Sad News from Kodak

If you've been shooting film (motion picture or still) for as long as my dad and I have, then you'll be sad to learn of Kodak's decision to stop manufacturing and supporting Kodachrome.  In my lifetime, there's never been a more glorious and dense film stock, which showed hardly any grain when properly exposed.  Not only was it the film of choice for family slideshows, but was also used by countless professionals (especially for reproduction in magazines, books, and catalogs).

For those who've grown-up with digital cameras, Kodachrome will be a revelation, demonstrating a perfection of color and resolution thus far unmatched by electronic photography.  May I suggest a visit to the library to see Kodachrome unmitigated by a computer screen.  Look up the work of photographers such as Eric Meola, Steve McCurry, and Peter Guttman.

If you're interested in finding out more about Kodachrome and Kodak's discontinuance of the stock, see the links below: 

• The Wall Street Journal- 
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124631829284470853.html
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124567093975236801.html
  
  
• Kodak- 
  http://homepage.1000words.kodak.com/default.asp?item=2388083&CID=go&idhbx=kodachrometribute
  http://www.kodachromeproject.com/pages/contents.html
  
  
• Wikipedia (with an extensive list of books and other publications featuring examples of Kodachrome photography)- 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome