Not an albatross, a legacy. Kodachrome is what Velvia wants to be... (Ooh, that should start something). I like Kodachrome, just haven't shot any in years. Nothing important enough to go to the trouble and expense.
Brendan MacRae wrote: >Oh, absolutely. Kodak has wanted to kill Kodachrome >for a loooong time now. > >One less albatross. > >-Brendan > >--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Brendan MacRae wrote: >> >> >> >>>RIP Kodachrome 1935 - 2006. What a run... >>> >>>Of course, I need to remind all of you that I've >>> >>> >>been >> >> >>>hearing about Kodachrome's "final" demise for about >>> >>> >>20 >> >> >>>years. In fact, I remember that in 1992 when I was >>> >>> >>in >> >> >>>film school, Kodak had announced (as they did >>>virtually every quarter) that they were "suspending >>>manufacture" of Kodachrome. Later, they sent out >>>another press release reversing themselves saying >>> >>> >>that >> >> >>>the adverse public reaction had nixed the deal and >>>that production would continue. And that was just >>> >>> >>for >> >> >>>the Super 8 and 16mm versions. >>> >>>So who knows? It's the zombie of the film >>>world...undead until further notice... >>> >>> >>I'vejust been looking around the Kodak web site >> >> >> >(http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/prodSupportIndex.jhtml) > > >>Under the "Films" heading there's a listing for >>"Color Transparency >>Films: E-Family" (Ektachrome) but nothing for the K >>family >>(Kodachrome). If you follow the E-family link you go >>to a page with a >>menu that *does* include "KODACHROME Professional >>Films", which is a >>link to a page with only one film: Kodachrome 64. >>I note that each of the Ektachrome films has its own >>page with a >>sample photo and glowing descriptions of the film's >>desirable >>qualities. The buried Kodachrome page just has a few >>lines of text. It >>really looks as if Kodak wishes Kodachrome would >>just go away. >> >>-- >>Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia >>www.robertstech.com >>412-687-2835 >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
