 ccallanaHuh?Premium,VIP
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Folsom, CA | Not digital - but the end of Kodachrome. »news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_···s_demise |
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Canada | reply to ccallana
I thought they stopped producing this stuff years ago. There is only one lab in the world that still process the stuff. Even kodak ships the film they get for processing in Europe to the lab in the USA. |
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Newton, KS | reply to ccallana
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I love the look of Kodachrome, but the film itself has been a PITA to work with in modern years. In fact, I'm surprised this hasn't come sooner. The film is expensive, the processing is expensive, and you have to wait a few days for the USPS to ship it to/from Kansas. Kodachrome also had a nasty side effect of not scanning too well on some film scanners.
Its just much easier to shoot with Ektachrome (or really any other slide film) and get processing done and scan it in the same day. Its not Kodachrome, but the workflow is far easier and faster.
I still have one remaining roll of Kodachrome 64 that I plan to shoot with soon. I guess that would be my final farewell to a great film. |
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kudos:1 | reply to ccallana
Supposedly it was down to 1% or less of their film sales. In fact it was only produced on time a year. and this last batch will be the last when it is gone.
While long a favorite of pro's, it was just too slow for the mass consumer market, Who prefered high shutter speeds (especially the shutter jabbers) and low light ability, and lost out to Ekrachrome and the like. (which could also be self processed).
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 timcuthBraves FanPremium
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Pelham, AL | reply to ccallana
Kodachrome was always my favorite, especially the ASA 25. Such rich colors!
This is so sad.  But, admittedly, I haven't shot any in quite a few years, either.
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Mesquite, TX | mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls
said by timcuth:Kodachrome was always my favorite, especially the ASA 25. Such rich colors! This is so sad. But, admittedly, I haven't shot any in quite a few years, either. Tim --
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When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of edu---cation
Hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match
my sweet imagination
everything looks WORSE in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Wayne
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said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls?
I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect.
I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print.
Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot.
Wayne
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Newton, KS | reply to timcuth
Same with me. I went from Ektachrome to Kodachrome and carried their process mailers (PK20). I could send it in while on a vacation. Back then, Dallas was the closest center. But, like many, I quit shooting slide film. Loved the product, but understand that from a business sense, there isn't a very large market anymore. |
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said by timcuth:SO like the E Kodachrome was always my favorite, especially the ASA 25. Such rich colors! . Again if you apreciated it and not a just shutter jabber where high ISO was savaoir
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2 edits | reply to ccallana
So is Paul Simpn gping to finaly do a seqeal of they FINALLY took my Kodachrome away.
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said by Hayward:said by timcuth:Kodachrome was always my favorite, especially the ASA 25. Such rich colors! Again if you appreciated it and not a just shutter jabber where high ISO like the EKTA was savior/. As for many other was too where that cold appreciate a slow squeezed shutter vs JABBERS
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Re: Not digital - but the end of Kodachrome. said by timcuth:Kodachrome was always my favorite, especially the ASA 25. Such rich colors! Then again really artificially WARM (which made it wonderful for portraits and fall foliage) .... many would say Ektachrome is too cool. Really depends on what you are shooting.
Fact of the real matter it was just too slow, but probably the finest grain color film ever if you could deal with the slow speed application.
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4 edits | reply to Splitpair
said by Splitpair:Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? Surprised they actually (and not for a long time now) had bulk Kodachrome rolls.... and yes I would guess stsandard 100 ft) I don;t thinkthough Kodachrome ever had a self processing option.... and again why Ektachrome thought too cool (toned) for some took over.... it could be self processed, and cheap quick drug/cam store processed.. EVen decades ago Kodachrome had to go to a cam store and sent off to Kodak or who knows where.
While not as complex as tri neg Technicolor....Kodachrome far from simple, and chemically near as complex, ... definately NOT DIY.
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robarPremium
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Mesquite, TX | reply to Splitpair
long ago
said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne said by Splitpair:said by robar:mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls? I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect. I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print. Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot. Wayne --
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4 edits | Is there an echo in here? 
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said by Splitpair See Profile :
said by robar See Profile :
mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls
Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls?
I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect.
I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print.
Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot.
Wayne
said by Splitpair See Profile :
said by robar See Profile :
mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls
Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls?
I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect.
I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print.
Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot.
Wayne
said by Splitpair See Profile :
said by robar See Profile :
mine too. i've a many a roll.. and use to pack it myself from 500 shot rolls
Where they 500 shot or 100 foot rolls?
I used bulk Tri-X and I thought it came in 100 foot rolls, but that was many moons ago so I could be incorrect.
I dabbled in Kodachrome but it was pricey once developing was included and required a lab to process so I pretty much stuck with B&W which I could process and print.
Another thing I liked about B&W was there was also something almost sensual about seeing a print develop in the tray and deciding just when “that’s it” and then quickly sliding it into the stop bath to lock the shot.
Wayne
.....Skipping the last 4 dups in case Orig edited by now.
Hey and Robar I get nailed for typos and bad edits but how the heck did you get a 7x echo?
MAYBE we just all make mistakes now and then? |
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