Rare pierces Posted January 10, 2017 #1 Share Posted January 10, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddmc Posted January 10, 2017 #2 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Brought back memories.... And made me laugh out loud. Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pengu1n Posted January 11, 2017 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2017 What's that stuff?;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted January 11, 2017 #4 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Count me as one who'd buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted January 11, 2017 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted January 11, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted January 11, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Click Posted January 20, 2017 #7 Share Posted January 20, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommui987 Posted January 20, 2017 #8 Share Posted January 20, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Norton Posted January 28, 2017 #9 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted January 28, 2017 Author #10 Share Posted January 28, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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