Bob, I've heard it both ways, praising PKR and KR. The arguement for KR is that Rochester knows that it will not get Pro handling (refrigeration), and ripen/stabelize the stuff before shipping it out. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> So I'm looking at getting some Kodachrome in the near future. And I >> see there are two options at Adorama. One has the code KR, and the >> other says PKR. The KR runs $8.50 and the PKR almost $13. >> >> The only difference that I can find in the descriptions is that one >> says "professional." Is there any remarkable difference between these >> two films? Especially any differences the would justify spending that >> many extra bucks? >> >> Thanks. > > Kodachrome is like cheese. To get the best from it you have to mature it > correctly and eat it when it's just ripe enough (although I must advise you > against eating Kodachrome of any type). The benefit for professional > photographers who shoot large amounts of it is that they can buy a single > batch of it and get absolutely consistent colour from one roll of film to > the next. I used to shoot Kodachrome and when I used the professional stuff > it was noticeably better in terms of colour and punchiness and sheer zing > than the normal stuff. Nothing wrong with the normal stuff though. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
