claudia__ Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/movies/31koda.html?">NYT article (registration req.)</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Can you post more info from this article. I dont feel like registering just to read this one article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudia__ Posted May 31, 2005 Author Share Posted May 31, 2005 cream in your coffee? sweet and lo, or sugar? (~_") just register. its a good rag...you might want to read some other news sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Nevermind. I had to read it. They mentioned a petition to save the film. They also said they would consider still making it if you could find someone to develop it. Doesn't Dwaynes in Kansas do Super 8? I can't see Switzerland being the only place. They did say the Switzerland plant will stop development in Dec 2007. So that gives us 2.5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_johnson15 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Go here for K-14 movie processing via Dwayne's: http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/movies/ Take you Super8 film to Wal-Mart. They do it for $4.88 everyday. Don't know about Super8, but regular Kodachrome 35mm takes "14 days" officially. Recently it's been returned in as little as 6 days. Leave on Monday morning and it's back on Sunday afternoon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_pike1 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 On the Kodak site, it says they're pulling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_mcallister Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 >They mentioned a petition to save the film.< What is this Mr. Rodgers Neiborhood? Film isn't some big ol oak tree there gonna save with a petition. Someone sign a contract with Kodak for a bulk run of the stuff and yeah they'll make it. Ditto for Dwaynes processing it. Money talks, everything else walks. Thems corporations not charity groups dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I have a hunch that a December 2007 shut-down would be world-wide. Kodak doesn't own Dwaynes, but I have no doubt that there is one or more forms of subsidies to them to keep that K-14 line running. (Gotta be cheaper than keeping Fair Lawn running would have been.) They probably pay them handsomely for processing Kodachrome for Kodak. I don't think they could keep it going without Kodak's help. (Or without the chemicals!) With only the K-14 line still running in Switzerland, that must be a money loser as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland_mowrey Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Try this: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/movies/31koda.html You don't need to register to read it. Ron Mowrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland_mowrey Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Sorry, I realize that it is the same URL, but I didn't need registration. Ron Mowrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustys pics Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I'm all for saving Super 8 kodachrome, and Kodachrome in general.The death of S8 Kodachrome was announced two weeks ago. Since then B&H has sold out ALL of their stock and awaiting more. Does this sound like a dead format to you guys?And don't give me that BS about "companies only make it for a profit". Well no kidding Sherlock. But Kodak has been notorious for demanding higher profit margins each year, like most U.S. companies. If you think it's a film vs digital debate <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0505/05053104kodakslrdisc.asp">then read this.<a/> Kodak has dumped their pro digital SLR line to "Concentrate on more profitable sectors". That means they need to sell more crummy digital P&S boxes to inflate short term earnings for the almighty shareholders. Looks like Kodak is making a lot of bad market decisions all the way 'round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Kodak pulled the 14 MP DSLRs because it wasn't good enough, it's as simple as that. They want to make sensors to other makers and apparently there are better profits involved. Nikon and Canon probably don't net much from their DSLRs either, but they get money from making and selling lenses for them, and those do produce profit. It's funny. Nikon is pulling out of the point and shoot digital market because they say the profits are low and they want to focus on DSLRs. Kodak thinks there are profits in point and shoots but not in DSLRs. It's all a question of what you can do well. Kodak has trouble making DSLRs because they don't make the whole system including lenses and accessories and as such they get problems with interfacing and have to make compromises which those other companies don't. I can't really see where Kodak would be competitive in the digital world. Making parts for other camera makers might be it, and software, printing technology, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_scott Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 The thing that caught my eye in the NY Times bit (in the excerpt for un-registered people like I) is: "...discontinue its Kodachrome Super 8 film in favor of a new Ektachrome product." A _new_ Ektachrome product, eh? That could be A Good Thing. BTW, for those of you in the U.K.: In my local Jessops, the Kettering branch, last week there were several rolls of Kodachrome Super 8 in the film display. I was surprised. Amazed, even. Admission, though: I no longer have Super 8 gear. I do have an ancient Bolex standard/regular 8; for which it was possible a few years back to still get black-and-white film, from Tony shapps' WideScreen Centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 You can still get Regular 8 B&W film from JandC Photo. I bought a local stores last two rolls of Koda Super 8, but they say the chain still has plenty of stock. I did notice the two films I bought expire next month, so in the freezer they went. I may buy some more rolls before the end of 2007 comes up. The new Ektachrome is not a new emulsion. Its been made for years in 16mm. Its too bad they couldn't base it off E100GX film. I believe that one is the closest thing to small grain and the best archival film besides Kodachrome. http://www.k14movies.com/ The above is Dwaynes website where Kodachrome movie film is developed in North America. Im not sure if Kodak sends movie film to them or just continues to send to Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 I posted it elsewhere, but for others following this post- here is a response by Dwaynes in Kansas about developing Super 8 Kodachrome in the future: Thank You for your question. Yes, we will still be processing Super 8 film as long as the 35mm is still around, even after the Switzerland lab closes. Please let me know if you require additional assistance. June Brooks K14movies.com So it looks like we can stock up on this stuff and safely not worry about getting it developed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25asa Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I checked some photo stores that bring in Kodachrome Super 8mm. Some have a few left on shelves, but one store said Kodak's supply of it has run out. So there is basically none left to get other then the stores that may still have some. That was quick. It was only discontinued just recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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