How could you joke about Kodachrome, Nathan, really, have you no respect?
;-)
But as to KR existing as a commercial product in 1935 - there were colour
processes long before that. I am pretty sure I posted this link before, but it
would have been years ago, so for the late comers:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/prok/
Beautifully-rendered colour photos of the Russian Empire between 1905 and 1915.
Recommended.
Piers
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On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
Sent: 25 February 2016 06:25
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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More family and NYC scenes, 1949-50
Gee, don’t you guys see a joke? You are entirely too serious.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 25 Feb 2016, at 02:14, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My father-in-law didn't take lots of Kodachrome slides but there are some of
> my wife when she was about 2 which would make it 1945. There are also some
> of the Nevada desert (where, believe it or not, he spent his time in the
> Navy) during WWII. Those are probably about 1942/43.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 2/24/2016 4:05 PM, Moose wrote:
>> On 2/24/2016 12:24 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> I had no idea there was color back then ;-)
>>
>> Kodachrome became a commercial product in 1935.
>>
>> Ansel Adams was involved it its development, as a consultant to Kodak,
>> an expert who could let them know how it worked in practice for a
>> professional, both before and after that. While he was making may of his
>> most famous B&W images, he was also working with KR sheet film.
>>
>> He wrote that 8x10 KR transparencies were some of the most beautiful
>> things he had seen - and about how frustrated he was that there was no
>> way to come anywhere close to that in prints.
>>
>> I'm sure other pros were consulting for Kodak at the same time, but I'm
>> not aware who, or what they had to say.
>>
>> Historical Moose
>>
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