Comments on: Mama Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away http://normanhollyn.com/2009/06/23/mama-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away/ Thoughts on media, technology, the film business and beyond Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: B.J. Ahlen http://normanhollyn.com/2009/06/23/mama-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away/comment-page-1/#comment-607 B.J. Ahlen Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:49:31 +0000 http://normanhollyn.com/2009/06/23/mama-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away/#comment-607 I gave up on Kodachrome when they replaced the Kodachrome II emulsion with K25 and K64 to allow for less toxic developer chemistry. KII, now that was a work of real beauty... Skin and nature greens looked fabulous without being offensively exaggerated, the emulsion sharpness had no equal, and there was just something organic about the look. Some day digital cameras will match this... Digital has surpassed film in many metrics, but not yet in the "organic look" area. I suspect this is because we don't know everything about how the eye (and KII :O) perceives reality. Looking back through my archives, I don't know how I would get the feel of some of those old shots today with any camera at any price. I gave up on Kodachrome when they replaced the Kodachrome II emulsion with K25 and K64 to allow for less toxic developer chemistry.

KII, now that was a work of real beauty… Skin and nature greens looked fabulous without being offensively exaggerated, the emulsion sharpness had no equal, and there was just something organic about the look.

Some day digital cameras will match this…

Digital has surpassed film in many metrics, but not yet in the “organic look” area. I suspect this is because we don’t know everything about how the eye (and KII :O) perceives reality. Looking back through my archives, I don’t know how I would get the feel of some of those old shots today with any camera at any price.

]]> By: Jacob Karesh http://normanhollyn.com/2009/06/23/mama-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Jacob Karesh Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:53:46 +0000 http://normanhollyn.com/2009/06/23/mama-dont-take-my-kodachrome-away/#comment-573 Reminds me of playing trivial pursuit with an old edition of the game, and how the times change. Some questions which would be so obvious back when it was made are not the case anymore. The one this specifically reminded me of was asking for the largest user of silver in the world, which, back then, was Kodak. Reminds me of playing trivial pursuit with an old edition of the game, and how the times change. Some questions which would be so obvious back when it was made are not the case anymore. The one this specifically reminded me of was asking for the largest user of silver in the world, which, back then, was Kodak.

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