Kodak ending KODACHROME run after 74 years, still can't get that Paul Simon song out of its head

Kodachroooome
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

Kodak estimates supplies of existing stock will run out sometime in early fall. Don't forget to hum that cool acoustic guitar riff in between the verses. You're welcome.

[Melvin abreu @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:39AM]

Damn i remember these since i was like a baby.

[johnreneromero @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:42AM]

RIP

[Simon Tooke @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:41AM]

Double damn. I'm currently scanning my old Kodachrome slides, and they blow away my DSLR.

[klydefrogg @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:43AM]

double double damn. For your sake I hope digital ICE works a little better these days on Kodachrome than it did a few years back.

[Simon Tooke @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:47PM]

I was worried about that (I last tried with ICE 2 or 3), but ICE4 seems to work really well on Kodachrome.

I hope this isn't a double post.

[klydefrogg @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:28PM]

I haven't used it since ICE3... it acted as though it thought the thick emulsion was dust and just blurred the crap out of the image. really sucked since most of the stuff people brought me to be scanned was from 40 years ago and was kept in a dusty shoebox. Glad they got that addressed just in time for Kodachrome to go the way of the buffalo.

[Simon Tooke @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:35PM]

Well, just because you won't b able to create new images doesn't mean you can't rescan the old images.
They're coming out crystal clear, I'm using a Nikon 5000 scanner.

Oh, uh, yeah. Coolscan 5000s are discontinued now, too....

[Chris Berryhill @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:47AM]

The times, they are a-changin'

[wtfx @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:41AM]

Triple Damn. DO NOT BREAK THIS COMBO

[Daza @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:53AM]

QUAD DAMNAGE.

[Don @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:00PM]

Fipple Damn.. i just started buying film :(

[four50one @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:12PM]

Sextuple Damn damnity damn damn damn damn.

As much as I love my DSLR, this is sad.

[BJ is Gooder @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:20PM]

But is this really as sad as losing Polaroid? I don't think so...

Of course, I've never used Kodachrome.

[Thunderbuck @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:27PM]

Kodachrome was perhaps not as widely used at the consumer level as Polaroid, but "serious" photographers all over the world are mourning this loss.

There's a particular saturated quality to the color of Kodachrome prints that has never quite been translated digitally.

[Newone @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:54PM]

Polaroid is american thing, rarely used outside apart from passport photos. Kodachrome outsold polaroid in europe by really wde margin.

[tekdroid @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:42AM]

instant gratification and cheap removable storage ftw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDfcyT92wQ

[jeesusfreek @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:49AM]

haha...that was awesome. hadn't seen that before.

[EI8HT @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:05PM]

Plus 1 for the vid....LOL

[aj121489 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:17PM]

"...and Celine Dion will be singing the theme song while riding along on a unicorn!" lmao

[teej @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:42PM]

i thought that was Fred Thompson for about 15 secs.

[kaspardividian @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:43AM]

Mama gonna take my Kodachrome, mama gonna take my Kodachrome, mama gonna take my Kodachrome awaaaaayyyy. . . .

You're welcome too

[Greg @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:21PM]

it's "momma don't take my kodachrome away"

[Joel @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:36PM]

Paul Simon kicks ass.

[benderillo @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:13PM]

Who sang that song?


let's keep it that way

[Stiv @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:08PM]

@Greg

The OP poster knew that. He changed the words.

[Brad Green @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:21PM]

Man, the second I saw the word Kodachrome, I had that stupid song in my head. There goes the rest of my day.

[samtrexas @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:00PM]

Man what a shame...

[Rod @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:50AM]

I felt this way when Velvia 50 was pulled, sad day indeed- you can keep all the DSLR's - when it comes to image quality, colours, a 3D punch and that original 'feel' a scanned slide is the way to go.

I'll go and play with my 5D MK2 now :)

[NHAnimator @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:37PM]

I still love Velvia. But if I'm gonna eat Velvia, don't try to slip me none of that Velvia Light crap.

[letstakeawalk @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:51AM]

Shake it, shake it like a Polaroid picture...

...oh, sorry, wrong generation.

[Agent .25i @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:18PM]

Outkast has been around for a long time son... 20 years now.
What generation where you referring to?

[letstakeawalk @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:27PM]

Paul Simon is to the 1960s and 1970s as Outkast is to the 1990s and 2000s (BTW Outkast signed in 1992 - they've only been together 17 years, not 20).

Paul Simon is to the Baby Boomer Generation as Outkast is to Generations X,Y, and Z.

Two bands, two different generational ideals...

(... that's way too much explanation for what should have been obvious)

[glenn s @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:51AM]

Just for those of you who can't be bothered to read the full article. Kodak is not discontinuing all film. Only the Kodachrome brand, which the article says makes up less than 1% of all their film sales. So unless you are among the rare few who are buying that %1 of the massively reduced total film sales...no big deal. If you are among that rare few, well, I guess you are screwed. Sorry 'bout that.

[hobbes28 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:28PM]

Yeah, that's where I end up. I guess my freezer is about to be stocked up before I can't find it anywhere.

[hobbes28 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:28PM]

The 1%, I mean. ;)

[Melvin abreu @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:52AM]

lmao that video is hilarious.i thought it was gonna be boring at first then he started hyping up and it got interesting lol

[Shenanigans @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:53AM]

Kodachrome is one of those films I've never tried. I guess I don't have much time left to buy a roll or two.

[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE) @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:33AM]

Kodachrome has colors and resolution that many current DSLR cameras cannot touch. Dwayne's Photo is the only place left in america that can still process the stuff, so get some while you still can and cherish every precious shot.

[LeftFieldChip @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:01PM]

What do Gary Glitter & Kodachrome have in common?..

[Das Binky @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:07PM]

Great film, but it's amazing that it has survived until this day. There is only ONE lab in the US that still processes it. I think it's in Kansas.

[asinine @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:13PM]

rock chalk jayhawk !!

[Agent .25i @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:25PM]

I don't think Kodachrome is in Kansas anymore, Toto.

[Rusty @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:56PM]

Yup, Parson's Kansas. Guy has been in business since the 50's
http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/

[Edac2 @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:06PM]

Most analog photographers I know switched to Fujichrome Velvia a long time ago. For years nobody could process Kodachrome except Kodak, and who wanted to risk sending their slides to Washington, D.C. (or wherever) for two weeks just to get them developed?

[Simon Tooke @ Jun 22nd 2009 3:01PM]

From what I heard, you chose Kodachrome for the blues, and Velvia for the greens.

[Jeff Martinez @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:38PM]

they still made this stuff

[PhotoGuru @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:48PM]

Sign of the times- and if you have a solid 35mm dSLR above 20 megapixels, you are just fine.

[DSL67 @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:50PM]

Paul Simon is short

[Simon Tooke @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:20PM]

Film hoarders, Dwayne's will only continue processing until the end of 2010, so you better shoot quickly...

[sam @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:25PM]

I just checked, looks like Fujichrome is still available, so shouldn't be a problem...

BTW how are kodak surviving exactly? printers maybe? because it surely can't be digital photo frames...