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["MONTGOMERY| ED" <emontgom_@_LAN.TJHSST.EDU>]

The Kodak/Fuji thing does go off the topic but it is something that 
those who take pictures of railfans have an interest in.  I have been 
shooting Kodachrome since the 1960s, so I like it.  However, one 
problem with color exists, and that is just how correct is it.  Since I 
teach a video production class, I go over the issues with this.  Men 
tend to suffer from red/green color blindness, so that the cross-over 
points of these colors in the retina can create a distortion.  Those of 
you with wives or girlfriends may have been questioned about the 
color combination of clothing.  To us, it doesn't seem like a problem, 
because we can't see it.

In TV, color is arrived at by a standard color temperature measured 
in Kelvin and set with a vectorscope.  Eyes are not the final 
authority.  Since color was invented, there have been arguments 
over how true it is.  That's why most of the work by Ansil Adams and 
others were in black and white.  I'm not saying return to 
monochrome film.  But, what you see on a photograph or slide may 
not necessarily be what the next guy is seeing.

Unfortunately, the Kodachrome line has probably met its end 
because of economic reasons.  The machines to process this film 
are too expensive to maintain and the demand for their use has 
dropped.  

I believe Kodachrome was the replacement for the old Technicolor 
process.  That was probably even better at color seperation.  
However, that is extremely expensive.  I believe there is only one 
place to process that these days, and it is in China.

I don't like to see it go, but there is probably something else out 
there that will have the same, or similar characteristics.

Ed Montgomery

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