TaylorMade
Jun 23, 2009, 8:19 PM
Kodak set to retire Kodachrome film at the end of 2009 after 74 years
NYDailyNews.com
Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 4:29 AM
Kodak taking your Kodachrome away.
The photography pioneer, whose Kodachrome film inspired Paul Simon's 1973 hit, said it will retire the 74-year-old product this year following dwindling sales and the move by most labs to stop processing it.
Revenues from Kodachrome represent "a fraction of 1%" of Kodak's total sales of still-picture films, the company said Monday.
Kodachrome became the world's first commercially successful color film in 1935. The film enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and '60s.
But in recent years it has nudged closer to obscurity with just one commercial lab in the world still processing it.
The Rest of the Story (http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/06/23/2009-06-23_kodak_set_to_retire_kodachrome_film_at_the_end_ of_2009.html#ixzz0JInTnr8L&D)
The Song that first introduced it to me. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujhdf9_IO4w)
Damn you, Kodak!!!
*Taylor*
NYDailyNews.com
Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 4:29 AM
Kodak taking your Kodachrome away.
The photography pioneer, whose Kodachrome film inspired Paul Simon's 1973 hit, said it will retire the 74-year-old product this year following dwindling sales and the move by most labs to stop processing it.
Revenues from Kodachrome represent "a fraction of 1%" of Kodak's total sales of still-picture films, the company said Monday.
Kodachrome became the world's first commercially successful color film in 1935. The film enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and '60s.
But in recent years it has nudged closer to obscurity with just one commercial lab in the world still processing it.
The Rest of the Story (http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/06/23/2009-06-23_kodak_set_to_retire_kodachrome_film_at_the_end_ of_2009.html#ixzz0JInTnr8L&D)
The Song that first introduced it to me. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujhdf9_IO4w)
Damn you, Kodak!!!
*Taylor*