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Hi everyone, Today I'm not rushing through the photos, so I'll spend a little more time talking about them. First off, none of them are really necessary since I already had shots of all five. Out of the 72 that I selected to scan, I think I had already had shots of three out of four of the units. Nevertheless additional photos are nice to have, whether taken seconds apart or years apart. I generally do not have much to say about film on this site since the vast majority of roster shots I take are on Kodachrome 25, and most other railfans have sent in either the same or Kodachrome 64. Sometime in late 1995, Ken Kessler suggested I try Kodachrome 25, and it took me a couple years to wise up (finding it was a the first challenge). I did prefer slides to prints simply because organizing the film originals is easy for slides and not easy for negatives. At the time I shot Ektachrome 200 mainly due to availability and versatility in poor light and thought it was fine. Looking back, it wasn't very good, at least not for what I want now - which is sharp, sunlit color photos. I wanted them then too, but didn't quite understand why other people's photos were better than mine, and figured maybe it had something to do with my equipment (no) or abilities (yes). In 1998 I gave it a second chance as cloudy day backup film, and shot a roster of SD40-2 #6850 in Willmar on a cloudy day. That is the last time I have bothered with Ektachrome 200. Just not a good shot, and while it is better than nothing, I'm not sure if I'd buy it for a quarter at a swap meet. If you are using a slow modem, you might wonder if it was worth the wait. Maybe if I didn't have a shot already, such as this one I took on Kodak Gold 200 print film SD40-2 #6850 in 1994 before I realized organizing negatives was a major pain. I think the overcast weather may have been somewhat a factor, but then yesterday's photo of SD40-2 #6830 was taken on Kodachrome 64, and while the color sucks (always will on a cloudy day) at least the photo is not so grainy and is reasonably sharp. Now I have learned that it is best to simply not shoot on cloudy days, at least not rosters. Even if I am on a railfanning trip (in which case I try my hardest to drive to where the sun is shining). Such days are best used for other things. There is more to life than taking pictures of trains. Like making models of them for instance.... Enjoy, Charles |
