Below is the post as it was written on Saturday and ready to go live today. But as you may know Kodak announced yesterday that they are retiring the 74-year-old Kodachrome color film. I decided to let the original article be published anyway with one new addition near the end.
Kodachrome is 75 years old in 2010
1935-2010
Photo by Daniel Bayer of the Kodachrome Project
Daniel Bayer said, “The Kodachrome Project is more about celebrating a wonderful era in modern media and pop culture than it is about the film. “Our world in Kodachrome: Celebrating 75 years” is the message, Kodachrome itself is the method.”
“Kodachrome is a black & white film. The color is added in processing.”
Ernst Haas favorite film.
Daniel Bayer said, “I have regular contact with Kodak in regards to Kodachrome, use over this time last year has seen a spike, mostly due to the Associated Press article and awareness created by sites like Photo.net, APUG.org and my site, the Kodachrome Project. The equipment has been paid for long ago and Kodak is in the process of streamlining the product production and logistics even more. The fact of the matter is that Kodak will at some point, discontinue Kodachrome but not before 2011 since this is a landmark product for them and the history of photography. In other words, discontinue Kodachrome before 2011= bad press, keep it around until 2011 = good press.”
For more click here to go the forum on Kodachrome.
The above forum pertains to all aspects of Kodachrome as a film in both technical and artistic terms and the long history of Kodachrome.
Kodachrome images on Flicker The Kodachrome Project’s Photostream
K-75 Kodachrome Celebration by Ron Andrews has more helpful info about Kodachrome including historic and contemporary Kodachrome images.
Rich-hued Kodachrome era fading to black?
By Ben Dobbin The Associated Press Copyright 2008
KODACHROME 64 Professional Film TECHNICAL DATA / COLOR TRANSPARENCY FILM (PDF)
Click for your copy of the technical data sheet from Eastman Kodak Company
Process K-14
Backing removal
First Developer
Wash
Red re-exposure
Cyan developer
Wash
Blue re-exposure
Yellow developer
Wash
Magenta developer
wash
Bleach
Fix
Wash
The processing steps are 5 washes, 4 developers, 2 re-exposures, 1 backing removal, 1 bleach and 1 fix equals 14 operations.
Kodak kills Kodachrome film after 74 years by Reuters
| Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors Gives us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah! I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph So momma, don’t take my Kodachrome away… |
By Paul Simon |
Kodachrome, Negotiations And Love Songs 1971-86 |
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