[rollei_list] Re: Kodachrome
- From: J M N <retinaiiic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:12:35 -0500
Not to mention one disappointment after another:
Kodakchrome 25 film in 120 froamt was discontinued in 199?
Kodachrome 64 film in 120 format was discontinued in 1996.
Kodachrome 25 was discontinued in 2002. Many point to the introduction of
Velvia or the decline in quality of processing as the reason for its demise.
Kodachrome 40 in the Super 8 movie format was discontinued in June 2005,
despite protests from filmmakers. Kodak launched a replacement color reversal
film in the Super 8 format, Ektachrome 64T, which uses the common E-6
processing chemistry.
Kodachrome 200 was discontinued in November 2006. The last emulsion batch was
numbered 2672, labeled with an expiration date of September 2008.Kodachrome 64
and Kodachrome 64 Professional 135 format were discontinued in June 2009. The
last emulsion batch was numbered 1563, labeled with an expiration date of
November 2010.
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:31:20 -0600
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Kodachrome
From: dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
They kept Kodachrome on the market for 65 years, and maybe 25 years after E-6
films were perfected. So, the film hasn't been an absolute neccesity for some
time.
Meanwhile, the processing was an absolute nightmare. You had to keep a chemist
on duty full time. Some of the chemistry was mixed from scratch. A huge
amount of film was necessary to keep things in control.
One by one, the labs dropped out, until there was only one left. Still. Kodak
kept it on the market.
Doesn't that count as loyalty?
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