Kodachrome discontinued
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Originally Posted By: eljefino
I haven't shot slides for a decade... and I was one of the last holdouts.
Stuff was a nightmare to process, I thought it was sent overseas due to environmental issues but in fact the whole world's film was sent to Kansas for developing.
I didn't think Paul Simon still had it in his repertoire.
Originally Posted By: eljefino
I haven't shot slides for a decade... and I was one of the last holdouts.
Kodachrome RIP. 
I've pretty well lost interest in photography these past few years- but from about '95 til ~'06, my informal(yet near bulletproof! 
) test for a "new to me" camera with automatic exposure, was to shoot a roll of Kodachrome 64. I always deliberately took many of the shots in "difficult" conditions- and with one of my favorite cameras(a sweet little pocket-sized Olympus Stylus Epic), it adjusted for ASA 50 instead of 64!
Anyhoo, my yardsick was simply this- if it would expose Kodachrome 64 properly, it would probably expose *anything* properly, & modern color print film should be almost foolproof. And FWIW- those exposed-at-ASA(ISO)-50-settings from the little Epic came out beautifully. Of course, the difference was only 1/3 stop. (ASA = showing my age! 
)
It's a shame, but I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. We have slides my Dad took in the late 1940's- some are on a different film brand(begins with "A"? can't think of the name), they've all faded badly, almost turned browntone. The Kodachrome slides are still bright & beautiful. It's also worth noting that even though the last estimates of image life on Kodachrome were something over 200 yrs if kept frozen, the fact is that if kept frozen, they're virtually certain to last that long- and may last *much* longer. (If the power doesn't go out, of course! 
) They'll certainly last much longer than the people in the photos, even when stored in the proverbial shoebox.
I've pretty well lost interest in photography these past few years- but from about '95 til ~'06, my informal(yet near bulletproof! ) test for a "new to me" camera with automatic exposure, was to shoot a roll of Kodachrome 64. I always deliberately took many of the shots in "difficult" conditions- and with one of my favorite cameras(a sweet little pocket-sized Olympus Stylus Epic), it adjusted for ASA 50 instead of 64!
Anyhoo, my yardsick was simply this- if it would expose Kodachrome 64 properly, it would probably expose *anything* properly, & modern color print film should be almost foolproof. And FWIW- those exposed-at-ASA(ISO)-50-settings from the little Epic came out beautifully. Of course, the difference was only 1/3 stop. (ASA = showing my age! )
It's a shame, but I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. We have slides my Dad took in the late 1940's- some are on a different film brand(begins with "A"? can't think of the name), they've all faded badly, almost turned browntone. The Kodachrome slides are still bright & beautiful. It's also worth noting that even though the last estimates of image life on Kodachrome were something over 200 yrs if kept frozen, the fact is that if kept frozen, they're virtually certain to last that long- and may last *much* longer. (If the power doesn't go out, of course! ) They'll certainly last much longer than the people in the photos, even when stored in the proverbial shoebox.
) Originally Posted By: eljefino
autochrome or agfachrome?
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That's enough Kodachrome moments. And that's all she wrote.
Originally Posted By: rshunter
Originally Posted By: eljefino
autochrome or agfachrome?
When I compare photograph from news items from the early 90-s on film and the digital photographs of the present day, I also think that film is archaic.
There could be some applications for art purposes that film is suitable but for journalists and regular lay persons shooting family pictures, modern digital cameras yield far better results.
Here's a very interesting graph that compares the relative merit of various film speeds, along one side, to the megapixel ratings, along the other. It's a little hard to follow at first (was for me, anyway...). Just take the MP rating you want to compare to film speed, and follow to the point of intersection. Colors reflect the comparison.
This is from Roger Clark's superb site, Clarkvision.com , which you can find by clicking HERE. Please do check it out; it's very well worth the visit if you're at all into photography. He's both an accomplished artist, and has a vast knowledge of the technical stuff.
This is from Roger Clark's superb site, Clarkvision.com , which you can find by clicking HERE. Please do check it out; it's very well worth the visit if you're at all into photography. He's both an accomplished artist, and has a vast knowledge of the technical stuff. 