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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 734064" data-attributes="member: 10543">It's funny that as I go through my slides, when I see "Ektachrome" on the cardboard slide frame, the images are nearly always taken on heavily overcast days.  Kodachrome was my standard, a 64 ASA film*, with excellent characteristics and was easy to find at most K-Marts, but on gray days it was hopelessly slow in capturing moving trains.  Ektachrome film was sold everywhere and was available in faster speeds (100, 200 and 400 as I recall?) so was my alternative.  It worked in a pinch, but it was grainier and lacked Kodachrome's color depth I thought.  I always threw a few rolls of Ektachrome in my kit just to have some on hand when the rains came.* In latter years, Kodak produced a 200 ASA Kodachrome which was superb on overcast days.  It was hard to find on retailer shelves however.</blockquote>