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06/23/2009 06:06:41 PM · #1 |
the history it had...
74 years
1st color film ( transparency)
archival quality
unmatched color saturation
yesterday kodak announced that they will be suspending the manufacture of kodachrome. this is a sad day in the art of photography. that glossy mag that you became so fond of in the past, more likely than not, the images were produce with this historic film. let's all have a moment and reflect on it's impact in the progression of this passion we all share. post any scans you may have. |
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06/23/2009 06:11:53 PM · #2 |
yeah just read it yesterday. pretty sad indeed.
guess i should stock up on those last rolls to show to my children in like 15 years. they probably won't know what film is anyway though, let alone kodachrome... |
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06/23/2009 06:45:33 PM · #3 |
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60 year old Kodachrome
Bear_Music should look so good.
Message edited by author 2009-06-23 22:15:31. |
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06/23/2009 06:53:00 PM · #4 |
| i felt this way when they stopped making polariod film too. :( |
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06/23/2009 07:05:25 PM · #5 |
As someone with @3000 slides I am working my way thru scanning before stating on 1/2 a cubic foot of negs, I say good riddance :-)
Half kidding.... It's n icon but to be honest it's been a while since I used it anyway.... |
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06/23/2009 07:38:17 PM · #6 |
one thing that made me wonder is that they claim on the article i read that there's only one lab in the world(?!) that still process kodachrome...wtf?
isn't kodachrome just normal E6 processed color slides? if so, every damn convenient store (at least here in germany) can process it.
anyways, i just checked on ebay and the price for kodachrome is pretty outrageous... |
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06/23/2009 08:00:58 PM · #7 |
| Wiki says it's a "K-14" processing. They also add the caveat to the claim about the one processor as being the only "Kodak certified" facility. |
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06/23/2009 08:27:37 PM · #8 |
Kodachrome has never been "widely processed", actually; very few labs had the equipment to do it. It's definitely not E-6 processing, which you can even do at home if you're of a mind to. Also, for what it's worth, an earlier comment on this thread that Kodachrome is "archival" is way off the mark, it's no such thing at all. Stored in the right conditions it's a relatively stable image, but by no stretch of the imagination is it archival. I'm not aware of any transparency film that could ever make that claim. Even when we were shooting 4x5" chromes for the client, we shot Ektacolor negatives as well, because those ARE archival; and you can print positive films from them for an endless series of transparencies, in different sizes, ad needed/
Still, it's sad to see Kodachrome go :-( The film that defined what we expected out of photographic color for, literally, decades.
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06/27/2009 03:47:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
...... an earlier comment on this thread that Kodachrome is "archival" is way off the mark, it's no such thing at all. Stored in the right conditions it's a relatively stable image, but by no stretch of the imagination is it archival. I'm not aware of any transparency film that could ever make that claim. Even when we were shooting 4x5" chromes for the client, we shot Ektacolor negatives as well, because those ARE archival; and you can print positive films from them for an endless series of transparencies,
R.
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the claim to kodachrome's archival properties are well documented provided they are processed and stored properly and not exposed to light. we all know that these variables are not always performed to perfection. kodak makes the claim that kodachrome has past a simulation test of 185 yrs. archival properties are measured at 100 yrs. to say that " ...by no stretch of the imagination is it archival..." i think is way off the mark. there are selenium toned prints that fade too if displayed improperly. i make the claim that kodachrome has " archival qualities" not that it is "archival" nothing lasts forever including ektacolor negs . we have reached the 74 yr mark and holding strong. see  undieyatch post. these chromes are 60 yrs and were not necessarily in perfect storage conditions. |
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07/23/2009 08:44:30 PM · #10 |
| I just ordered two rolls from B&H. They're showing it as in stock, but that can change forever any minute now. I don't have a film camera, but plan to get one soon. It'll go in the freezer until then... |
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