What's old is new again?

[pierces]

Announced and returning to production:

 

 

 

 

Being considered for revival:

 

 

I still have a couple of bodies that haven't seen action in 16 years.

 

I would have to research battery availability. :)

 

And find a lab to process slides.

 

And room to store them.

 

I would need a projector and screen.

 

Or a slide scanner to display them digitally.

 

Which makes me ask why I wouldn't just shoot digital.

 

Like I already do.

 

Never mind....

 

:)

 

 

 

Dave

[Ddmc]

Brought back memories.... And made me laugh out loud.

 

 

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[pengu1n]

What's that stuff?;)

[GUT2407]

Count me as one who'd buy it.

[zackiedawg]

I still have a few rolls of unused film sitting in my freezer - god only knows if it is still any good. I last shot my film SLRs around 2009...still have 4 SLR bodies and they all work, so I could shoot them at any time, but I don't have any darkroom equipment anymore, so finding a place to develop is getting more difficult, and expensive...part of why I stopped shooting film alongside digital!

[pierces]

I still have a few rolls of unused film sitting in my freezer - god only knows if it is still any good. I last shot my film SLRs around 2009...still have 4 SLR bodies and they all work, so I could shoot them at any time, but I don't have any darkroom equipment anymore, so finding a place to develop is getting more difficult, and expensive...part of why I stopped shooting film alongside digital!

 

Amen.

 

December 2000 was my last shot on film.

 

With my work married to computers in one way or another, I fell hard for digital and never looked back.

 

Dave

[Mr. Click]

I still have a Nikon F and a few lenses sitting on my shelf. It would be tempting but I really enjoy the advantages of the modern DSLR. It is pretty amazing how far the technology has come in 20 years.

[tommui987]

Brought back memories....

 

I remember going on a trip to Japan in the 70's, Nikon F (F2?) and taking out the Kodachrome 25 or 50ASA and changing to a 400ASA film for inside temples or where the Kodachrome was just too slow.

 

Like Dave, Justin et al, thank goodness for digital and the high ISO!

[Emperor Norton]

Announced and returning to production:

 

 

 

 

Being considered for revival:

 

 

I still have a couple of bodies that haven't seen action in 16 years.

 

I would have to research battery availability. :)

 

And find a lab to process slides.

 

And room to store them.

 

I would need a projector and screen.

 

Or a slide scanner to display them digitally.

 

Which makes me ask why I wouldn't just shoot digital.

 

Like I already do.

 

 

Never mind....

 

:)

 

 

 

Dave

It's highly doubtful the Kodachrome would return. It was a somewhat dangerous process (something about that cyanide gas thing) that would probably get nixed by current environmental standards. Even before Kodak went belly up there was I believe only a single lab in the US that could process it.

[pierces]

It's highly doubtful the Kodachrome would return. It was a somewhat dangerous process (something about that cyanide gas thing) that would probably get nixed by current environmental standards. Even before Kodak went belly up there was I believe only a single lab in the US that could process it.

 

I recently saw a brief article that said that the Kodachrome revival was increasingly doubtful. Film was always a messy technology and though I appreciate the basic skills I learned while using it, I don't miss the labor intensive process of developing my own, or even the trip to Costco to drop off a bag full of vacation or family memories. I certainly don't miss paying $5 or $6 for each envelope of 24 images.

 

Dave