Kodachrooooome….you give us the nice, bright colors….

[kendal larson]

….but not much longer.

http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i707a10734b4b7a6237915ad940a9443a

Yep – it’s going away.

KL

[Don Thompson]

While all my serious experience with photography has been digital, it has to be sort of sad for those, particularly professionals, who have used Kodachrome in the past to see it disappear. Many great photos have been shot using Kodachrome.

[Chad Simcox]

to be honest I thought it was already gone. I’ve always bought Ectachrom from Kodak, never shot kodachrome. I guess I’ll never know what I’m missing…

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[kurt budliger]

It sure took long enough.

[Chad Simcox]

mmm velvia makes everything better!

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[Douglas Barnes]

I shot a lot of Kodachrome back in the day so I was bummed to hear the news. Hiking and fishing with just a 28mm f/2 manual focus Nikkor mounted on an FM2, a few rolls of Kodachrome 64 in my rucksack. Youthful exuberance. Good times. CoreyK, remember Zion? All color was K64 baby!  Bright colors, sharp, and it was reputed to be the most archival of the transparency films. As I began to shoot more people I began using the more neutral Ektachrome E-6 emulsions for people (and commercial work), C-41 for portrait/prints, and the Disney saturated blue green friendly Velvia for outdoor photography. Still have a freezer full of all kinds of the stuff.

… It’s funny how you start shooting one film and kind of get stuck in using that for a while.

Chad, good point. I think that’s because it takes years to learn how certain films react to given situations. Especially when shooting lots people.( like you do and I dig your work dude!). Skin tones are very unforgiving! All it took for me was one case of putting a sunburned dude in the shade and shooting 2 1/4 Fujichrome unfiltered close-ups to learn that.  😀 Yikes! Live and learn.

Digital and the one click white balance have changed things a bit.

DB

[Chad Simcox]

I used to love shooting Ilford Delta 3200, but that stuff is $7 a roll now!

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[john michael white]

Digital does have so many advantages, but I do find my self longing for Velvia – but then I think of the cost of film and the cost to make hi res digital scans…

[Chad Simcox]

http://www.lifeindigitalfilm.net/category/presets/ Lightroom presets for film stocks

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[kurt budliger]

Amen to the price comment above, not to mention finding good labs that still process film, especially E-6.

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