And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s A sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to a photograph So mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
I shot around 100 slides with Kodachrome film while deployed as a US Marine tank commander in Vietnam. I have those images on a thumb drive now and use them when I make a "This was my Vietnam" presentation to school kids.
I bought my first 35mm film camera in Vietnam in early 1967. It was a Pentax Spotmatic and carried it everyday over 2-1/2 years on two tours flying as a Huey gunship door gunner. I shot both Kodachrome Ektachrome depending what was available in the PX. In later years I bought a OM-1 & a OM-2 35mm and carried it up until the film business went away. Bought a couple of small pocket digital camera and used them but always prefered a full size "real" camera. Low and behold I just discovered the Kodak is back in the film making and processing business big time. Has something to do with preferred color saturation. Just so you know I am not a professional photographer. I am just a taker of images that I like. just spoke to a big camera stood near Little Rock this morning about giving my OMs at good cleaning and tune up. I still might buy a good Canon DSLR just because there is no film processing and the images will be digital and ready to go. Also that Canon will take movies. So is you still feed the need to use your older film camera then get after it. Have fun! George
I don't think Canon is making new DSLR's any more. All the major players have transitioned to mirrorless. But Nikon is still selling D850's new, considered the best all around DSLR ever made. The glass to fit on it can be had cheap, most at less than half new cost. If you are going to bite the bullet, a Z8 is state of the art and is considered the D850 of the mirrorless world. Z glass is phenomenal but you are going to be paying for it. I prefer the Nikon color rendition to the Canon or Sony. Sort of like the difference between Kodachrome and Ektachrome.
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PS: I've acquired 9 film cameras in the last decade. Some I lusted for as a kid and others as the brands pinnacle of the art.
Playboy used to photograph their centerfold models in 8x10 Kodachrome. I think the Defense Department has 8x10s of early nuclear explosions. My ex-wife has Kodachrome slides of a tour of Hoover Dam.
I still have a roll of Kodachrome in my freezer. Must be 40 years old. Haven't used my Canon-AE1 in all that time. I was doing some research recently to determine if AE1 lenses are compatible with Canon's DSLR. Supposedly you can buy adapters but the results are not quite as good as you'd hope.
Didn't know Kodak was back in the film business. I might have to try to find a battery for the AE1 and start taking snaps again.
I still have a case of 35mm slide film in a drawer. It was my monthly delivery back in 2004. It arrived the day after the house burned down. All my film cameras with it.
That was the day I switched to digital photography.
That brings back memories!
ReplyDeleteBack in the 1970s I shot with Kodak Aerochrome infrared 35mm film in Ireland. It resulted in some great photographs
ReplyDeleteEarly/Mid '70's I was using Ektachrome Infrared IE. Pretty and unusual pictues.
DeleteStill have some of the transparencies and prints from those days.
Used to buy 100ft rolls of that. Came in a steel container that comes in handy for your stash, well that's what I still use them for anyway.
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ReplyDeleteThey give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s
A sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to a photograph
So mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away
If Kodachrome were still made I would still shoot with Kodachrome.
ReplyDeleteI shot around 100 slides with Kodachrome film while deployed as a US Marine tank commander in Vietnam. I have those images on a thumb drive now and use them when I make a "This was my Vietnam" presentation to school kids.
ReplyDeleteYou Sir deserve a Slow Hand Salute for teaching your school children about your time in Vietnam ans as a Tank Commander. Carry On Sir!
DeleteThe teachers tell me after the class that the kids approach her telling her that they learned so much and really appreciated my lesson.
DeleteI bought my first 35mm film camera in Vietnam in early 1967. It was a Pentax Spotmatic and carried it everyday over 2-1/2 years on two tours flying as a Huey gunship door gunner. I shot both Kodachrome Ektachrome depending what was available in the PX. In later years I bought a OM-1 & a OM-2 35mm and carried it up until the film business went away. Bought a couple of small pocket digital camera and used them but always prefered a full size "real" camera. Low and behold I just discovered the Kodak is back in the film making and processing business big time. Has something to do with preferred color saturation. Just so you know I am not a professional photographer. I am just a taker of images that I like. just spoke to a big camera stood near Little Rock this morning about giving my OMs at good cleaning and tune up. I still might buy a good Canon DSLR just because there is no film processing and the images will be digital and ready to go. Also that Canon will take movies. So is you still feed the need to use your older film camera then get after it. Have fun! George
ReplyDeleteDamn.... I need to either watch my spelling or just learn to spell. Having a mild stroke in my shooting eye doesn't help.
DeleteI don't think Canon is making new DSLR's any more. All the major players have transitioned to mirrorless. But Nikon is still selling D850's new, considered the best all around DSLR ever made. The glass to fit on it can be had cheap, most at less than half new cost. If you are going to bite the bullet, a Z8 is state of the art and is considered the D850 of the mirrorless world. Z glass is phenomenal but you are going to be paying for it. I prefer the Nikon color rendition to the Canon or Sony. Sort of like the difference between Kodachrome and Ektachrome.
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PS: I've acquired 9 film cameras in the last decade. Some I lusted for as a kid and others as the brands pinnacle of the art.
A guy who worked for Kodak told that an individual box of 35 mm film as a unit had a bill of materials 16 levels of indenture deep.
ReplyDeletePlayboy used to photograph their centerfold models in 8x10 Kodachrome. I think the Defense Department has 8x10s of early nuclear explosions. My ex-wife has Kodachrome slides of a tour of Hoover Dam.
ReplyDeleteIf you saw Rochester, NY back in the 1960s and compare it to what it has become, you'd cry. Technology marches on, but it has a price.
ReplyDeleteI still have a roll of Kodachrome in my freezer. Must be 40 years old. Haven't used my Canon-AE1 in all that time. I was doing some research recently to determine if AE1 lenses are compatible with Canon's DSLR. Supposedly you can buy adapters but the results are not quite as good as you'd hope.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know Kodak was back in the film business. I might have to try to find a battery for the AE1 and start taking snaps again.
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I still have a case of 35mm slide film in a drawer. It was my monthly delivery back in 2004.
ReplyDeleteIt arrived the day after the house burned down. All my film cameras with it.
That was the day I switched to digital photography.
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