"technical conservatism of professional photographers"

[MartinL]

Actually, a thoughtful first-person musing on the closing of the last lab to process Kodachrome (could be last in UK only, not clear.)

Don't know if this is a subscription link, but worth a look if you can get to the 3 Feb issue of London Review of Books.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n03/julian-stallabrass/short-cuts