Mama, they're taking our Kodachrome away

[boBQuincy]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/09/22/kodakchrome.fading.ap/index.html

Kodak only makes one batch a year, and there is only one commercial lab that processes Kodachrome. As Paul Simon sang, ..."I can see the writing on the wall...".

 

[bob100]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/09/22/kodakchrome.fading.ap/index.html

Kodak only makes one batch a year, and there is only one commercial lab that processes Kodachrome. As Paul Simon sang, ..."I can see the writing on the wall...".

seems strange that anyone uses film nowadays but appropriate the last rolls are in Cuba

 

[DebºoºS]

Wow, Kodachrome really did have rich bright colors and sharpness that was so realistic. I loved it
I'm going to take out our Kodachromes and see how they've stood up over time. I might even have some

 

[11290]

seems strange that anyone uses film nowadays

Went to a birthday party a couple of weeks ago and an older couple (a prominent name pro golfers parents) were there and had just returned from a week in London. The wife was showing everyone her pictures but said that she didn't have all of them as "she had not gotten the other rolls developed yet."

Everyone there within earshot was looking around at each other wondering why these 2 about to retire teachers were still using film, but didn't want to ask.

 

[CEK40]

I think it is so sad that film is slowly slipping away. I am a true long time film 35mm SLR lover. (and still a film user) I do own a digital point and shoot camera and I know the advantages of using digital, you can see your images as soon as they are taken, store hundreds of images in a small space, do corrections and inhancements when needed and even print your photographs in the comfort of your home. I have even been considering purchasing a DSLR. But to me there is something so exciting with having shot a roll of film, taking it to be developed and then finding that one photo, no photoshop tweeking, color inhancements or adjustments. Just that one true great photograph. I guess you can call me crazy!

 

[thomas998]

I think it is so sad that film is slowly slipping away. I am a true long time film 35mm SLR lover. (and still a film user) I do own a digital point and shoot camera and I know the advantages of using digital, you can see your images as soon as they are taken, store hundreds of images in a small space, do corrections and inhancements when needed and even print your photographs in the comfort of your home. I have even been considering purchasing a DSLR. But to me there is something so exciting with having shot a roll of film, taking it to be developed and then finding that one photo, no photoshop tweeking, color inhancements or adjustments. Just that one true great photograph. I guess you can call me crazy!

Then you aren't the only crazy one. I still have a handful of kodachrome rolls in the ice box... I guess I need to stock up on some more. Sometimes things are better on film... maybe some day the sensors will get to the point that it isn't true but I still haven't seen a dslr that can match film for all scenarios.

 

[DebºoºS]

But to me there is something so exciting with having shot a roll of film, taking it to be developed and then finding that one photo, no photoshop tweeking, color inhancements or adjustments. Just that one true great photograph. I guess you can call me crazy!

Dittos, open the pack and there they are. All the happy memories. I love the sound of the shutter click too. The power winder sound if I'm not paying for the film & processing. My D200 makes the shutter click sound
This pic was taken using film.

We took both digital and film on this cruise.
Digital was easier for obvious reasons but the quality is comparable if not better on film.

 

[dr_zero]

I think it is so sad that film is slowly slipping away. I am a true long time film 35mm SLR lover. (and still a film user) I do own a digital point and shoot camera and I know the advantages of using digital, you can see your images as soon as they are taken, store hundreds of images in a small space, do corrections and inhancements when needed and even print your photographs in the comfort of your home. I have even been considering purchasing a DSLR. But to me there is something so exciting with having shot a roll of film, taking it to be developed and then finding that one photo, no photoshop tweeking, color inhancements or adjustments. Just that one true great photograph. I guess you can call me crazy!

I agree with you!

 

[seashoreCM]

Kodachrome was the first color film that did not have coarse grain* and its processing was and still is complex. Not too long after Kodachrome was introduced, Kodak introduced Ektachrome which photographers could develop themselves.

The digital camera revolution is putting an end to problems with film in airport X-ray machines; digital pictures are not so affected.

Digital camera hints: http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/digicam.htm

* Not covered with a layer of mixed red, green, and blue starch granules that both defined which spots on the film represented red content, etc. and which imparted the color to the finished picture. Nowadays all digital cameras have an array of red, green, and blue spots where each pixel on the sensor is for one of those primary colors. So a 4 megapixel camera really has one megapixel of red spots, one megapixel of blue spots and (in today's technology) two megapixels of green spots. Software in the camera merges it all into a color picture which you don't see as red, green, and blue dots if you magnify the picture on your monitor.

 

[Groucho]

It's not surprising... Kodak has been blowing up buildings near their headquarters here for the past few years, and are nowhere near the huge local employer that they once were.

The good news is that Kodak is still doing very interesting things, like that new medium-format sensor used in the upcoming Leica DSLR and Hasselblads. But they're certainly not nearly the powerhouse they once were.