Re: [APML] Royal Gold and Supra films

[Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>]

Thanks Joe,

I have to marvel at their "market speak"! <g>

"short red spectral sensitivity ... to optimise accurate skin tone 
reproduction over a wide range of flesh tones"  Yes, yes, "flesh tones" at 
the expense of everything else, including any attempt to reproduce the 
visible spectrum accurately <g>  For this I think we can read: "we have 
decided to flush Ha response down the pan" <g>  Also I expect that OIII 
response has been very seriously messed up.

I think that Kodak may be losing the plot with these "flesh films" - they 
simply do not reproduce the visible spectrum accurately.  Portra is another 
example.  Accurate reproduction of the visible spectrum is what Kodak is 
supposed to be all about, and the basis on which they made their original 
fortune.

--Philip


>Here is the Kodak UK version of the announcement:
><http://www.kodak.com/country/UK/en/corp/press/archive/2002/20020803.shtml>



Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com


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