Twenty years ago I worked with a color scientist who had been one of Kodak's principal color scientists. He worked on Color Plus and Gold films, and worked on the committees that settled on the color balance for these films. He described it as "the typical Kodak look" with warm colors for skin colors and a "natural" color balance. That started a whole conversation about regional preferences for color rendition, such as Europeans preferring paler, cooler skin tones; Japanese preferred fuller skin tones for their slightly darker skin, and richer colors. All this rang a bell in my experience. It was a little three minute conversation in the lunch room that really resonated.
In 1997-1998, I borrowed a Kodak DC-120, only the second digital camera I'd used. (First was an Apple QuickTake 100, which was a fun toy in comparison to the Kodak.) Even though Ed didn't work on that camera, it too had the typical "Kodak" color rendition character, just like their color films.
I just wish that Kodak could bring back Kodachrome.... I know, everyone says that, but Kodak Alaris is probably the only company on earth who has the chemicals on file. I can hope, though....
Scott
