Kodachrome - the end of an era

[Snowflake]

Eastman Kodak is retiring Kodachrome film. The final roll of film will be shot by Steve MCCurry.

Photojournalist Steve McCurry's widely recognized portrait of an Afghan refugee girl, shot on Kodachrome, appeared on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. At Kodak's request, McCurry will shoot one of the last rolls of Kodachrome film and donate the images to the George Eastman House museum, which honors the company's founder, in Rochester.

For McCurry, who after 25 years with Kodachrome moved on to digital photography and other films in the last few years, the project will close out an era.

"I want to take (the last roll) with me and somehow make every frame count ... just as a way to honor the memory and always be able to look back with fond memories at how it capped and ended my shooting Kodachrome," McCurry said last week from Singapore, where he has an exhibition at the Asian Civilizations Museum.

Kodak has some awesome shots on display on their website and a slideshow of 43 pics is here.

The full news story is here

The end of an era, I'm not sad, I wasted a lot of kodachrome taking lousy shots.

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama dont take my kodachrome away

[JWBear]

An end of an era, indeed. It makes me sad for some reason.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by JWBear

An end of an era, indeed. It makes me sad for some reason.

I feel a tad nostalgic. But I can't remember the last time I had a roll of film developed.

[Tref]

They say in less then ten years film will be so obscure that when somebody hears the Duran Duran song, 'Girls on Film', they'll say, "Why am I listening to Duran Duran?"

Two minutes later, indeed.

[Morrigoon]

Dude... if I knew where my film camera was, it would make me wanna run out and shoot a last roll of the stuff, just because.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wow. When GD graduated college, he got the gift of our first digital brick camera. I was in awe of the 1 inch screen on the back.

That was only 8 years ago. And now Kodak film is dead. Unbelievable.

[CoasterMatt]

What does Paul Simon have to say on the subject?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

What does Paul Simon have to say on the subject?

Originally Posted by Paul Simon

No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
...
I can't for the life of me
Remember a sadder day
I know they say let it be
But it just don't work out that way
And the course of a lifetime runs
Over and over again

Or words to that effect...

[flippyshark]

I have ten rolls of unshot Kodachrome Super 8 mm film in my closet. About six years ago, I shot a (really awful) film in that format, and had to have it processed at Dwayne's, the only lab left in the world that can process it. I guess I should do something with the rest of it. (It's expired, so I don't know what kind of results I'll get.)

[Frikitiki]

I have a ton of pictures at my parents house but with digital photography it's SOOOOOOO much cheaper. Went to Paris last year and took 1500+ pictures. Couldn't do that with film.