End of an era

[expat]

Kodak have a slide show of some of what they regard as the best Kodachrome shots here

Some nice pictures but you just cannot appreciate them on a screen. It's a browsing medium, not conducive to real appreciation. You will see more in a printed photograph because you will look more; and there will be more in there for you to see (and that's not even to mention a projected slide).

I don't know why, but there is stuff in a picture at a finer level than the nominal resolution. That's why a well-made Medium Format photo looks so stunning: it is not simply the resolution, it is the amount of colour information held in there. And that is just what Kodachrome excelled at.

[realityhack]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Bollocks. Half of my portfolio shots - and all my favourite - were shot on Kodachrome. Gutted.

Knew it would happen one day, but still.

[bogeyman]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


Bollocks. Half of my portfolio shots - and all my favourite - were shot on Kodachrome. Gutted.

Knew it would happen one day, but still.

If you have a film body, then stock up. It's still on sale and will still be processed.

Get the 'Professional' version (PKR25/PKR64) from a pro outlet, as it will keep longer (pro PKR and non-pro KR are the same film except Kodak don't let PKR sit around in bulk for too long).

Pro Kodachrome that has been sitting around for a while just gets bumped down to consumer-grade KR. It's exactly the same stuff.

Bung it in the fridge (not freezer!) in an airtight tupperware box and it's good for 2-3 years for most practical applications.

[bogeyman]

Some nice pictures but you just cannot appreciate them on a screen. It's a browsing medium, not conducive to real appreciation. You will see more in a printed photograph because you will look more; and there will be more in there for you to see (and that's not even to mention a projected slide).

I don't know why, but there is stuff in a picture at a finer level than the nominal resolution. That's why a well-made Medium Format photo looks so stunning: it is not simply the resolution, it is the amount of colour information held in there. And that is just what Kodachrome excelled at.

Agree. Almost everything looks good, or at least passable, on a computer screen.

Imagine that first shot in the Slideshow gallery, printed up on Cibachrome Super Glossy about 5' wide, in a black gallery mount. Now that's a colour photograph!

Agree it's about the amount of 'visual information' (not the same as pixels or sharpness). Hard to explain scientifically, but you know it when you see it.

I have an old Rolleiflex TLR and I am now shopping for some KR for it while stocks last. The D200 can gather dust for a while.