Survey - How many rolls of Kodachrome would you commit to shoot a year?

[BradleyK]

snip...

Then again you don't really seem to be worried about money much... snip

I'm not sure if it's a matter of worrying about money, StoneNYC, as it is a matter of wanting to grasp the moment and celebrate being alive and all the beauty that surrounds us! Is there a better vehicle for doing so than pursuing one of the "arts"? As I have mentioned in other posts, I have an almost pathological fear of missing "things" to the point that at least one (and often two) of my Nikons are always loaded and nearby; indeed I never leave the house without a camera (Jay Maisel's advice). A future with Velvia/Provia? I am more concerned to use the Ektachrome I have in stock, before committing to purchasing more E6; given the shrinkage of Fuji's offerings in the recent past, I wonder about the availability of processing in the future...

 

[BradS]

zero....not even if it were priced on par with E6.

I love color prints. However, after nearly four decades of using whatever C-41 was on sale and enjoying high quality, fast, local processing at reasonable prices, I've pretty much given up on color photography - both print and chrome. Processing has become an expensive crap shoot. The few labs that are left take a week minimum and often as not produce shitty results.

 

[StoneNYC]

Stone... anything below about 51-100 per year (pure guess on my part) is "spit in the ocean". That is the point I am hoping you can follow. Re: 3rd grade, I didn't go to 3rd... I skipped it and went straight to 5th.

Pennies add up you know...

 

[StoneNYC]

I'm not sure if it's a matter of worrying about money, StoneNYC, as it is a matter of wanting to grasp the moment and celebrate being alive and all the beauty that surrounds us! Is there a better vehicle for doing so than pursuing one of the "arts"? As I have mentioned in other posts, I have an almost pathological fear of missing "things" to the point that at least one (and often two) of my Nikons are always loaded and nearby; indeed I never leave the house without a camera (Jay Maisel's advice). A future with Velvia/Provia? I am more concerned to use the Ektachrome I have in stock, before committing to purchasing more E6; given the shrinkage of Fuji's offerings in the recent past, I wonder about the availability of processing in the future...

I mean simply you can afford to shoot that much, I simply couldn't shoot that much and also not die of starvation from lack of eating food for a year ... Lol

 

[Wayne]

Stone... anything below about 51-100 per year (pure guess on my part) is "spit in the ocean". That is the point I am hoping you can follow. Re: 3rd grade, I didn't go to 3rd... I skipped it and went straight to 5th.

That's starting to look like a mistake.

 

[wildbill]

I have some k64 in 120 left that I'd shoot if I could process it myself as slides. Otherwise I'll sell it for 1 million dollars/roll.

 

[BradS]

There should definitely be a "zero" option in the poll....yes, separate form the "<5" option.

Less than five is too easily interpreted as "some". Zero makes it plain...NONE. I'll bet many will see no zero option and simply not vote. Then, those of us who are engaging in the fantasy (that Kodachrome might be revived) will grab on to the "some" and further advance this psychotic dream.

 

[BrianShaw]

Pennies add up you know...

It appears that you are neither an investor nor a marketing guy. Neither am I but I watch "Shark Tank" and have come to understand how little concern both investors and marketing guys have for pennies. For you and me they add up (I still pick up stray pennies when I find them), but for folks looking to make a profit they need lots and lots of dollars... not pennies.

 

[BrianShaw]

There should definitely be a "zero" option in the poll....yes, separate form the "<5" option.

Less than five is too easily interpreted as "some". Zero makes it plain...NONE. I'll bet many will see no zero option and simply not vote. Then, those of us who are engaging in the fantasy (that Kodachrome might be revived) will grab on to the "some" and further advance this psychotic dream.

Maybe someone should start a new poll: for the <5 roll vote, did you mean "0 rolls" or "1 - 5 rolls"?

 

[StoneNYC]

That's starting to look like a mistake.

ROFLMAO!!!

 

[StoneNYC]

Maybe someone should start a new poll: for the <5 roll vote, did you mean "0 rolls" or "1 - 5 rolls"?

