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Title: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Dumpsterkitty on 25-Jul-10, 06:33:53 PM

The last produced roll of Kodachrome was given to the photographer who took the Afghan Girl photo for National Geo. It's now "in the can" ...story at NPR (http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/07/23/128728114/kodachrome)

Interesting what he did before each exposure...

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Carol P. on 25-Jul-10, 06:43:13 PM

I have some left. :wave:

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Lou on 25-Jul-10, 08:17:12 PM

:crying:

Thanks for sharing, Eileen.

Lou

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Lord G on 26-Jul-10, 10:04:34 AM

I regret to say that I never used Kodachrome. I was a b/w print film guy back in my analog days (Tri-X pan was my favorite, but plus-x got lots of use too). I had a science teacher in High School and he shot Kodakchrome, IIRC. Great film. Too bad it's passing into history. Good song, too...

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Donna on 26-Jul-10, 02:11:10 PM

Quote from: Lord G on 26-Jul-10, 10:04:34 AM

Love that song!

Kodachrome
You give us those nice bright colors
You 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

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: MAK on 26-Jul-10, 04:03:47 PM

:mbanana: bguitar :music: :frog:

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: Shaky on 26-Jul-10, 04:05:43 PM

A nicely done video based on Simon's Kodachrome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SExsuRIGAlg

Title: Re: The last roll of Kodachrome
Post by: anneintoronto on 26-Jul-10, 07:27:44 PM

I'm bouncing along to the song and at the same time have tears running down my face... Silly, perhaps, but Kodachrome stood me in good stead for thousands of photographs -- hundreds of memories -- good times and bad... It's hard, though of necessity, acceptable, that another era has ended... I think giving "the last produced roll of Kodachrome to the photographer, who took the Afghan Girl photo for National Geographic", is a fine gesture. He certainly put the product to a distinctive and memorable use!! I still have one roll of Kodachrome and a roll of Tri-X from when I used to print my own black & white photographs, sitting sealed in the fridge... I guess I've held onto them, more of a gesture than a need, since I bought my first digital camera.

Thanks, Kodak!
Anne C. (Toronto, ON Canada)

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