Last Roll Of Kodachrome Film - EVER

American Photo magazine has an article this month about a fellow who went to Rochester New York Kodak facilities through a prearrange picked up he got the last roll of film.
He then went to India and shot photos as he had been doing for 35 years as a photo Journalist
A national Geographic special will be aired in the spring on TV covering this story.

See the American Photo magazine cover at
https://picasaweb.google.com/LouWalt...64677076538754

Easy! I was nearly 20 in 1970 (wait! at 18, one does not feel nearly 20!). My childhood was recorded in Kodachrome, and I still have my father's slides, albeit with lots of specks and probably a bit of mildew.

Digitisation has been on the to-do list for a long time. I guess I' better not leave it until the equipment to do it has passed away!

My childhood was recorded in Kodachrome
luv it Nick
That really says it to a generation or two

I have a roll - MY last roll - of Kodachrome, waiting to be picked up in the mail when I get home. The end of an era, indeed. As film started to disappear, I shot less and less . . . Kodachrome 25 and 64, oh yeah, and my favorite, K-200 . . . tried digital fora while . . . ho hum . . . I miss the personalities of each film . . . I knew them (after shooting them for over 30 years) as friends . . . and now they're gone.

P.S. And Lou, some very stunning images! Thank you for sharing

Kodachrome slides had a unique quality in their color and saturation. A pity the process for developing them was so complicated. I fear the day that black and white film will become a relic and that I will no longer be able to purchase my favorite Ilford fibre base paper. I have some high quality prints that were hand-printed and they're works of art, have yet to see a digital reproduction that comes close (and will withstand time as well as they did).

this is amazing...

Steve McCurry, the photographer who shot the famous Afghan girl NatGeo cover, shot the LAST roll of Kodachrome film, in where else? INDIA.

and I agree that Kodachrome was the best film ever. used it for garden photography when I taught gardening classes... http://www.petapixel.com/2013/01/13/the-end-of-an-era-steve-mccurry-shoots-the-final-roll-of-kodachrome-film/

video is a must see.....


CA Note - This thread has been merged with the existing thread on the same topic, as per the request of OP.

Thanks for the link Sama. I will love to watch it when I get back home.

More on the same topic in IM - both image and thread.

thanks, biman....maybe a mod can merge these threads!

actually I qualify my statement about Kodachrome.... I think I used Agfachrome more than Kodachrome for my garden shots.

Thanks. A great film.

I've got a couple of dozen carousels full of Kodachrome. Once a year or so I spend an evening reminiscing and looking at my slides.

beautiful film! thanks for sharing!

Watched the film and enjoyed it thoroughly.

I too had many pictures that I transferred to disk that was lost due to Hurricane Katrina, just like you I use to look at them ever so often and remember the places and people. Most of mine were of my 20+ years in India.
gypsie

Now I opted for Velvia instead, but how long it gonna last....