tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post5462702390423578344..comments2024-03-28T19:35:24.365-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: America captured in color, 1939-43Patrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-19980413181676463892010-08-10T15:59:02.558-07:002010-08-10T15:59:02.558-07:00Amazing.
Today comes an article on precisely this...Amazing.<br /><br />Today comes an article on precisely this subject! The very last roll of Kodachrome!<br /><br />http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/08/1764990/theyre-taking-your-kodachrome.html<br /><br />Bill SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-39194110720813167372010-08-09T18:20:46.451-07:002010-08-09T18:20:46.451-07:00Fascinating!
Those are almost certainly all Kod...Fascinating! <br /><br /><br />Those are almost certainly all Kodachrome slides and sheet film. It was one of the first commercial color films, and was, and is still one of the very best. I say "is" because it is so stable. The colors don't fade at all.<br /><br />Alas, it had to be processed in a big, complex lab supervised by a Ph.D chemist, and turnaround time was a week at least. It just couldn't compete with newer, but less stable films that can be processed in minilabs by high school kids in an hour.<br /><br />People have cases of the stuff stored in freezers, and there are still a few boutique labs that process it, last I heard.<br /><br />I've still got Kodachrome slides my Dad took 60 years ago, and the color -- just like these images -- is as brilliant as the day they were processed. Ektachromes I took 35 years ago are almost completely faded to clear film.<br /><br />Bill SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-38431814280280006352010-08-09T14:19:54.902-07:002010-08-09T14:19:54.902-07:00Fabulous pictures - thanks for posting the link.
K...Fabulous pictures - thanks for posting the link.<br />KayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com