Kodachrome 1935-2010

[MrBern]

A nice little short, commemorating the last Kodachrome developing lab.

[video=vimeo;22543258]http://vimeo.com/22543258[/video]

 

[FountainPenGirl]

I've been using Kodachrome for years. I got the last of my exposed rolls in for processing that last week before the end. I still have a few unexposed rolls I didn't get time to shoot. It was the greatest film ever. It was like loosing an old friend.

 

[Gene]

RIP you beautiful, beautiful film.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

[video=youtube;J_RTnd3Smy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J_RTnd3Smy8[/video]

 

[dhermann1]

Other brands

I believe Fujiflm is still making a color film. How does it stack up againts Kodak? And is Ilford still making color film? I still have a couple of decades old rolls of Kodak, and maybe 1 or 2 rolls of Ilford color film.

 

[MrBern]

I believe Fujiflm is still making a color film. How does it stack up againts Kodak? And is Ilford still making color film? I still have a couple of decades old rolls of Kodak, and maybe 1 or 2 rolls of Ilford color film.

I dont believe Ilford does any color film anymore. Except for some film that is developed in color processing, but gives a B&W result. Ilford does still manufacture several flavors of B&W film.

Fuji still makes some Fujichrome. Its processing is a different technology than the old Kodachrome.

I dont know how the latest fujichromes compare. Most of the Fuji stuff that I recall from previous decades were more oversaturated than Kodachrome. What was called a 'wet paint' look. Like everything in the photo was too bright. Worked well for photogs who wanted sensational unreal results. Not if you wanted tasteful depictions of reality.

Frankly, Im surprised its still available. Most people shoot everything with their phones. I dont care much for phone photography, but the phone video seems to be exceptional.

 

[Stearmen]

Digital Kodachrome

You know what the sadist part of the end of Kodachrome is? In 1975 a Kodak engineer by the name of Steven J. Sasson invented the digital camera!

 

[Andykev]

Unfortunately, Kodak being at the top of their game, had the same arrogance similar to that of the "Big Three" automakers before the foreign car influx. Kodak management did not see the handwriting on the wall, invented the future of photography for the digital age, and then bled to death financially as other companies filled the void. They kept their business model as if things would go on as it always had....

As a kid, the ONLY film was Kodak. The Brownie camera, the Keystone 8mm film...the marvel of the carousel slide projector.

I relish film, quality photographs. Most of our family "history" is in boxes of B&W and Sepia photos dating back to the 1920's through the 1950's. In the 1960's...COLOR came. Unfortunately, those photos are dull, faded, and the color cast is off. It was not until a bit later that the printing and processing of color became more stable...

Fortunately, you can have digital photos of the highest resolution, corrected pixel by pixel, esp. in RAW format..adjust them with Photoshop, and print them commercially on 100 year archival papers. We have come a long way.

Just don't "Take my Kodachrome away...."