Re: (rshsdepot) Kodak Confirms Plans To Discontinue Kodachrome 25 Film

["Paul S. Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Until about 10 years ago Kodak was the best company....you could get film
for virtually any old camera...almost no film or filter was discontinued.
127 film for an old VPK (VestPocketKodak-the soldiers camera in WWI, the
first true pocket camera), 620 for the old Brownie, 616, 126, anything....I
liked using Photomicrography slide film because it oversaturated
colors....Then they went modern and while once you could call them and get
an answer to virtually any question, technical or historic, now they know
very little when you call...Where once all types of films and filters were
still available, now they pare back so much it is sad...

I still miss Pan-X B&W, another low ASA now defunct...

Absolutely nothing exists any more that is perfect for snow or the
beach...the lower the ASA the better for that for me for high reflective
light situations...

I think that AGFA may still have a slow slide film, though it may be 50ASA

And never send B&W film to Kodak and let them cut it-they will slice the
negatives in the middle if any are light, underexposed (I work in a photo
store so I can print my own) Ask them to both print the negatives and not
cut them and it is like the Jack Nicholson diner scene in Five Easy
Pieces-they won't do it!!


They have gone from the most competent corporation to one of the least
so...They have lost most of their integrity over the last 15 years or so, it
is sad...they have become just another multi-national corporation out for
the lowest common denominator and the highest possible extreme profits
(though they sort of took a bath with the APS film idea, which is actually
typical-scrap the long held services and introduce lame new ones....)


Any way, there is a guy in upstate NY who actually cuts and respools film
onto discontinued size spools, maybe there is or will be someone to put out
a low speed slide film...

Only thing is is that Kodachrome is unique among all slide films. No one
else makes anything like it. All other slide films are a process akin to
Ektachrome...(except Polaroid Slide film which is an additive process that
harks back to the earliest color technology at turn of the 20th century...

Paul Luchter
- -----Original Message-----
From: James Dent <james.dent_@_itochu.com>
To: RSHS List <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:49 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Kodak Confirms Plans To Discontinue Kodachrome 25 Film


>As many people use Kodachrome 25 for depot photographs I thought the
>following would be of interest...
>
>From Altamont Press Newsline...
>
>Kodak Confirms Plans To Discontinue Kodachrome 25 Film
>
>Eastman Kodak Company confirmed plans to discontinue Kodachrome 25 color
>reversal (slide) film later this year. Improvements in consumer versions of
>both Kodachrome 64 and 200 films which represent the majority of the
>Kodachrome business as well as performance advances in the Ektachrome
family
>of films, have provided enormous picture-taking benefits and flexibility.
>
>As consumers have recognized these improvements, Kodak has seen a
>significant decline in use of Kodachrome 25 film. As the company looks to
>reduce the production of SKUs offering limited appeal, it can no longer
>justify production of products with extremely limited usage. Kodak will
>continue to offer Kodachrome 64 and 200 consumer film.
>
>The company has provided retailers with a specific timetable for inventory
>planning purposes in the near future. However, Kodak anticipates that
>supplies will be available for most of the year.
>
>Kodachrome film, introduced in as a slide film in 1936, was the first film
>for color photography, and was widely-acclaimed for sharpness and color.
>Today consumers have a range of choices for color slide photography,
>including Kodachrome 64 and 200 films, along with a family of Kodak
>Ektachrome slide films. -ObservationCar, Vic Neves
>
>
>

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