But she did...and the demise of Kodachrome color transparency film in 2009 attracted considerable media attention. Click Here >>> A History of Kodachrome Film
Less well publicized was the gradual withdrawal by the Kodak Corporation of my favorite format, 35mm Ektachrome transparency film. Extachrome was aimed firmly at the professional market when introduced as a sheet film in 1947. Perhaps not coincidentally, my own year of birth.
I shot other film but Ektachrome did not require the complex processing that Kodachrome demanded, and the film boasted, in a number of products, a high enough ASA (or ISO) rating to to permit low light color photography for the first time. High Speed Ektachrome, the earliest Ektachrome manufactured in 35 mm format, was, at 160 ASA, the fastest color film available in 1959. Ektachrome 400, introduced in 1978 (nine years after I purchased my first 35mm SLR camera). It was the fastest transparency film of its day.
I have been looking through the hundreds of color slides that I shot in the early days. There is still something very special about the quality of Ektachrome that I appreciate. It is totally different than today's digital images. Or maybe, it is just me being nostalgic.
Here are a few images that I converted to digital. When I can remember, I will include details about the photograph.
I have been looking through the hundreds of color slides that I shot in the early days. There is still something very special about the quality of Ektachrome that I appreciate. It is totally different than today's digital images. Or maybe, it is just me being nostalgic.
Here are a few images that I converted to digital. When I can remember, I will include details about the photograph.
