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Subject: [Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome"
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:25:46 -0400
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For people, I love Astia, for everything else Provia.  I develop it myself
in a Jobo.

Tina

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Michael Sacca <mfsacca at sover.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This is the first post to LUG having just joined recently.
>
> I have had a nearly continuous roll of Kodachrome (25 then 64p) in my M4
> since the mid 70's. It is of course disappointing to be at the end of the
> line with the film, but do understand the economics. I have heard that at
> it's height there were only 8 processsing labs for Kodachrome in the states
> with Dwaynes in Kansas being the last to do the processing.
>
> I will miss it, but I'm not going to stop shooting transparencies, that is
> until I can afford an M9. Any suggestions for a a fine grain, balanced 
> color
> film? Anyone with experience with FUJICHROME Velvia 50? I'm not starting on
> a new film just yet since I have about 25 rolls left in my freezer that I 
> am
> looking forward to shooting before mid December....
>
> Michael Sacca
> Tunbridge Vermont
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2010, at 1:29 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:
>
>>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:28:52 -0700
>> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] More on "last roll of Kodachrome"
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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>> I don't think anyone is accusing Kodak of anything, other than that we are
>> bemoaning the lost of a great film :-(
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
>> >wrote:
>>
>>  Funny how everyone waxes lyrically about this film. Reality is that it is
>>> being discontinued because not enough people are buying it to make
>>> production and the complex development economically feasible:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128728114&sc=fb&cc=fp
>>>
>>> Kodak is not a charity, nor is it an evil empire wanting to deprive
>>> photographers of their beloved films. It is a struggling company trying
>>> to
>>> survive in a changed environment, which its previous managements did not
>>> anticipate particularly well.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
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