Re: [Leica] Using Kodachrome 64

["john weller" <mrjohnweller@hotmail.com>]

Hi Bob,

     Could you let me know where, and when Steve McCurry is doing his book 
signing?  Like you, I also like Steve's work; it would be really great to 
meet him in person!  Does Steve McCurry use Leica cameras?  Some friends 
have said yes, and others say he uses Nikon...

                     Thanks
                             John


>From: "Bob Walkden" <bobwalkden@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Using Kodachrome 64
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:59:42 BST
>
>Hi,
>
>lucky guy - Steve McCurry is one of my favourites. He's doing a book 
>signing
>here in London in a fortnight, but unfortunately I'll miss it because I'm
>flying off to exotic climes to emulate him :-)
>
>I've shot a lot of K64. For a couple of years I used to rate it at 80 in 
>the
>camera, but process at 64. This is often recommended by travel
>photographers. I've stopped doing it though because it increases the
>contrast in the slides. K64 is quite a contrasty film anyway, and the
>conditions in which I was shooting were also very high contrast, namely the
>Ethiopian Highlands, which means bright sunlight at over 5000 metres
>altitude. I also used a polariser, which increased the contrast still
>further. Many of the people there have extremely dark skin, and frequently
>wear a white gabbi (similar to a burnoose), so many of my slides were 
>coming
>back with a far higher contrast & saturation than I really wanted.
>
>The lesson is, decide based on the local conditions whether or not you want
>to underexpose your K64. Experimentation beforehand pays.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bob
>
>>From: Doug Nygren <dnygr@cshore.com>
>>
>>Over the weekend, I was talking with Steve McCurry, the National
>>Geographic photographer who shoots a lot for them in India and points
>>east. He said he shoots with Kodachrome 64 (ie. shot at 80) and
>>underexposes by a third of a stop so that colors are more saturated. I
>>do the opposite with color negative film, but I never play with ASA in
>>transparency film. I'm going to have to experiment with this and see how
>>it goes. Do any of you shoot your transparency film at slower ASA, do
>>you slightly underexpose for color saturation?
>
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