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  1. 19th April 2012, 03:41 PM #1
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    WW2 4X2 Kodachrome Pics

    I don't know if this is the right place to post these, but there are some gorgeous pics in here.
    4×5 Kodachromes « Pavel Kosenko's blog (English version)
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    Fantastic pic's !

    Thanks for the link
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    Wow, I love the colours and saturation.

    As a few people have commented on that blog, 4x5 makes a huge difference compared to 35mm.
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    Notice how the colours are perfectly balanced? - and stable after all these years...

    Besides being virtually grain-free, colour was both stable and predictable, pre-requisites for many Medical (Dermatology especially) and Science disciplines.

    I don't know of any other colour film which has such a long life, - indefinate under good conditions. (well, 180 or so years if you need numbers...)

    Whether its chemical or digital, the film/sensor area can never be too big !
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    Absolutely amazing pictures. Could have been taken yesterday if not for the clothes, hair styles and hardware.
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    Quote Originally Posted by superquag View Post
    Notice how the colours are perfectly balanced? - and stable after all these years...

    Besides being virtually grain-free, colour was both stable and predictable, pre-requisites for many Medical (Dermatology especially) and Science disciplines.

    I don't know of any other colour film which has such a long life, - indefinate under good conditions. (well, 180 or so years if you need numbers...)

    Whether its chemical or digital, the film/sensor area can never be too big !
    Yes Kodachrome has/had an extremely long life, I believe the magenta layer starts to fade at around 80 years My memory is shoddy tho

    HOWEVER, I don't think this is what you'd see looking at the original tranny.
    Check this out: Before and After | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
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    Lighting, colour saturation, tone, warmth - gee add any word you like they are superb photos
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  8. 25th May 2012, 07:56 PM #8
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    The reason they look so good is because they are shot on 5 inch by 4 inch transparencies (large format). There is nothing that comes close in modern digital photography. The lighting is innovative for the period, making it look very modern. It's shame there are no land rovers in them. They hadn't been made yet!!!
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    Nothing quite like a big film format camera. I had a 2 1/4" square Praktica SLR which was in a car which was stolen in about 1974 never to be seen again, car or camera. Heavy and bulky but pure magic photos in the large format with fine grain film.

    A professional photographer friend has a custom built German 7" x 5" cut film camera from 1930 with three lenses, wide angle, studio, and landscape. The maker was bombed off the earth in 1944. The camera is absolutely unsurpassed for fine work. He packs death that the film will one day no longer be made. He estimates that if someone could assemble the skills and plant to make them again, cost would be in the vicinity of $250,000. Was 3000 pounds sterling in 1930. He got it from a deceased estate auction in New York some thirty years ago when it was a curiosity.
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