The end of Kodachrome processing

<p>The NYT today has a story about the last processing lab in Kansas is closing and selling the machinery for scrap ... <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23</a></p>

At least we'll always have the song--!

<p>And we all have boxes of slides. Sigh!</p>

<p>" selling for scrap"<br>

this means there is little or no home of a reprieve.<br>

Kodak shot itself in the foot<br>

IF they had made K-100 or K-50 ( many newer cameras will not set themselves to 64, I have several I know.<br>

snd promioted the product, It might have been more than 1-2% of sales.<br>

TRUE film is FADING ( nio pun intended) but there is still money to be made,<br>

and instead a total forward and damn looking back attitude,<br>

many older things could still show a profit.<br>

there must be adjustments for reduced market share.<br>

and I understand why there is no longer a 1 hour lab on every street corner.</p>

 

<p> Well Kodachrome is gone. That's the end of it. However B/W is still alive and so am I.</p>

<p>64 speed was originally designed for Instamatic cameras (126 format). Kodacolor-X, Kodachrome-X, and Ektachrome-X were all 64 speed. When ANSI revised the film speed standard for color negative still film, Kodacolor-X came out 80 speed. </p>

<p>There were at least 4 separate attempts to build a K-100 film. Each project was started by a manager who was a Kodachrome enthusiast and each project was killed by a bean counter who projected little if any increased revenue. Maintaining revenue (compared to falling revenue) was never enough to pay for a film building project.</p>

<p>Yep, I just sent in my last four rolls. I sure hope they got there before noon today!</p>

<p>Jason</p>

<p>Just in case the article didn't make it clear, Dwayne's is still doing film, just not Kodachrome. So far, at least, they're still doing the E6 and other stuff.</p>

<p>My understanding is that one of the problems with Kodachrome was the chemicals used in processing, which are expensive and hard to dispose of. </p>

<p>Holy crap! This topic has gone big time.</p>

<p>Today the CBS Evening News did a story on the demise of Kodachrome and showed Dwayne's of Kansas shop processing the last batch.</p>

<p>Do any of you think because of this news there will be an onslaught of preset and action scripts on the market that more accurately digitally emulate the Kodachrome look? Anyone find a preset or set of actions that already does do this the best?</p>

<p>NY Times photo blog, Lens, on the end of Kodachrome including the last three shots on the last roll taken by Steve McCurry. <br>

<a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/a-color-saturated-sun-sets-on-kodachrome/">http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/a-color-saturated-sun-sets-on-kodachrome/</a></p>

<p>Tim, <br>

There have been plug-ins for years that claim to provide the Kodachrome look. The best one I've seen (from Alien Skin) provides a pale imitation of K-64. A perfect match is impossible since digital cameras have spectral sensitivity patterns that are different from Kodachrome. (And K-25 was different from K-64 and K-200.) </p>

<p>Was Kodachrome ever widely developed locally(US)? I shot almost exclusively slide film in the 70s but even back then I recall shooting Ektachrome. I suspect I could not have them processed locally even back then.</p>

Brian M - I think Kodachrome was processed in Honolulu HI in the '80s.

 

From the Kodachrome group on flickr.com

"Now that KODACHROME is gone..."

http://www.flickr.com/groups/kodachrome/discuss/72157625707831764/72157625707938746/

 

 

DxO Filmpack

http://www.dxo.com/us/photo/filmpack/introduction

 

 

Available Film Looks

http://www.dxo.com/us/photo/filmpack/available_film_looks

 

 

I don't know the product. I don't have a digital camera. And my digital photo editing skills are rudimentary.

 

Any way, what I will miss is my Kodachromes laid out across a light table.