Yeah, it was usually the K64 that was too magenta.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Morgan Sparks <msparks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Colour films
> Simon wrote:
>
> > Kodachrome 25
> > skin too magenta, highlights too cold, almost
> > cyan. Still life colours subdued.
> > Kodachrome 64
> > Similar to above, but warmer with marginally better skin tones.
>
> I always judged it the other way around. I'll take some of both down to
> Boston this weekend for a little test.
>
> > my choice for flattering caucasian skin is Ektachrome
> > Elite/E100
>
> There's no E6 I've used that gives "normal" caucasian skin tones, IMO.
> You can warm up Kodachrome a bit with filters, but there's no getting
> around the jazzed up look of most E6. (Again, IMO) All this goes to show
> how personal and subjective color palette is, especially skin tones.
>
> Morgan Sparks
>
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