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I never liked type G because it seemed to have an identity crisis going. No matter what I did, it never seemed to be balanced to any particular kind of light; tungsten or daylight. The colors were always terrible and muted.
A million years ago, when I was selling the stuff right out of high school in the 70's, a Kodak rep came through and asked how we liked the (at that time) new type G stuff. My boss looked incredulous and asked why (what was there to like?) and the guy said that the type G was sort of an embarrassing forced experiment for Kodak. As the story goes, Kodak screwed up a HUGE batch of their regular Ektachrome 160 tungsten. The end result was the type G which, as I pointed out above, doesn't really seem to be balanced to anything in particular. Kodak felt they had stumbled onto something that would help consumers shoot under a variety of lighting types without worrying about correct color. So they slapped a "G" on the label (for general use, you see) and the rest is grainey, muted history.
To what ever degree this notion had any validity is debatable, unless they consider all around sucky color to be a preferrable consistant than hit or miss good color. Anyway, the only use I ever found for it was under the older flourescent lights, in which it did seem to work better than the regular 160 (again, not great color, but not green, either) or when dropped out to black and white, makes a pretty decent tri-X substitute when you pump the contrast a bit. Well, actually a LOT as type G seemed to have NO contrast; almost like shooting ECO.
Ooooooo. Now THERE's a scary thought.
Bet you kids have no idea what I'm talking about. Hah! And you think K40 is slow! http://www.hostboard.com/ubb/wink.gif
Roger
[This message has been edited by MovieStuff (edited August 23, 2001).]
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by GrizeldaFilms:
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" Kodak stoped making the mailers and have no plans to bring them back."
(Matt Pacini responds):
I'm not sure where you heard that, but I just got online after reading your post, and ordered 30 PK-59 mailers from B&H in NY.
At first, the guy told me that Kodak was not supporting them.
I asked him if he was sure, and if he meant the mailers specifically, or Super 8.
Then, I said that I knew Kodak supported S8, because they just released a new stock (200T), and could he check to be sure.
He did, and apologized. He had assumed (like many do) that Kodak quit all S8 stuff, and asked someone, and said he was wrong on both counts.
He then gave me the URL to order the mailers, which I did.
So, please give your source for this, because I would like to know if it's true, or if it's just a repeated statement from an unenlightened source, like this B&H rep.
Matt Pacini
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Levi:
Does anyone know where I can get some Ektachrome 160 Type-G movie film processed?
Thanks,
Levi<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Levi:
Does anyone know where I can get some Ektachrome 160 Type-G movie film processed?
Thanks,
Levi<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yale does fine. You might check with Rocky Mtn. Labs in Colorado too.
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About the mailers---------I sent a email to kodak about the pk-59 mailer.
They no longer make them, but there is still a small supply left. I hope this clears things up.
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I have to agree with Matt and Roger. Ektachrome G sucks compared to K40. In fact I think the G stands for garbage.
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