Say it ain't so! Kodak announced on Monday that they are discontinuing Kodachrome film.
Farewell, red-eyed friends of our past...
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No more Kodachrome film? Ah, progress.
At least I still have my personal collection of red-eye pics from younger days!
I've read on this blog in a long time. Kodachrome (or film of any sort) and red-eyes have NOTHING to do with each other. Might as well claim it was the big hair.
In fact, the demise of kodachrome is another nail in the coffin of superior analogue technology, hammered once again by inferior but convenient digital technology. Nothing sounds like 1" tape, and no film or digital "equivalent" comes close to kodachrome. If you want to see examples, here are a number of them (not my album, I only wish I could afford a Leica):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbaleica/
Speaking of Leica, another example of superior old-school hi-tech....
Andy mentioned "red-eyed" and I thought of old photographs.
I lament the demise of Kodachrome just as much as you do.
I was snarking.
I'm not a photographer, though I know a few pros and quite a few highly enthusiastic amateurs, and they all lament the fact that film looks like its disappearing, or, short of disappearing, looks to become very expensive as less and less companies manufacture it.
And if you lived through the era of film, and you lived with parents who were nothing but rank amateurs as photographers, ya gotta admit that, as sure as the sunrise, when you got your pictures back from the lab at least one of those pictures shot around the Thanksgiving table or Christmas tree was going to contain red-eye.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
is that properly stored kodachrome transparencies will most likely outlive all of us.
the archival dyes used just don't fade.
I used to shoot with it and Fuji Velvia a long time ago.
As much as I hate to see it go away, I haven't shot a roll of any film in probably ten years.
We use a DSLR or a Canon compact digital for everything, now.
For most people, digital is so much better overall because you can take fantastic photos and share them instantly over the internets for no cost once you have the camera and the memory card.
when I heard about my Kotachrome being taken away. Makes me want diamonds on the soles of my shoes.
immediately think of leaving your lover! :D
Paul Simon
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I like that one too :)
Pictures Of Lily
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Photograph
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I've always liked his sense of humour and directness. This is one of my fave Ringo tunes.
Girls On Film
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
That was racy fun!
...I'd have searched for a live performance bid from the time Amato was touring with 'em as their flautist/sax player.
I really wanna see John in one of those headbands! *heehee*
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Keep searching, Andy! I'm sure you'll find a clip somewhere!
*teehee*
A Jim Croce cover - they pulled Jim's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1hkwmNV-gs
That guy is really good!
Fountain of Sorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FI23qf-xWg
Doctor My Eyes
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GytPv_v29lc&fe...
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
That song is a lovely tribute. George was a sweet and humble man with a beautiful soul.
Old Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPTOY8FrvNw
Overs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I78HxruQZ1M
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand on "Bleecker street:"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5UY1t47TNY
As much as I like the refrain of that song, I still like the first two lines the best:
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all.
Here's another one with neat color imagery: My Little Town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyzDekZAN0
too?--gotta figure the demand for slide film is even lower.) has lasted this long!! I remember developing film with my dad in the garage. My dad was rather accomplished as an amateur photographer; the digital camera was actually a great development for me--decent photographer, but lacking patience to carry lenses, develop my own film, etc. Even my dad gave up his trusty old Pentax for a Sony digital in the few years before his death. I'm still using that camera to this day--just rechargeable batteries and memory space are all I need, to shoot at probably 90% of what I did with my old SLR.
Can't think of any photography tunes at the moment that haven't been covered so far.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Both were the best in their day, but the market couldn't handle the cost today. With Kodakchrome, processing was limited to a very few labs, normal turnaround was better than a week and the average duffer got one or two keepers. That's what brought us Ektachrome and E6.
I shifted reluctantly after fifty years of film photography and now use a pair of dSLR's and a tiny pocket camera and I can download and process the results in Photoshop Elements minutes after shooting an image. The newer high end digitals are better than film in resolution and color fidelity.
RIP Kodakchrome - your images were great, but the new kid on the block is just to good.
Sigh! Looks like it's going to be digital photography or nothing pretty soon. I must admit,because of the complexity of processing color film, I rarely used Kodachrome, but when I did, I was never disappointed with the result. Now me, I cut my photographic teeth on Tri-X - tremendous latitude when processing, great contrast. Kodachrome was great, but I lived and died by Tri-X
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
This is the first thing that popped in my mind when I read the news....funny!
Photography is a serious hobby of mine. Haven't shot film in probably 5 years, but I think I'll have to see if I can find any Kodachrome to shoot a few last rolls. It probaby costs a fortune to buy and to develope.
Definitely the end of an era. I remember "pushing" Ektachrome to get deeper colors with stronger contrast. It's just not the same adjusting in PhotoShop.
About ten years ago I was puting a trade show act together in Houston for a company in Wiscohsin. The DAY BEFORE dress rehearsal one of the Executive VP's demanded some MINOR COSTUME CHANGES. The shit (politically) really hit the fan until one of the AV guys put a Sony Mavica in my hands. We took some shots of the proposed changes... e-mailed the images to the home office in Wisconsin... had a top level executive decision in an hour... and they e-mailed the final choices back to us in plenty of time to make our performance schedules. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SAVED MY CAREER.
I had been a pretty good B&W darkroom printer, and had dabbled in CIBA CHROMES. There was NO MATCH for a KODACHROME transparancy printed with CibaChrome paper and chemistry. I still have a few on the walls of my office. Oh... did I metion that since I first loaded my first disc of PhotoShop 5.... I have never stepped into a darkroom since.
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