Don't get me wrong, I agree. I LOVE Kodachrome. And, although Kodak has heard from the masses by now how they'd like Kodak to produce it forever, it's just a loss leader for them (hence the albatross comment). The numbers just aren't in it for Kodak and haven't been for years. Whether or not that's changed, I don't know.
It is, without question, a remarkable film. Asthetics aside, has any other color film shown such incredible logevity? I personally have seen and own some Kodachrome from the 1930's, 40's and 50's on old regular 8mm films that looks (literaly) like it was shot yesterday. Some have faded badly, but if you take care in storing it, it seems to never fade. I recently came across some war footage shot by a Navy doctor aboard a hospital ship at the time of the Inchon invasion during the Korean War. Some of it looks amazing considering it's 56 years old. And this stuff was found sitting in the sun at a swap meet. -Brendan --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not an albatross, a legacy. Kodachrome is what > Velvia wants to be... > (Ooh, that should start something). > I like Kodachrome, just haven't shot any in years. > Nothing important > enough to go to the trouble and expense. > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > >Oh, absolutely. Kodak has wanted to kill Kodachrome > >for a loooong time now. > > > >One less albatross. > > > >-Brendan > > > >--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Brendan MacRae wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>RIP Kodachrome 1935 - 2006. What a run... > >>> > >>>Of course, I need to remind all of you that I've > >>> > >>> > >>been > >> > >> > >>>hearing about Kodachrome's "final" demise for > about > >>> > >>> > >>20 > >> > >> > >>>years. In fact, I remember that in 1992 when I > was > >>> > >>> > >>in > >> > >> > >>>film school, Kodak had announced (as they did > >>>virtually every quarter) that they were > "suspending > >>>manufacture" of Kodachrome. Later, they sent out > >>>another press release reversing themselves saying > >>> > >>> > >>that > >> > >> > >>>the adverse public reaction had nixed the deal > and > >>>that production would continue. And that was just > >>> > >>> > >>for > >> > >> > >>>the Super 8 and 16mm versions. > >>> > >>>So who knows? It's the zombie of the film > >>>world...undead until further notice... > >>> > >>> > >>I'vejust been looking around the Kodak web site > >> > >> > >> > >(http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/prodSupportIndex.jhtml) > > > > > >>Under the "Films" heading there's a listing for > >>"Color Transparency > >>Films: E-Family" (Ektachrome) but nothing for the > K > >>family > >>(Kodachrome). If you follow the E-family link you > go > >>to a page with a > >>menu that *does* include "KODACHROME Professional > >>Films", which is a > >>link to a page with only one film: Kodachrome 64. > >>I note that each of the Ektachrome films has its > own > >>page with a > >>sample photo and glowing descriptions of the > film's > >>desirable > >>qualities. The buried Kodachrome page just has a > few > >>lines of text. It > >>really looks as if Kodak wishes Kodachrome would > >>just go away. > >> > >>-- > >>Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia > >>www.robertstech.com > >>412-687-2835 > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
