one-hour processing.
But recently I was scanning some old Kodachrome, Ektachrome and Agfa slides. And I suddenly realized why I had once been a dedicated slide shooter. The richness and sharpness was head and shoulders above even modern color neg films. In addition, I had a pretty good idea what the picture would look like before I put the film in the scanner (can't do that with color neg unleass you have every frame printed at the photofinisher)
So, I've got my first roll of Ektchrome in almost three decades in my camera. When I finish it, it will take a week to get it back from processing. But I'm really interested and excited to see the results.
So here I am, the "experts" claiming film is dead--my Ektagraphic Professional projector in the closet worth virtually nothing--and I'm taking another step backward. Next I'll be searching for 620 film for the Ansco Pioneer I used as a kid. Somebody help me!
