So mama dont take my Kodachrome away

[dmdigital]

Well Paul Simon has something to sing about again. Kodak has announced Kodachrome is to be discontinued.

For me once I started to shoot digital there was no going back but I must admit that there's still something special about film.

Shoptalk: Kodachrome Celebrated, Terminated - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com (http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/shoptalk-3/)

[werdan]

For me Kodachrome died when they took away the ISO25 version. That was an amazing film.

[Bigbjorn]

I thought they had already got completely out of film except medical, industrial, and professional film three-four years ago now.

[Taz]

Quite a remarkable film really. I've scanned maybe 500 Kodachrome slides over the past few months (down side of buying a scanner then the family find out and they want their collections digitised) and no sign of grain what so ever, even if you process the hell out of it in PS.

No doubt Kodachrome would still be around if it used the standard C6 process instead of the unique lab requirements it needs.

[Grumpy]

Quite a remarkable film really. I've scanned maybe 500 Kodachrome slides over the past few months (down side of buying a scanner then the family find out and they want their collections digitised) and no sign of grain what so ever, even if you process the hell out of it in PS.

No doubt Kodachrome would still be around if it used the standard C6 process instead of the unique lab requirements it needs.


what type of scanner are you using? epsontype desktop or, one that fifs onto the camera.
tony

sorry amout the typing, had an op. on my hand to day - covered in bandages.

:wheelchair:

[Chucaro]

Fuji Velvia was my favorite :)

[DeanoH]

Aaaah I remember:)

Kodak Vericolor in my antique Exacta. Don't miss it one bit. Digital mightn't be as fine grain but a heck of a lot cheaper, convenient and easy to use.

Now what was that excellent mono film .....AgfaChrome 25 ??


Deano

[Sprint]

Kodachrome = Slides?

[rick130]

Kodachrome = Slides?

Yep, the trannies that people talked about that had nothing to do with the 'cross :lol2:

Fuji still have a complete range of tranny film.
FUJIFILM Australia (http://www.fujifilm.com.au/products/products.asp?id=50&sid=22)
FUJIFILM Australia (http://www.fujifilm.com.au/products/products.asp?id=27&sid=3)

[Taz]

what type of scanner are you using? epsontype desktop or, one that fifs onto the camera.
tony

:wheelchair:
I use the epson v700. Its not bad, probably not as good as a dedicated film scanner, but not far behind it and a lot faster to scan with (can do em in batches rather than one at a time). I'm happy with it (after about 2weeks of learning the "knack" for it), and whilst I got it at a good price, I'd have been happy if I paid full price. The look on the relative’s faces when they see the results makes it worth it. Whilst I recon a perfectly exposed and focussed slide on a quality projector in a dark room is still the pinnacle of viewing experiences, in reality most slides are not perfect (nor projectors or viewing environments) and a bit of a touch up in PS can do wonders when displayed on a decent monitor. To my folks, it was like seeing some of the slides for the first time.

[matbor]

What's film grandad ? :wasntme::D:p

[werdan]

Here's to Kodachrome!

Once upon a time, the only choice for colour film.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/228.jpg

Photo taken by my grandmother, 1967.
Kodachrome 64, Minolta Elite 5400II scanner.

[Taz]

Wow - nice shot. Very impressive dynamic range and beautiful highlight rendition.