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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:40 PM Jul 2020

I'm going thorough 50 years of imagery. Kodachrome 64 and TriX negatives from as far back as 1969.

I am struck by how much better the digital stuff is. There is no comparison.

This is from the good old days, an OM2 duct taped to a tree branch 20 feet up in an oak tree with a wired remote release 40 feet long. Just sit and wait for mom & dad to show up and shoot 36 exposures anytime someone was at the nest. Not knowing what I had until the slides came back from Kodak. Pre-focused 135mm 2.8 zuiko.



It isn't sharp, the color balance is off and yet this was a show piece from the '80s. It didn't get much better than this.

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I'm going thorough 50 years of imagery. Kodachrome 64 and TriX negatives from as far back as 1969. (Original Post) flamin lib Jul 2020 OP
Given the limitations of what you had to work with, this is a great photo. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2020 #1
how much is due to deterioration over time vs how they looked new? nt msongs Jul 2020 #2
Should be almost none. Kodachrome is almost permanent and it has been stored in archival flamin lib Jul 2020 #4
Kodachrome. Makes all the world a sunny day. Walleye Jul 2020 #3
Mama, don't take my Kodachrome!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #8
Trump-X?! PJMcK Jul 2020 #5
Gorgeous shot! Back in the day, we'd have called it a 'money-maker'. Talitha Jul 2020 #6
Nothing wrong with that shot, at least as far as I know. I'm so impressed. erronis Jul 2020 #7
I agree with the "color balance" thing....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #9
Beautiful! Ohiogal Jul 2020 #10
Hard work paid off! HAB911 Jul 2020 #11

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)
1. Given the limitations of what you had to work with, this is a great photo.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jul 2020

The parents are feeding the chicks! Wow.

It's just an amazing photo.

Congrats on having gotten it.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
4. Should be almost none. Kodachrome is almost permanent and it has been stored in archival
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 07:55 PM
Jul 2020

sleeveing in the dark. I have images that are technically better but even they don't compare to the 5 meg pictures I shot with a cheap Nikon P&S.

The TriX stuff will last a thousand years without loss.

erronis

(15,241 posts)
7. Nothing wrong with that shot, at least as far as I know. I'm so impressed.
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jul 2020

Yes, the graininess of the film isn't the same as the 20M+ pixels (24bit color) that we can get now, but the composition is superb.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
9. I agree with the "color balance" thing.......
Sat Jul 25, 2020, 08:42 PM
Jul 2020

but who knows how many steps away from the "original" this picture that I'm seeing on my screen really is. We were led to believe that Kodachrome was the "archival" film that would save visions of our history - and who could ever forget the legendary "Kodachrome Blue" that marked the epitome of photo imaging.
And, of course, I vividly remembering all of the "old heads" scoffing and laughing at this new "digital" BS - fine for computer games, but really - photography?
I've got Nikons and Nokkor lenses and Mamiyas (6mmx4.5mm format) and twin lens (2-1/4 square format) that I'm now using for door stops here - and getting GREAT shots with my I-phone 8!!!!
Yeah, I know, I could make SUPER 16x20 blow-ups with my film - but I don't need to any more!

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