Godfrey, The comments I heard led me to believe the non-pro Kodachrome was more robust than the pro version, with more consistent colors and less aging & heat problems. Bob
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, > > It is exactly the reverse. > > Profesional films are usually refrigerated, so film vendors age them, snip > test them, and ship them refrigerated with a short expiration date to allow > for maximum consistency. The batch numbers can be used to obtain lots of the > same manufacture for best consistency too. > > Consumer customers are generally not so critical on color consistency ... > they don't need the snip tests and batch number pedigree. They rarely > refrigerate their films. The films are often on the shelf in dealers for a > long time too. So to promote a long shelf life, both for the dealers and > consumers, they're not pre-aged, not shipped refrigerated, and have a long > due date lifespan. > > Godfrey > > On Mar 4, 2009, at 5:05 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> 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. >>> > > > -- > 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.
