They Took The Kodachrome Away...
 

I realize reminiscing over a film cam slide film is Geezer-like,
for many of the readers here, but Kodachrome 25 and 64,
(the ASA or ISO speed), was the pinnacle of color transparency
film, imo.

I have slides shot in the '60s and '70s, that when projected,
are knockouts, 40 yrs later.

But, it was bound to happen...
Kodak Retires Kodachrome:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/te...achrome&st=cse


Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

YouTube - Paul Simon - Kodachrome

And, an interesting short vid of the back story of Simon's recording effort at Muscle Shoals
for the album There Goes Rhymin'Simon, on which the song was recorded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPxQN7DVCFQ

Man I love that song!

The boy in the bubble has to be my favorite though...sorry for the hijack. :(

I also like the song.

I think the end of Kodachrome is a indication of the dying industry in the USA.

With that announcement from Kodak, I'm afraid its time to officially put my old-reliable film camera into retirement.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...onFE1981-2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...onFE1981-1.jpg

Yeah those were the days....

too bad...

What's next? Plux X and Tri X ?

Bye Bye. And my old Canon FTb...:(

Ah yes, back to the good ol' days. Unfortunately I'm not as old (physically) to remember what Kodachrome is, but I do remember putting rolls of film into the Camera. And one could choose between the different speeds (100/200/400 etc...) and different quality of the film.

I'm going to be sad when they stop selling film altogether because I really hate digital cameras. When you push the shutter on a Digicam, it does nothing until the object/person begins to move, or dies of old age.

Newer DSLR are very fast.

The shift from film to digital leads to a corresponding shift in 'shooting philosophy' (shooting style) much more radical than going from stick to auto trans.

The obvious advantage with digital is adjustable ISO - this is GOOD. With film the photographer had to decide at the onset what film speed to carry (ISO), once loaded you're stuck with it if lighting conditions change.

With digital one has a tendency to shoot a lot and sort out later - this is NOT so good. What I miss with shooting transparency or film is the self-disclipine that it imposes by pressuring the photographer "to make every shot count". You go out with a finite number of shots on fixed number of rolls, each shot equating to a fixed number of dollars. So there you are striving to shoot it right 'at the camera'... that's the test of skill and where the fun is.

I too am one of the 'old shool' guys... like to go out thinking I still have 25 exposures of Kodachrome 25 in my DSLR.

:iagree:

Very well said, imo...but, even us old school guys have flexed to shoot,
shoot, shoot, fill up the mem card, and see what we get. I have resisted
Photoshop thus far, but I am weakening. :D

I pulled out some 40 yr old KChromes the other night, from the basement,
and they still look amazing, archival-wise. I may break down and get a
bunch scanned and put to DVD or...

Shooting with KChrome 25 forced me to "look" hard, be selective, and
understand "light", as there was little inherent film speed. An amazing
product, but time waits for no one.
BR,mD

PS: I still have a roll of Kodak Ektar 25 color film in my freezer. My kids
can toss it when I croak. :D