LOL you mean back in 2006 when mr pérez told the world that film photography was dead ?Then first we would have to discuss how careful Kodak was with their wording so far.
OK everyone, what specific aesthetic qualities of K-14 Kodachrome was it that you liked & why?
Bad idea John. That will just give rise to a whole new batch of conspiracy theories about what's buried in Kodachrome's Tomb.LOL you mean back in 2006 when mr pérez told the world that film photography was dead ?
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personally i think kodak / EK / KA should build a mausoleum in rochester, like they did for grant in nyc ..
and they should put kodachrome on it or in it along with all the other films and papers and kodak products
people refuse to acknowledge is not around anymore .. let people visit it, pay their respects and move on..
To my eye, it was the most accurate and realistic color slide film, and the most tolerant of exposure error.
It was not. Your eyes must have a problem. It just looked good.
PE
It was not. Your eyes must have a problem. It just looked good.
PE
Agree. I shoot film for it's characteristics and the workflow involved in it. If I want spot-on accuracy and resolution I will shoot digital. Among films, Kodachrome itself had a unique look to it. The colors were just amazing.Isn't it what we all want from a film? I mean accuracy and neutrality have their value for some applications but for a lot of us what is the most rewarding is how good it looks to our own eyes.
That's all well and good, but in its later years, NOT ENOUGH preferred its look anymore and/or were more attracted to the attributes of other films or mediums for it to continue in production. That's what counts.
A lot. The principal reason I quit Kodachrome after the Lausanne lab closed. It was so unpractical that I did not even develop my two last rolls.How expensive would it be sending one roll around the globe twice?
Bad idea John. That will just give rise to a whole new batch of conspiracy theories about what's buried in Kodachrome's Tomb.
They send their product on pallets with freight forwarders. Trusted sender and recipient. They can make arrangements that are not possible for you using ordinary mail .It sounds unacceptable that sending fresh film to the retailers world wide would suffer this issue. Fuji and Kodak must have sorted out this issue a long time ago I guess.
All we need for Kodachrome processing is one lab (inhouse Kodak lab?) doing it for the global market, for a start. Shouldn't be too difficult to keep that lab busy. Kodak has recently opened new labs around the world for cinema processing so it shouldn't as impossible as some people think it is. If K-14 is too complex, I would be completely satisfied with Kodachrome II if it could make things simplier.
As for the electric car analogy, in the 80's the infrastructure for making electric car again wasn't there anymore, did it prevent people to think about developping electric car again?
How expensive would it be sending one roll around the globe twice? Not even mentioning scanning issues.
The market "in its later years" is irrelevant to today and tomorrow markets.
It's better stuff than K25.
What evidence do you have that today's and tomorrow's markets are any more favorable to its return?
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