[PRCo] Re: Kodachrome film

[Fred Schneider]

And there are pictures of yours truly as an infant in 1940 that have not faded
materially.  Must of my Ektachromes from 1960 are shot.  Dad's Ektachromes are
badly faded as well as his Anscochromes and Anscocolor slides.   However, I've
been told that most of the films not have a similar dye longevity and at age 65,
what do I care?   Where am I going to put 10,000 general interest slides
anyway?   Furthermore, no one seems to be concerned with whether or not they can
read digital files next year.   And our own census department can't read the
tapes from the 1960 census.

Bob Rathke wrote:

> I agree, Fred.  That's why on fantrips and runbys I usually take up a photo
> position hundreds of yards away from the railfan crowd.  And while riding a
> trolley or train I've been known to photograph the curious local residents
> on the street rather than the car or train I'm riding in.
>
> I've been shooting Kodachrome since 1957 because, in the words of Paul
> Simon, "They give us those nice bright colors."  I was burned by the awful
> color shifts in Ektachome film in 1960-61, while - happily - after 48 years,
> Kodachrome has proven that its color lasts.
>
> Bob 8/18/05
>
> -----------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 6:25 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Kodachrome film
>
> > Long ago I came to the conclusion that railfans were hampered by the
> > opinions of too many of their friends, and that the best railroad
> > photographs were taken not by railfans but by journalists whom no one had
> > told that 1) people should not be included, 2) that the rods had to be
> > down, 3) that the doors had to be closed, 4) that only the right side
> > could be photographed, and so forth.  Is the use of Kodachrome just one
> > more example or is it simply that we were burned too many times with the
> > dye longevity of other emulsions?
> >
> > P. S.  I count people like Philip Hastings, David Plowden,  and Jim
> > Shaughnessy as photo journalists because they earned many a check for
> > their work  and we know that Ted Benson and Winston Link  earned their
> > living that way.  These men are (were) masters (in the biased opinion
> > of Fred).
> >
> > Bob Rathke wrote:
> >
> >> I had a meeting in the Loop today, so I took the Metra train downtown.
> >> On the way back to Union Station, I stopped at Central Camera to buy some
> >> slide storage boxes, and I found that they had a large supply of
> >> Kodachrome 200 film at $8 per 36-exposure roll, so I stocked up.
> >> When I was checking out, the clerk said to me, "You take railroad photos,
> >> don't you?"  I answered, "Yes, how do you know?"  He said that Central
> >> sells most of its Kodachrome film to railroad photographers.
> >>
> >> Bob 8/18/05
> >
> >
> >