You really know how to frame it with that camera. And look how great that 'cheap' film looks!
I shoot Fuji 200 (C and Superia) all the time even though I have the 'better' stuff sitting right next to it. They are so good, that I always scour the classifieds for them. I bought 100 rolls from Adorama when they had it for $1.49/36 exp a few months ago. And I just bought 26 rolls of 36 exp off craigs list for $20.
"Stunning colours. 1/ Is this a recent shot? and if so b/ where did u get the Kodachrome processed?"
It's been a few years since Dwayne's shut down their K14 line, so, no, you can't get your film processed anymore. Too bad as Kodachrome has always been one of my favorite films.
I've been working through drum scanning selected Kodachromes for the last fifteen years, and have figured out how to scan them maybe better than anyone else I've seen. The great thing is that I keep discovering old images that I never remember having shot, so they become new to me all over again, and now with high end drum scanning and Photoshop, many frames that would have been tossed in years gone by are now not only salvageable but often really great images.
Since you're in L.A. too, if you have a couple of Kodachromes you want scanned, I'd be happy to have you swing by and run a couple for you, just so you can see what's possible.
Peter Figen wrote:
Since you're in L.A. too, if you have a couple of Kodachromes you want scanned, I'd be happy to have you swing by and run a couple for you, just so you can see what's possible.
That is such a nice offer. But alas, I don't have any slides, just the unused film.
Personally, I don't see the point of shooting and processing it as black and white. I'd rather just shoot black and white film instead, plus Kodachrome has some characteristics that make it maybe not the best choice for black and white, although I don't know if they carry over to film processed only as black and white. Those negative traits are that any areas that are underexposed tend to go very very grainy, particularly when you try and open the shadows. Since I've never seen K14 as B&W, I don't know how it translates in that regard.
i have about 20 rolls of K64, and have found a place in the UK that develops it as B&W. You get super high contrast and its tricky to get right, usually have to over expose by about 1-2 stops to get it usable but thats prob a issue with the lab as much as with the film. seen as though its never going to be possible to process in colour it may as well get used up.
