Kodachrome - NY Times

[kino eye]

Just found this posted on their site.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/a-color-saturated-sun-sets-on-kodachrome/

 

[jsrockit]

Man, I'm sick of all this Kodachrome nostalgia! Get over it. (Runs, and hides from angry mob)

 

[marcr1230]

Another one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?_r=1&hp

 

[robklurfield]

I like the anecdote about the railroad man who brought in 1500+ rolls and borrowed from his daddy's retirement account to pay the $15,000+ in processing costs.

 

[varjag]

..and the girl who flew over the Atlantic to turn in her meager 3 rolls thought he was crazy.

 

[shadowfox]

Might as well make this thread merrier, eh jsrockit? 😉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPvF1MOU2kE

 

[dogberryjr]

I like the anecdote about the railroad man who brought in 1500+ rolls and borrowed from his daddy's retirement account to pay the $15,000+ in processing costs.

You'd think with a 1500 roll order they might cut him a bit of a discount.

 

[Andy Kibber]

I like the anecdote about the railroad man who brought in 1500+ rolls and borrowed from his daddy's retirement account to pay the $15,000+ in processing costs.

What a great use of $$$. I'm sure dad won't mind working an extra year or two.

 

[jsrockit]

Well, as much as borrowing $15,000 from your parent to develope film may seem ridiculous... it won't be if he is a competent photographer who was creating a archive of the railroad system. He may even have a customer in the railroad.

 

[35mmdelux]

Well, as much as borrowing $15,000 from your parent to develope film may seem ridiculous... it won't be if he is a competent photographer who was creating a archive of the railroad system. He may even have a customer in the railroad.

He will get a discount on return shipping of 1,499 rolls. The first roll ships for $4.50 (USD), afterwards only $1.00 per roll! What a deal -

 

[35mmdelux]

Processing Deadline: December 30 at NOON. Mine arrived with a few hours to spare! ...close call.

 

[Andy Kibber]

Well, as much as borrowing $15,000 from your parent to develope film may seem ridiculous... it won't be if he is a competent photographer who was creating a archive of the railroad system. He may even have a customer in the railroad.

Maybe.

I just can't imagine asking my father for $15,000 to develop film. And I really can't imagine him giving me the money! 🙂

 

[Graham Line]

Beat the deadline handily by sending my last roll of Kodachrome to, I think, Kodalux in 1995 -- came back mounted crooked with dirt all over it.

 

[35mmdelux]

Dwayne's ledgers will show that my Kodachrome was among the last processed ending the Era. not that it matters to anybody.....don't flame me, just saying...

 

[raid]

I am still waiting for Walmart to call me about my rolls. Maybe, they are among the few last rolls developed by Dwayne's?

 

[Andy Kibber]

According to the NY Times, the RR man hand carried and personally picked-up his film, no shipping fees involved.

That's about 100 lbs of film.

 

[35mmdelux]

That is only 54,000+ frames he will have to review and/or PP for uploading.

 

[mervynyan]

Well, as much as borrowing $15,000 from your parent to develop film may seem ridiculous... it won't be if he is a competent photographer who was creating a archive of the railroad system. He may even have a customer in the railroad.

agree, 50,000 exposures sure he can get few hits. hire an agent to market his collection to get the money back.

 

[35mmdelux]

agree, 50,000 exposures sure he can get few hits. hire an agent to market his collection to get the money back.

you better hire Donald Trump for this gig..

 

[css9450]

Beat the deadline handily by sending my last roll of Kodachrome to, I think, Kodalux in 1995 -- came back mounted crooked with dirt all over it.

I remember that era all too well unfortunately! A new name on the slide box every year, sloppy and indifferent mounting, ever-increasing turnaround time.... 1995 was the year I started to dabble in Fujichrome but even with them, I hated how each lab had a different "look" to the slides. Kind of made me long for good old Kodachrome again.