The very last roll of Kodachrome slide film has been processed, the end of an era, hard stop. Here is a link to the story in the Wichita Eagle: Last Kodachrome roll processed in Parsons That’s unfortunate, but time marches on.
Archive for the ‘Film is Dead’ Category
For all you film fans; the ultimate tattoo…
June 9th, 2010
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Does Film Have ‘Soul’?
March 9th, 2010
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Some have argued that film photographs have an almost undefinable quality about them that makes them special, and in many ways, superior, to digital photographs. Many have referred to this as ‘soul’. Some revere this supposed quality, and despise what they call the ‘cold’, ‘clinical’, or even ‘too accurate’ photographs that digital cameras create. In [...]
Fujifilm Confirms: Film is Dead (nothing new here)
March 7th, 2010
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Note the quotes: With sales of its traditional camera film barely eclipsing sales of a fledgling cosmetics line, Chief Financial Officer Toshio Takahashi sees a different type of film driving the company’s growth–those used in liquid crystal displays. Fujifilm does need its reinventive streak to come good: the advent of digital photography has seen global [...]
