The last roll of Kodachrome

[Dumpsterkitty]

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



Interesting what he did before each exposure...

[Carol P.]

I have some left.   

[Lou]

 

Thanks for sharing, Eileen.

Lou

[Lord G]

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... 

[Donna]

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... 

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

[MAK]

  bguitar

[Shaky]

A nicely done video based on Simon's Kodachrome.

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

[anneintoronto]

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)