The Very Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Made Was Used to Capture NYC

shadowfox said:
You guys are amazing. I thought this thread is about celebrating Kodachrome. :(
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I see here people discussing mainly photographers known for their use of Kodachrome (McCurry, Webb, Allard), and Kodachrome availability. Not so bad for a thread about the end of Kodachrome.
 
@goodtimes: no processing in europe: I send mines to kodak in Switzerland and they ship to USA for develping and than back to my home adress. Last time it took about three weeks.
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PKR said:
Hi;

I went to the google link of Bill Allard's photos. While a nice grouping. I noticed at least one photo in the group that wasn't taken by Allard.
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A google search for a given name (mine, Allard's, Paul Newman's, and probably yours) rarely brings perfect results, in an image search or otherwise. I merely wanted to provide a set of links to photos taken by Allard, and Google is an efficient (though obviously imperfect) way to do that. In fact one of the photos that comes up in that search is McCurry's Afghan Girl photo. But those results can be a good starting point. What surprised me about that search was how few false positives it generates, and what a great selection of Allard's images it retrieves.
 
semilog said:
A google search for a given name (mine, Allard's, Paul Newman's, and probably yours) rarely brings perfect results, in an image search or otherwise. I merely wanted to provide a set of links to photos taken by Allard, and Google is an efficient (though obviously imperfect) way to do that. In fact one of the photos that comes up in that search is McCurry's Afghan Girl photo. But those results can be a good starting point. What surprised me about that search was how few false positives it generates, and what a great selection of Allard's images it retrieves.
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Hi semilog;
My comments were not directed to (at) you. Please accept my apology if it looked that way.

I just noticed the odd photo in the batch (by another NGS photographer). After some looking around I noticed that some low-life wantabes are trying to leverage the name search to get their stuff noticed. It's quite obvious, that they have tailored the image delivery to be picked up by a bot crawl. Anything to get noticed, I guess. The photographer who has joined himself with Penn has a little campaign going. Penn isn't around to do anything about it. If anyone on here knows Tom Penn, you might give him a heads up. Maybe he can get the guy to cool it. p.
 
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I have several rolls of Kodachrome left in the fridge.
This thread has reminded me of the ultimate deadline for developing!
We could hold our own RFF Last Rolls of Kodachrome Project.

Any interest?
 
Good idea, Raid! And maybe those who have some Kodachrome on hand but don't plan on shooting it can make it available to other members who will shoot it in time for the "last call" on processing it. Would be sad to have a stock of Kodachrome on hand and no possible processing...
 
That sounds like a good idea. I've got a couple of rolls left to finish before sending it to Dwayne's so I'd definitely be interested in a 'Farewell Kodachrome' project.
 
Stretching out those last few rolls...

Stretching out those last few rolls...

I picked up ten rolls of K64 last year -- I hadn't shot Kodachrome in decades -- and the two rolls I've shot so far made me wish I'd been using it all along. I'd hoped to use more of it in the spring, but life was busy. Now I'm hoarding a bit for the fall colors, but I've feared Dwayne's would run out of chemicals before then. (Didn't they say "until the end of 2010 or until the chemicals run out" at some point?)
 
i have few rolls left. Why don't we have a small online exhibition after Dec, 2010 to show the last rolls of Kodachrome.
 
It's time...

It's time...

I suppose it's time to use this up.
 

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jan normandale said:
Michael, of course you should use it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could use it in a stereoscopic camera like the 'stereo realist' as described on the box.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_Realist
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Jan, aside from being a highly regarded dealer in cameras, Igor is very active in a local stereo club. I tagged along for one meeting, people came from several states.
They take their work very seriously-- I think your suggestion is an excellent one.

I have some Kodachrome sitting in the freezer, wondering if I can use it now.

J

ps-- the president of the club had a couple of Bessa M mounts melded into one stereo camera with dual 15mm Cosina lenses mounted, took a year to get it-- so these folks are serious-- which is a breath of fresh air. I may suggest to Igor that I send them some of my frozen film, it could be a great contest to shoot the last batches of Kodachrome as a contest for the stereo club.

Regards, John
 
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dyao said:
I'm trying to buy some now but they go for $6 minimum on eBay...
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PM me, the freezer is due for a clean out, and it seems I may not have the time to shoot what I have, but it is not the most organized freezer, and I am unsure as to what I actually have.

Film at camera shows around here is being snapped up by dealers before the shot begins, and resold on line, so I do not see much film at any kind of decent prices.

Regards, John
 
jan normandale said:
Michael, of course you should use it. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could use it in a stereoscopic camera like the 'stereo realist' as described on the box.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_Realist
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Jan, I think you're right. Better an artist than an antiquarian, even if I'm no good at either. Somewhere around here I have a stereo camera, though not so classy a one as the Stereo Realist. Maybe I should get a Stereo Realist for the occasion... After all, they were made in the same city at the same time I was -- though in a different factory ;)
 
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