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Kodachrome slides have a different color tint that makes them look real and incredible. It's sad how Kodak went out of business.
by abhayhegde 3y ago
Kodachrome slides have a different color tint that makes them look real and incredible. It's sad how Kodak went out of business.
- teh_klev 3y agoKodak are still in business making photographic film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak The Smarter Every Day YouTuber did a three part series about their factory in Rochester, NY: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XXcmtNSUxoaENoWX4GD9oHB https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XXcmtNSUxoa...
- abhayhegde 3y agoSure, they are in business, but I think it's mostly printing and films. From what I understand they sold the camera licenses and patents. I have watched one part of Smarter Every Day's videos on Kodak. Thanks for linking!
- varjag 3y agoKodak was always primarily film company, their camera business was an afterthought and fourth tier.
- reaperman 3y agoSee also: https://archive.is/2KMyD https://archive.is/2KMyD "Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now" > Ms. Evans, who was a Kodak janitor in the early 1980s before her rise to executive there and at other leading firms like Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, recalls a different experience. > “One thing about Eastman Kodak is they believed in their people,” said Ms. Evans, now chief information officer at Mercer, the human resources consulting giant. “It was like a family. You always had someone willing to help open a door if you demonstrated that you were willing to commit to growing your skills and become an asset that was valuable for the company.”
- wrp 3y agoRegarding just color slide film, I think Kodak had stopped all production then resumed with just Ektachrome in 2018.
- ImPleadThe5th 3y agoI was reading an article that they were scaling down all of their color film production, and then the mini-renisance happened right during/after Covid and they have been having a hard time scaling back up ever since.
- anta40 3y agoNot yet, for example: https://petapixel.com/2023/07/24/kodak-specially-manufactured-black-and-white-70mm-film-for-oppenheimer/ https://petapixel.com/2023/07/24/kodak-specially-manufacture... Also, since the price of color negative films are slowly rising, some enthusiasts use Kodak Vision-based films (which is based on cinema film).
- xdennis 3y agoBankruptcy is not the same as going out of business. They restructured and still produce color film and slide film, but not Kodachrome. It was a very sophisticated film which could only be processed in a specialized lab and they couldn't stay open with low film demand. There's a documentary about the last Kodachrome roll developed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI . Very sad.
- dannyw 3y agoFuji film simulations are not the same, but they're possibly the closest you can get with a digital camera.