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Subject: [Leica] When did Kodachrome really die?
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:22:57 +0100
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About the same course, and the same conclusion - However, I regret the  
magic of the slideshow after a shoot or holidays.

I gave my last roll to a fellow lugger located in Portugal - my last  
two attempts to get K processed had failed anyhow, Switzerland is  
close to my home, but I could never trace them ... and I'm still  
waiting for my slides, ten years later ...

The last colour slides I shot were Provia four years ago, which I  
found terrific, but still so difficult to use.

Digital Philippe


Le 10 f?vr. 11 ? 20:12, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit :

>
> Very good point, Sonny. My trajectory was similar to yours. When I  
> lived in Switzerland from 2000 to 2003, I used Kodachrome as my  
> primary color film (I had used it while living in the US and Belgium  
> prior to that as well, but more mixed with E6 stuff). Turnaround was  
> good, 3-4 days usually, since Kodak's European processing was all  
> done in Lausanne. But in 2003 I moved to the Netherlands and the  
> turnaround time became 2-3 weeks all of a sudden, while on the other  
> hand there was a good pro lab on my way to work which had same-day  
> E6 service. So it was all various flavors of Fujichrome from then  
> on. In late 2004 I bought my first DSLR and I have not shot any  
> color film since (B&W, yes, but no color).
>
> I think many of the tears over the loss of Kodachrome were shed by  
> people who had stopped using it long ago and were really nostalgic  
> about their youth rather than the actual film.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>> The huge recent flurry of publicity notwithstanding, I was  
>> wondering, how
>> many LUG shooters were REALLY still regularly shooting Kodachrome?
>>
>> I really can't remember the last roll I shot.  It probably was in the
>> 1970's, maybe earlier.
>>
>> When Primary Color opened in New Orleans and offered two Ektachrome  
>> runs a
>> day, I kissed Kodachrome goodbye.
>>
>> I mentioned this before but it was buried in another thread.
>>
>> I'm just wondering, how long has it been since you shot the stuff,  
>> not
>> counting this recent "drink the kool-aid" rush.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://sonc.com/look/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>
>> USA
>>
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