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Kodak Kills Kodachrome

Posted by timothy on from the and-try-to-find-tri-x-pan dept.

eldavojohn writes "Another sign that digital cameras are slowly phasing out analog comes with Kodak's announcement to discontinue Kodachrome film. This should come as no surprise as Polaroid film was phased out long ago. At least the analog photography industry knows how to change with the times."

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  1. The ultimate irony by suso · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think what will be the big irony of the digital revolution is that we haven't tackled the technological problems yet like getting people to back things up and store them for long periods of time. One might think that with the advent of digital that in 100 years we'll have pictures of virtually everything from this era, but because of the problems people face, we will probably yet again have a gapping hole in time filled with lost pictures.

    1. Re:The ultimate irony by Main+Gauche · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Plus I can fit 5,000 pictures in my pocket on a thumb drive without having to carry 500 lbs. of photo albums over to someone's house to look at them.

      To summarize: the two main advantages to digital are (i) backups, and (ii) the ability to bore your friends conveniently.

  2. ...and everything looks worse in black and white. by Eevee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Kodachrome
    They give us those nice bright colors
    They give 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 mama don't take my Kodachrome away

  3. Re:they still make ektachrome by cabjf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not even Kodak processes it actually. They contract out to the one lab left in the country that develops Kodachrome. And the contract runs out in 2010.