Tags: Kodak

Tags: Kodak

“Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours

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 don’t take my kodachrome away”

--from the Simon and Garfunkel song Kodachrome

Kodachrome made by Kodak, probably the most famous film ever made, appears to be on the road to extinction. It’s looking very bleak for the once prestigious and renowned film as reports are surfacing that Kodak will not gear up and make it anymore. Also, there’s only one remaining Kodak certified Kodachrome film processor left to develop it, Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas. - RL

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Is the rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?

From Yahoo and AP
“It is an elaborately crafted photographic film, extolled for its sharpness, vivid colors and archival durability. Yet die-hard fan Alex Webb is convinced the digital age soon will take his Kodachrome away.

‘Part of me feels like, boy, if only I'd been born 20 years earlier,’ says the 56-year-old photographer, whose work has appeared in National Geographic magazine. "I wish they would keep making it forever. I still have a lot of pictures to take in my life."

Check out the photo of Bob Hope on stage photographed with 35mm Kodak Kodachrome film by my Dad in the 1950's and 60's during one of the Christmas trips entertaining the troops. More photos to come.