How about a "should we ban new pols involving Kodachrome poll?

 

[BradS]

Maybe someone should start a new poll: for the <5 roll vote, did you mean "0 rolls" or "1 - 5 rolls"?

I'm gonna go out and spit in the ocean today...I am quite sure that will have a more noticeable effect than all this blathering on about a revival of Kodachrome (of all things).

 

[StoneNYC]

I'm gonna go out and spit in the ocean today...I am quite sure that will have a more noticeable effect than all this blathering on about a revival of Kodachrome (of all things).

Butterfly effect...

 

[Wayne]

There should definitely be a "zero" option in the poll....yes, separate form the "<5" option.

Less than five is too easily interpreted as "some". Zero makes it plain...NONE. I'll bet many will see no zero option and simply not vote.

That is why I did not-and will not- vote. My answer is zero, although to be honest, I'd probably buy a roll or two just to be supportive. And then zero.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Fine - amend the poll to say, "IF you want Kodachrome back, how much of it would you commit to shooting every year?"

 

[BrianShaw]

I'm gonna go out and spit in the ocean today...I am quite sure that will have a more noticeable effect than all this blathering on about a revival of Kodachrome (of all things).

I'll join you, but it is too cold to go to the coast (it's 63 deg here and colder at the beach). I'll flush my spit and it will meet the ocean sooner or later.

 

[StoneNYC]

I'll join you, but it is too cold to go to the coast (it's 63 deg here and colder at the beach). I'll flush my spit and it will meet the ocean sooner or later.

No that gets "cleaned" and turned back into drinking water...

As for the cold... It's a warm 28 here, and I mean that is warm for this time of year... Whimp

 

[Randy Moe]

I still have some and I would buy ZERO. I shot KC for a long time and still have all my slides. Don't need it, don't want it and I will use Ektar IF I ever shoot color again. I am shooting a little Fujifilm Superia as it is available, so cheap and Costco develops it for $1.59 a roll.

Dead horse topic.

 

[removed account4]

if kodachrome was reanimated from the crypt, was given a glorious welcome and fanfare
and the throngs rejoiced, i wouldn't shoot any kodachrome, not really sure what the point is ..
but if tri x ortho came back, i would buy 50 100 sheet boxes of 8x10 ...

 

[Sirius Glass]

zero, zilch, aiyn v'efface, noda

 

[jerrybro]

I had to choose less than 5 because none was not an option. I was a K25 shooter years ago, and never really missed it when it went away. K64 was never my cup of tea. I adapted to E64 and the later E100 variants and never looked back. Of course, YMMV.

 

[Kc2edh]

Sadly, I only had the chance to shoot one roll of Kodachrome in my life. I had a point 'n shoot Canon as a kid, but never ventured beyond cheap drugstore color negative film. I became more serious in film photography a couple years ago and managed to get one badly expired roll of K200 to Dwayne's right before their deadline for K-14 processing. Results were unimpressive due to the age of the film. I know what it was capable of, as my family has many slides and 8mm films from the 50's and 60's that still look awesome.

Around then (when I also had a full-time job) I stocked up on film whenever I could. If I didn't have a freezer of black & white, Ektachromes, and Velvias I'd be more supportive for Kodachrome's theoretical revival. Now that I'm a broke college student again I'm thankful this freezerfull still keeps me shooting!

 

[MattKing]

That's deceiving, SOME is a lot different than NONE. You know this...

Less than five includes zero.

In fact, less than five includes -3, although that has no significance in this context.

"<5" and "between 1 and 5" are two different things.

 

[Wayne]

If I say I'm going to shoot <5 and what I mean is I'm not going too shoot any, my meaning is lost. If 50,000 people shoot 4 rolls that's 200,00 rolls a week, which is a lot different than if 100,000 shoot zero rolls because that's still zero.

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

If I say I'm going to shoot <5 and what I mean is I'm not going too shoot any, my meaning is lost. If 50,000 people shoot 4 rolls that's 200,00 rolls a week, which is a lot different than if 100,000 shoot zero rolls because that's still zero.

Damned good point.

Ken