The Para Camera Club cannot let the passing of a photography legend without comment.
Eastman Kodak have announced that they will cease production of Kodachrome film after 74 years.
I would think that there is hardly anyone who has been or is a member of the club who has not used Kodachrome at some stage in their photography. I know there must have been countless Kodachrome images projected in the monthly competitions since the club began. I know I have cupboards full of them!
I remember well sending my film off to Kodak in that yellow envelope and then waiting patiently for a week or more to get back my slides to see if any were worth putting in the next Competition. Mostly there were none but heres a couple I have just scanned - Kodachrome 64 from 1991.
Boats
NetsPaul Simon was right when he sang
"they gave us the nice bright colours
they gave us the greens of summers"
For more on Kodachrome visit:
http://homepage.1000words.kodak.com/default.asp?item=2388083
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/death-of-kodachrome-belies-the-technological-advance-it-represented.ars
http://www.kodachromeproject.com/pages/contents.html
Dennis Wetherley
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