When Dwaynes stop the 64, what film offers the same?

[Jani_from_Finland]

When Dwaynes Photo stops developing the Kodachrome 64 as of 31.12.2010, is there any any any film available offering the same colors and latitude than this in E6, ie from Rollei (the old agfa films)?

In my opinion its the death of a masterpiece, why arent anyone doing anything to save at least something of the manufacturing process and developement? This film is slow but gives the best colors!

 

[Pickett Wilson]

There is no financial incentive in "saving" Kodachrome. For all its fans and a tremendous amount of nostalgia, Kodachrome was all but abandoned long ago as most folks adopted E-6 process transparency film. There is no question it is a unique film, but it has been on life-support for a long time.

 

[Trius]

NOTHING is the same, and there is not enough volume for continued production of them chemistry and maintenance of the processing line. I think the only thing you can hope for is a decent "Kodachrome plug-in" for PS or other software.

I'm going out in a blaze of Kodachrome glory this summer.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

E100G is damn close.

 

[bmattock]

I thought that as long as there was demand, there would be supply? I thought that was like a rule or something? Seems lots of people like to say it is, anyway. So where's the supply? I don't get it.

 

[jke]

Kodak E100Gx was closer still, but they killed that too.:bang:

As I understand it, the problem with Kodachrome is that it requires/d different processing, so to keep it going, Kodak had to make the chemicals for its processing as well. That, I think, is what they did not want to do any longer.

The number of people shooting Kodachrome regularly is probably not enough to keep it going either way, film or chemicals.

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

I wonder how much of the 'Kodachrome appeal' is really just in my head.

I used to shoot it, when i was a kid, and just starting in photography. I used it because people said it was 'special.' And, then, learning about 'the how' of it — how it's made from separate monochrome layers and whatnot.... Well, that just added to the allure, i suppose.

But, when i really think about it, i've never seen an image and thought, "oh, sure - that's a Kodachrome." Usually, it's the other way 'round. I see an image, find out it's on Kodachrome, and then think, "oh, yeah. Okay."

People speak in hushed tones about saturated reds and things of that nature. But, when the people who famously shot Kodachrome started shooting something else, was there really a 'falloff?' I'm thinking most particularly of guys like Steve McCurry. His books are filled with amazing imagery. Amazing colors. And, most of those images are shot on various Ektachromes....

I think i'm going to miss Kodachrome more because it's an option that's no longer there, and that signals a further entrenchment of digital. Not too far away, E-6 will be a 'specialty process.' That will be a truly sad day.