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The end of Kodachrome...

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Posted by Bob Falcone on September 22, 2008 at 12:11 PM
A little off topic, but an interesting article about the (possibly) soon demise of Kodachrome:
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080922/D93BR9HO3.html

Even though I've been "digital only" for a few years now, I will miss the end of Kodachrome.
Posted by Erik Stensland on September 22, 2008 at 2:40 PM
What's Kodachrome? :wink:
Posted by Todd Caudle on September 22, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Good riddance!
Posted by John Klotz on September 22, 2008 at 4:03 PM
That was a Simon and Garfunkle song from the late sixites....
:biggrin: Bound to happen sooner or later I guess.
jk
Posted by Jim Casteel on September 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Wow, I am really surprised that excite.com outlasted Kodachrome.
Posted by Bob Falcone on September 23, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Actually, the song was just a Paul Simon song (post-Garfunkle) and is one of my favorites of his...
I "grew up"on Kodachrome, and even with todays' technology, etc, I think there is no equal to K-25 for sharpness and color. I guess, in a small way, I'm partially to blame for it's demise, as is every other K-25 user that switched to digital...
Posted by John De Bord on September 23, 2008 at 6:32 AM
Poor Kodak, talk about a company that just didn't really 'get it' and still really doesn't it. Why on earth they never kept developing their dslr is beyond me.
Posted by Mike Sellers on September 23, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Yes,I used a Kodak 14n that I just recently got rid of and when the developer of Fractal Sharpen saw some of my files he wanted to know if they were taken with medium format digital!
Posted by Dave Rodenbaugh on September 23, 2008 at 11:02 AM
How many years before people visit southern Utah and go, "I wonder why they call this place Kodachrome Basin"--what the heck is that?

I'm surprised it was still around...Most labs quit the K-14 process a long time back (at least, most pro labs). I haven't shot it since 1995.
Posted by Les Barstow on September 23, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Beat me to it, Dave! I suppose Utah's just going to have to rename it... D700 Basin or 5D2 Basin just doesn't have the same ring, though. :wink: