RE: (erielack) Kodak vs Fuji

["Holbrook, Douglas W" <douglas.w.holbrook_@_baesystems.com>]

Assuming they ain't done yet, and if you were Mr. Kodak, where would YOU put
your facilities to:  1) manufacture the raw film, 2) cut and package the raw
film, 3) distribute packaged film ??  (NAFDA and "off shore" facilities not
withstanding) .....  and would you even bother with "non transparency" film
products??   I think the film industry is going to get very interesting.

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Richard Young [SMTP:ryoungceo_@_yahoo.com]
Sent:	Friday, May 04, 2001 13:34
To:	erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject:	(erielack) Kodak vs Fuji

	Though I've held my breath for a few days now, I feel
that I have to chime in.

	As credentials go,I have a degree in
photography,managed two camera stores,and now work as
the on staff photographer at a graphic arts design
studio, on average have about three pieces on press
every week to press check, and have been a railfan
photographer since I was 6.

	My take on this whole thing is that in the last ten
to fifteen years Kodachrome isn't worth using even as
streamers at a party. First the proccessing is
TERRIBLE by outside run sources and after Kodak took
back the control.(which has nothing to do with the
film,but has everything to do with the final results)
	
	Second if it is slightly less than an optimum day the
shots stink,if it is sunny it is has to much contrast.
(I shoot steam, and all you get is a black blob). I do
not get a second chance to shoot trains what the
weather is , is what I am stuck with.

	You have very little latitude to the film.

	Benefits are it's archivability.

 Current Fuji film is far superior as far as true
color and the latitude of the film allows you to vary
the saturation to some degree and also shoot in less
than "perfect" conditions and still get great results.

	Yes Fuji leans towards the cooler side (blues,and
greens) as Kdachrome is a warmer film. Kodak does have
some warmer ektachrome films which to be honest are in
between and perferred by myself when shooting 4x5's of
food in the studio.

Agian film choice is all personal preference to the
eye of the shooter,and th e techniacal restrictions of
the lighting and subject.

Debunking Digital vs Film :

Scanning of transparencies can be does in a higher
resolution than the film. Its the cost of the
machinery and size of the final files. Current home
scanners don't have the technology to do it ( NOT YET
anyways),but that will surely come. Most people don't
have 800 meg and up to dedicate to one shot,nor can a
home scanners produce that type of resolution.

Once a digital file is created you can save it to
WHATEVER format is the flavor of the month and be
transferred to the new technology with out any
information loss to the newer technology. It is only
limited to the technology it was created in. Newer
better  formats are the reason why we are listening to
cd's/dvd's instead of 8 tracks,and would anybody want
to go back. This is an industry driven by technology
not a Roman War Horse,every day there is new and
better technology and the the high end of today is the
pro/am of tomarrow,and the average use after that.

I'll take a custom darkroom print ( B&W or Color) over
anything  pumped out of a printer any day. That right
there is my biggest draw back to digital photography
and probebly always will be. Real prints look better.
As for printing. Almost all professionally printed
pieces are scanned and color adjusted digitally in
Photoshop or equivelent. And all high quality presses
have the ability to laydown far more ink than needed
to adjust a 4/color separated photo to the clients
liking without a second run. You would nevr be able to
get the registration correct on a second pass just to
laydown more color for a 4/color photoand the olny
printers I know doing second passes on 4/color
proccess are ones the only have two or three ink wells
and have to run it through twice to get four colors
down. Second passes ,if needed,are for solid pms
colors used for some sort of graphics or for coatings
process. Not for color adjustment.


  

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