On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:29:16 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:09:03 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 06:32:19 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:35:09 GMT, Fred Dehl
wrote:

Harry Krause wrote in
:

There are
reasons why the best shots are still taken with kodachrome or fujichrome
for magazine use.
Kodachrome and Fujichrome are very different beasts. Fuji films use the
E-6 process (E for Ektachrome). Kodachrome uses K-14. Here's a brief
description of K-14:

The key to the Kodachrome's archival stability is that the color dyes
(unlike Ektachrome and other E-6 Process films) are not placed in the film
emulsion during manufacturing. Kodachrome is basically a black-and-white
film with three light sensitive layers, each of which is "filtered" to
record magenta, cyan, or yellow "light". During film processing, the
correct color dyes are introduced into the respective layers to produce
the full-color positive image. This is a much more complicated operation
(the original K-11 Process required 28 different steps) than processing
color films in which color dyes are already within each of the emulsion
layers. But, the Kodachrome approach provides far greater color stability.

E-6 can be processed in a half-hour, but K-14 slides are said to have a
life expectancy of 200 years. Plus, nothing - let me repeat: NOTHING -
compares to a KM (Kodachrome 25) image.
its only a matter of time before km gets the boot like other films.
with some of the new light sensors and newer/faster memory cards, plus
the onboard memory improvements it won't be long before film is
totally and irrevocably fini.

i dont know this for a fact, but one of my best friends is a rather
high end photographer who does fashion and hes plugged into the whole
digital thing with nikon. hes told me a couple of times that nikon is
working on something that will make film cameras totally and
completely, and finally, obsolete.
Pssst. It's a secret. Tell no one. Nikon's already done it.









It's called the D200. With this beautiful lens:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/70200vr.htm

And the 28-70mm of course.
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John H

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Except for the fact that it has the same damned sensor-lens problem as
the D70.

What problem are you having, Harry?
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John H

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It doesn't have a full-frame CMOS sensor. If it did, I would have bought
one last week.

You really need that, huh? Personally, I don't consider it a problem.
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John H

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