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Gollum
31-12-2010, 10:03am
For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas

The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=kodachrome&st=cse
Clubmanmc
31-12-2010, 12:53pm
a sad day indeed...

:(

M
wideangle
01-01-2011, 11:56pm
sad day - another news story, this time a video about the 75 year history.....http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/12/31/3104507.htm
Analog6
02-01-2011, 6:13am
I found a few more links too. I made a blog post (http://odillesphotos.wordpress.com/) for it with them all.
mongo
02-01-2011, 7:41am
The digital world has opened many new doors but sadly closed a few good one too and now, killed an icon. Let us remember it fondly and preserve all examples we may still have of it.
Scotty72
05-01-2011, 8:20am
I heard on the ABC 702 (Syd) that the lab in Kansas is about to (the close of business on the 4th - US time) close down the processing machine. They were due to stop last month but were overwhelmed by the volume of last minute orders so, he was forced to press on for another week.

The guy who owns the processor said he got over 500 orders via mail alone which has almost depleted his final store of the necessary chemicals.

The end of an era.

Scotty
Mat
05-01-2011, 9:35am
Here is another link to look at. It has shots from the last roll produced.
http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/
electricmic
24-01-2011, 8:50pm
I only just recently got into film. Can anyone explain what made Kodachrome so great?

I doubt any other film would be mourned and I was just wondering why.
ricktas
25-01-2011, 5:52am
I only just recently got into film. Can anyone explain what made Kodachrome so great?

I doubt any other film would be mourned and I was just wondering why.

Lots of film have been mourned over the years, including entire companies (Agfa and Polariod) when they disappeared. So much so that other companies bought the rights to their films etc and continued to produce them, after the actual companies stopped production. Though it seems Polaroid has made a bit of a comeback after basically closing down in late 2008.
StanW
25-01-2011, 6:04am
chrome arrived a few days ago. It's as good as ever. I must see about scanning some.