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bookworm_020
06-23-09, 02:06 AM
It had to come, but still sad to see!:cry:

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/kodak-retires-kodachrome-film-20090623-cuor.html
SteamWake
06-23-09, 09:52 AM
Huh I thought this was announced like two or three years ago.
sharkbit
06-23-09, 10:39 AM
What's "film"?
:D
Raptor1
06-23-09, 10:43 AM
What's "film"?
:D

Some kinda newfangled thingamajiger that some delusional people think will replace the Photographic plate!
GoldenRivet
06-23-09, 11:10 AM
ill tell you something that is getting hard to find... mixes for developer and fixer for all of us at home photographers.

i do black and whites once in a while with my pin hole camera, had a few turn out nicely.

and i had a great time building my pin hole cameras in the process! :up:
VipertheSniper
06-23-09, 11:11 AM
Huh I thought this was announced like two or three years ago.

I don't know if it was that long ago, but yeah it was announced quite some time ago
Rhodes
06-23-09, 02:08 PM
Some kinda newfangled thingamajiger that some delusional people think will replace the Photographic plate!

Even better!:salute:

To the topic, it's sad and even more sad is I never manage to try it.
Sailor Steve
06-23-09, 02:16 PM
I guess Paul Simon's going to have to come out of retirement and write a new song.

I suppose one could do something with 'Digital Image Capture'.
bookworm_020
06-24-09, 01:52 AM
or 2 Gig SD memory card!:up:
Skybird
06-24-09, 07:02 AM
With Agfa already gone since long, that leaves only Fuji with a full product range for films and slides, or do I miss one premier film manufacturer? It's been some time since i bought an analoge film. :)

Maybe I'm sentimental, but it is sad nevertheless; for slides Kodachrome was my premier choice.
Rhodes
06-24-09, 04:41 PM
With Agfa already gone since long, that leaves only Fuji with a full product range for films and slides, or do I miss one premier film manufacturer? It's been some time since i bought an analoge film. :)

Maybe I'm sentimental, but it is sad nevertheless; for slides Kodachrome was my premier choice.

Hummm:hmmm:, Ilford? Ilford slides are top grain:03:!
GoldenRivet
06-24-09, 04:48 PM
Ilford makes great photo sensitive paper too for anyone who does pinhole camera work.

or am i the only one here?
Skybird
06-24-09, 04:51 PM
Hummm:hmmm:, Ilford? Ilford slides are top grain:03:!
Ah, yes, I completely forgot them. Never used them anyway, since I never did much black-and-white, for which they were famous in the past.
Rhodes
06-25-09, 08:35 AM
Ah, yes, I completely forgot them. Never used them anyway, since I never did much black-and-white, for which they were famous in the past.

:haha:Ahahah, I reply that way because I thought you were only refering to color film and slides manufacters. I do not know if Ilford has slide films.
Since I develop bw at home, ilfords films are in memory. At least they are also simple to work it, since kodak, even if their emulations are better and etc, I tend to always have pink spots after developing. They always need fresh fixer and more time than the ilfords!