Hi folks,
Just routine stuff; another film back.
I had a roll of 64 asa film developed and mounted. It would have gone to
Melbourne Australia; cost back here has taken a jump. Previous one was
about $NZ20 for a 24 exp roll. This one was just over $NZ30. Add the cost of
the film; I bought 8 rolls from Midwest Photographic Exchange in Ohio at a
landed cost of about $NZ12 each; say $42 for the roll (26 actual exposures)
or $1.60 nz each = $US0.67. This is about double the cost of a 6x4 print. I
suspect that patronage is dropping and they are upping the price to keep it
profitable and discourage custom.
A little while back I reported that a MIJ Zuiko 50/1.8 I have, had delivered
pretty mediocre results on print film. Well, I now think the problem is me. On
the same subject and at the same time as the other shots I used the MIJ
with the Kodachrome, and it looks pretty sharp to me through a pocket
viewer. Have yet to project it on a screen..
Next, I finally understand one other reason why Kodachrome is so much
better than some other films. Remember that Kodachrome has a small
latitude for a wide range of lighting. This has its strong point too. I
sometimes
take photos of bright red dahlia flowers. I just like them. Usually I chose a
bright overcast day for the photographs. So the illumination is moderately
even over the whole frame, with a small or slightly bigger hint of directional
lighting from the sun. On print film the shots are nice - but somewhat bland.
Not as bland as digital, but bland. Kodachrome accentuates the contrast so
that the shadows and highlights (to the smallest detail) stand out a good
deal more and lift the shot from ho-hum to one that you might look twice at.
Makes all the difference.
Finally; one of my pet hates with respect to English language usage.
Usually one hears "triple" used to mean "times 3"; I much prefer "treble".
My old version of the Oxford Dictionary gives "triple" as meaning "having
three parts", and "treble" is "three times as great".
Brian (still in one part)
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