[Aliska]

Evidently it is older than I thought. As a kid, I was thrilled when my dad started buying me a few rolls of Kodachrome. Later I got a better camera and, by luck, some stunning photos with it (I usually did slides). I didn't know about camera settings until I got a DSLR and, even then, I rarely shot full manual and don't know how to calculate or the rules for it.

I doubt I'd go back to film.

I started telling you I worked for a time for Blackhawk Films, didn't know much at all about old movies, didn't need to, really. Then I did some research and see there is a wiki piece on them. It kind of took me back to see some old, familiar names.

Ektachrome? I think that was the film I liked, not sure, always Kodak though. It's awful to know a little about a lot of things and expert at nothing.

[yarddog]

I started out with Kodachrome 12 then moved on to 25 then mostly 64. It gave amazing detail. Kodachrome had vibrant beautiful colors tho maybe not as accurate as Ektacrome.

Ektacrome also had more grain for the same speed.

I will say one of the best shots I ever made was of a little cutie standing at an overlook showing the Blue Ridge Mountains in full Fall color as back drop.

I had the 35mm slide made into an 8x10 print as a gift for for her and it amazed me how sharp it was. I made another copy for myself. It didn’t hurt that the girl was really pretty.

[JoeFromSidney]

I spent nearly 2 years in Thailand during the Vietnam war. I traveled all over the country, as well as spending some time on Vietnam, all courtesy of the USAF. I came back with nearly a hundred rolls of Ektachrome slides. Within less than a decade they had all faded to complete blanks. I have no photographic record of my time there. I wish I'd spent a little more money and bought Kodachrome film instead.