Featured Art & Inspiration Kodachrome

Outstanding!


-rick

 

I'm sorry but someone had to say it~

… Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away!

You camera nerds amaze me with how you can manipulate images, for many years I have struggled with some of the better made manual cameras and film,after decades I decided that a simple digital point and shoot camera far exceeds anything I could do on my own. HRP

 

I dig it...Those old Kodachrome just have a certain pop !

 

Interesting thread. What a rabbit hole you're exploring!
I've shot loads of Kodachrome 64, in fact most of the older slides (1970s-early 90s) I have. Always found it a bit tricky to use depending on the lighting but when it worked the results were great.
Over the past few years I've been digitizing many of my own slides and to be honest I'm not nearly as concerned about color accuracy. Many of those slides were taken by my dad, dating from about the same time frames as the Cobbs photos. And my prime objective is to preserve those [historical] images for easy viewing. I sometimes do some color tweaking in Photoshop, mainly to correct major degradation that can occur over time in the slides themselves, mostly stemming from improper storage.
As far as cleaning slides, here's what I've done:
Rinse them in a solution of VERY mild dish soap - a few drops in maybe a cup of room-temp water.
Rinse again in clear room-temp water. I use bottled distilled water. Finally, I have a Kodak product called "Photoflo" which is a rinse that allows streak and spot-free drying of film. The issue here is that slides are generally in cardboard mounts, so I will carefully remove the slide itself from the mount before all this. I handle the slide itself with a small clamp along the edges or tweezers. I have plastic snap-together slide mounts to re-mount the slide.
Most of the time though, if there's any major cleaning to do I'll retouch in Photoshop. It's way easier.
Bottom line for me, as I said, is preserving the slide images. Most of the relatives and friends who've gotten copies of them aren't all that concerned about perfect color. When it comes to older photos, it could well be considered normal for the color to be a bit out of whack - part of the charm of older photos!

 

Don't worry man, I've got ya covered!



Projection screen is in the background so no need to find a white garage wall....
The projector on the right is for medium-format (120/aka 2-1/4" square) slides. It's a genuine 1950s survivor that belonged to my dad and it still works.

 

Isn't it amazing @TerrytheK that only us older geezer's have such fine vintage projectors as these! @Moriarity wishes he had one of these!

I still have all of the stuff that you have displayed, its great to participate in show and tell!

Thanks from Dennis.

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My Dad used Kodachrome.

 

My interpretation of what "Carl Zeiss" really looked like !
Those in the know, know he really didn't look like this, you would be surprised at how many people I have fooled with this piece of artwork !

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You definitely have a great addiction and a great collection of fine photographic gear!
Thanks from Dennis.

 

Ryan you nailed it!

 

Cool!I have breakfast sometimes on Saturday with Jim Davis an original member of the Krankers of Berdoo with Ron Aguirre(X-Sonic). He used to own a Camera Shop in San Bernardino and he's been selling off his camera collection. Been selling off a lot off cameras like you have.

 

I shot Kodachrome for a few years in my Nikon FE. Scanned all of the slides to digital over a decade ago and not sure I even still have the originals.

 

Will do! Left him a message on his phone. I'll let you know!

 

Be fun watchin those in the rear view mirror blow out on the freeway ... I can picture the rice burners spinning out and crashing

 

Excellent work Ryan, and there is no need to apologize for falling down a rabbit hole.

I came across this video a while back and was fascinated by the information presented. Is it relevant to what you are doing, perhaps, or perhaps not. But for those of us who are fans of a certain era and the engineering that was behind the scenes during that era, I found it absolutely fascinating.

 

Rabbit hole indeed . . . but I am dealing with it!

Impressive nitpicking detail . . . you have an incurable illness (not that there's anything wrong with that).

 

Funny how we seem to run in circles sometimes.
Lotsa folks thought digital was supposed to be the end of film. But now digital is imitating film?
Huh. Who knew?
So far, I've been able to manage my own obsession with vintage photo gear. Most of what I've kept is stuff that I actually use from time to time. Quite a while ago I sold this absolute piece of jewelry, a Zeiss-Ikon medium format:


Used 120 film, rectangular 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" negatives. Sat around for I don't know how many years and I ran maybe a couple rolls of film through it. Yeah, I miss it at times but hopefully someone now is enjoying it in a way I never did. I do salute you guys and your collections of veteran Kodachrome-friendly equipment. Here's to keeping the Kodachrome legacy alive and well for future generations!