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End of an era
Kodak kills Kodachrome film after 74 years
I must admit, I'm as responsible for this photographic icon's demise as anyone. I never shot much slide film to begin with (in fact, I never owned a carousel projector) and have gone almost exclusively digital during the past five years or so. Still, without Kodachrome, the viewing of boring vacation photos will never be the same - crowding around a digital's tiny viewer screen can never replace sitting in a darkened living room watching a slideshow and trying not to doze off.
June 22, 2009 in Photography | Permalink
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Ah, but now you can have your digital photos appear on your giant plasma screen television, and your guests can doze in the technicolor glow from there.
It is odd to think that such hidebound industries -- print photography, shopping malls, soon printed books -- could disappear so quickly.
Posted by: Paul Lamb at Jun 23, 2009 6:01:57 AM
Alas poor Kodachrome! No photographic medium before or since ever came close to its ability to reproduce warm, saturated color.
Unbelievable archival qualities too, slides made in the 50's look like they could have been made yesterday.
In our world of instant gratification, fine quality always is the loser. Its demise was inevitable but very sad just the same.
RIP
Posted by: Jim Iska at Jun 23, 2009 2:47:38 PM
