[Milsurplus] [ARC5] OT: Amazing photographs from the WWII Homefront

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Richard Knoppow
<1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

>
>     The Kodachrome of the period had a speed equivalent to
> about ISO-12 for the daylight types and a bit faster for the
> tungsten type, maybe as fast as EI-25. Grainless, brilliant
> color, and excellent dark storage were characteristics.
>

When I was in the biz and shooting a lot of film in the 80s, Kodak came out
with a 35mm photo film with ASA of 25 called Ektar. It was wonderful stuff
for detail, same grainless structure allowing you to blow up and a 35mm
negative to poster size with no loss of sharpness.

Unfortunately it had issues with color shift. After a year or two, they
stopped making it. Kodachrome was 64 then. Still have an unopened roll in
my fridge along with a roll of Konica SR-V 3200 for night shooting. Not
sure if that ever got off the ground, the roll I have as an experimental
sample.

Digital photos sure are convenience, but I miss the film days. Like old
radio equipment, a decent camera is very hands-on/user-controllable for the
desired result. And the future doesn't look too good for Kodak atm.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4