wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

This E-mail was sent to me by one of my friends . Thought may be it would be of interest to some of my friends in the Forum. Quite a interesting web on Kodachrome.
http://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/4x5-kodachromes/







Back in the mid '70s when I was working at Hellers Camera in Bethesda Md. I had a reference book with a color photo of the battleship Pennsylvania in an advanced base sectional dock, somewhere in the Pacific in about 1944. The quality of the photo made it clear that it was shot with a large format camera, which puzzled me since I did not think Kodachrome (the only modern color film of the time in the US ) was available in sheet films. A guy I worked with was an old Kodak hand (and WWII vet, a radioman in Europe) and told me that they did have sheet Kodachrome, and that there was only one machine to process the film, located in Rochester . The exposed film was sent there for processing.
And note the almost complete lack of basic safety equipment. I saw only one pair of safety glasses, and only a few of the workers were wearing gloves. Working without gloves around sheet metal is an injury waiting to happen.

Notice most of the woman had lip stick and nail polish on. WWII could not have been won without the woman of America stepping into men's shoes to build the equipment needed to defeat the axis powers.

Fascinating! Some of these these images are 70 years old and look as fresh as ever. If someone had told any of the subjects in these photos that we'd have such a clear look at them in the year 2012... boggles my mind. Thought you'd find this interesting !

Georgia Peddler Loc: Brunswick, GA

Amazing photos - so glad you posted them
We tend to forget, eh??

prestonphoto Loc: Bath, NY

I saw these posted on here once before awhile ago but isn't it amazing how clear and sharp kodachrome really was? Kodak back in it's day couldn't be touched and the people who knew how to use the cameras and film was incredible. Such perfection lost in the folds of history.

jerryg Loc: NE Pa

Wow those were some great photos of a time gone by. The colors and crispness of the photos was unbelievable. Well that's Kodachrome for sure.I forgot just how wonderful Kodachrome was and used it a lot myself in 35mm.

Thanks for the link.

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Thanks prestonphoto for looking, thought it might have some interest to the forum.

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Thanks Georgia Peddler for looking!

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Thanks for looking, thought it might be of some interest.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

I'm trying to remember, was Kodachrome the stuff in the red/yellow box that was ASA 25 and 64? And Ektachrome the stuff in the blue/yellow box that was originally ASA 64 and 100, then 200? I do remember using some of the red box ASA 25 back in the early 1980s. REALLY slow, but superb texture and colors, especially with reds. I really liked slides, not only for the ability to project large images but also for the colors. And also for our family night slide show. In fact, my youngest 16 year old daughter mentioned the other night that I need to drag the projector out of the closet for a "show."

NIKONUT Loc: San Diego

I used Kodachrome 10 MANY years ago. I have a bunch of slides, but I don't remember where I put them. I guess the film is outlasting memory - or something..

wolfman43 Loc: Michigan/Florida

Thanks again for looking.

Judie5 Loc: Jersey Shore

Love the photos! As far as I'm concerned, nothing will ever replace or be as good as Kodachrome. I fought going to digital for the longest time.....until you could no longer get Kodachrome processed anywhere in the USA. Mmmmm-I wonder if Paul Simon knew he was recording a prophetic song. Thanks for the look back.