Tuesday, June 23, 2009

18 Months and counting.... More coverage of the end of the Kodachrome era

Kodak announced Monday, June 22 that they would end production of Kodachrome 64 after 74 years. I've used it since the very first railroad images I ever took in the early 1990s. Here is some editorials and coverage worth a look...

http://photo.net/learn/film/slide-film/kodachrome-discontinued/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105797026

http://homepage.1000words.kodak.com/default.asp?item=2388083

Also, the new title image was taken with Kodachrome 64 in the Fall of 2000. Clear Canadian skies, peak Fall foliage in the Notre-Dame Mtns. and fresh CN units leading the way. Perfect conditions for chrome...

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