The end of an era!
 

The best slide and movie film in history is now officially retired. Kodachrome: 1935-2010 RIP :wah::wah::wah:

Today is the last day that Dwayne’s Photo will develop this film!
The best epitaph: Hello darkness, my old friend. by semilog in
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...7&postcount=11

Yes, I saw it, the digital world has taken over, so we toast to Kodachrome: 1935-2010!

Wowh, that was really a benchmark in its field.

Paul simon kodachrome,
 

Rest in peace, old buddy Kodachrome!
A toast to the charm and look your pictures had! :salute:

Really sad, Kodak got it started in my home town and is still headquartered here.

hey, if you see the Kodak guys throwing away some processing equipment, call me! For this I would do some dumpster diving! :yep:

You give us those nice bright colors
You give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!

It seems somehow momentous and insignificant at the same time; awkward, really... I liked shooting with k-chrome when developing it was easier. Now, though, digital has too many advantages to traditional film that it's hard to imagine ever being a film photog.

Still, there was something remarkably - and maybe disproportionately - rewarding about getting that "perfect shot" with film.

Sorry, Mssrs. Simon and Garfunkel, but they're taking your Kodachrome away after all.

Sorry to pick nits, but Simon wrote and recorded that song long after he and Garfunkel broke up. :sunny:

Like losing an old friend. Kodachrome and I were old friends.

I have to confess going over to the dark (digital) side a few years ago. Still miss my dark room experiences. But digital seems to be the way to go these days.

I guess my Canon AE1 and A2E will soon join my slide rule on my shelf. Maybe I will be old enough, one day, for some kid to ask me what they are.

Then I will be able to tell them about film and developing your own pictures chemically. He or she will be incredulous and I will cry a little on the inside. :nope: .

While photoshop and the other computer programs can do things I could only dream about, somehow with digital manipulation I don't get the same feeling of creating art that I did with B/W film.

My record in the dark room is just under 8 hours for one print. It was a very complicated stretch/burn/dodge. But I did it and that feeling of accomplishment I don't think can be reproduced with a mouse.

Crap I am depressing myself again. :wah:

Do not be. Buy some film, load in your evil slr and shoot. Return to the lighside and develop some.
I develop b&w and c-41 b&w film (with b&w developer) and the scann the negatives. Do some corrections and voila.
I do not have space and money for a elarger and wet print, but some day I want to have a proper darkroom and have fun developing and priting, etc. It's like a hobby. Some many people that went digital and still shoot and develop film just for fun!

Could never develop my own shots but used it for years in the old Olympus OM-10

When I finished my basement, I had a small room already designated for my very own dark room. Something I always wanted. I still might from strictly a hobby standpoint....once I have time for a hobby that is.

It has been about 35 years since I first started developing my own film and doing my own prints. I still get that "omg it is magic" feeling when I see the image first appear on the paper in the soup.

Anyone else get that rush?

I'll be helping my folks scan all their slides over the next couple of weeks, and, except for a few, they have that big K on the cardboard!:cry:

Sad news indeed.

There was a good piece in the N.Y.Times ... For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas

Every time - All my B&W shots are still silver based. If the worst happens, I may buy an old field camera and coat my own plates (5X7 contacts look really nice).

Think I'll go browse through the Sibsim photography thread now.