Kodacolor Introduction Party 1928

[Tin Can]

https://youtu.be/4T8tXM5ZA48

[Richard Wasserman]

Thanks Randy. Color movies must have been a revelation. Interesting that John Pershing and Hiram Maxim were honored guests. The inventor of the modern machine gun and the man who's troops had it used against them to devastating effect. I guess WWI was still being celebrated in the US in 1928.

[Bob Salomon]

Thanks Randy. Color movies must have been a revelation. Interesting that John Pershing and Hiram Maxim were honored guests. The inventor of the modern machine gun and the man who's troops had it used against them to devastating effect. I guess WWI was still being celebrated in the US in 1928.

Both sides had used Maxim MG.

[Richard Wasserman]

Both sides had used Maxim MG.

Yes, and the Germans had much more time than the Americans to figure out how to use them most effectively.

[EarlJam]

Amongst my dad's things was a Kodacolor filter set. The camera was optimized for 16 fps, so 1/30th shutter speed with a max aperture of f1.9. The inclusion of the ND filter has always struck me as a bit odd, given prevailing film speeds in the late 1920s and the color filtration already required by the K-D process.

Update: I found this blurb online, which explains the use of the ND filter.

A 3 banded filter that went on the end of the camera lens. It ONLY fit when the aperture was fully open at f1.9. While the ads suggested shooting things like flowers, bright colors and children playing outside, the truth was the filter-especially the blue, needed a ton of light. The only way to control exposure was neutral density and an exposure ratio diaphragm that came with each roll of film.

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[Bob Salomon]

Yes, and the Germans had much more time than the Americans to figure out how to use them most effectively.

The Germans and the British had used them in Africa. The first Maxim was used by Lord Stanley there.

[Richard Wasserman]

The Germans and the British had used them in Africa. The first Maxim was used by Lord Stanley there.

I don't want to totally hijack this thread, but didn't the Germans deploy them in much greater numbers than anyone else in WWI? At least early on.

[Bob Salomon]

I don't want to totally hijack this thread, but didn't the Germans deploy them in much greater numbers than anyone else in WWI? At least early on.

Hard to tell since they became the Vickers MG and other countries made them, or copies under other names.

[Tin Can]

Very glad I watch most things without sound.

Let's not fight WW1 again today.

[Richard Wasserman]

You’re right Randy. I’m done