The Film:
Kodachrome Transparency
Developed by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
35 mm slide format available from Fall 1936
From factindex.com:
| Kodachrome is a brand of color
transparency (slide) film sold by Kodak. First sold in 1935, it
is one of the oldest (if not the oldest) mass marketed
color still film. Kodachrome has been through many incarnations and
processing processes over the years; the current (2003) is the K14-process
Kodachrome. Kodachrome is widely regarded as one of the best films available
for the consumer because of its fine grain and vivid color reproduction. Kodachrome film has a different structure to its emulsion than other slide films. Color is added in the developing process which makes its rendering of color and response to light unique. A Kodachrome slide is quickly detectable by an expert reviewing a series of slides with indeterminate origins. Kodachrome film has mostly been replaced by E6-process transparency films, though it still finds use for applications where its archival stability is valued. Kodachrome 25 was taken off the market in 2002, though Kodachrome 64 and 200 remains available as of January 2004. A recent Kodak announcement that it will be reducing the number of production runs of the remaining Kodachrome films coupled with the dwindling number of labs which process Kodachrome are expected to expedite the films demise. Despite these trends there are still a number of loyal Kodachrome photographers. |
