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Just heard this on the news, it's a sad day for film photographers...
Kodachrome slide film rolls into history: After 75 years, the darkroom door has closed for good on Kodachrome, the legendary color slide film that helped document suburban America in the 1960s and '70s. This afternoon, the last processing lab in the world, located in Kansas, stopped accepting rolls to be developed.
At Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., Val Addis handled rolls of Kodachrome for developing today, the last day the discontinued slide film was accepted. Dwayne's is the last Kodachrome processor in the world, but it's still in business handling print film and other photo services. Noon local time was the deadline for film to reach Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., and the small, family-run outfit was swamped with mail. ABC News reports that Dwayne's deliveries today included 500 FedEx packages and 18 bags from the Post Office, almost all of which was Kodachrome.
For a complete lineup of the coverage, check out: The End of Kodachrome
Kodachrome slide film rolls into history: After 75 years, the darkroom door has closed for good on Kodachrome, the legendary color slide film that helped document suburban America in the 1960s and '70s. This afternoon, the last processing lab in the world, located in Kansas, stopped accepting rolls to be developed.
At Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., Val Addis handled rolls of Kodachrome for developing today, the last day the discontinued slide film was accepted. Dwayne's is the last Kodachrome processor in the world, but it's still in business handling print film and other photo services. Noon local time was the deadline for film to reach Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kan., and the small, family-run outfit was swamped with mail. ABC News reports that Dwayne's deliveries today included 500 FedEx packages and 18 bags from the Post Office, almost all of which was Kodachrome.
For a complete lineup of the coverage, check out: The End of Kodachrome