Kodachrome
Kodachrome isbrandcolor transparency (slide) film sold by Kodak. First sold1935, itone ofoldest (if notoldest) mass-marketed color still film. Kodachrome has been through many incarnationsprocessing processes overyears;current (2003) isK14-process Kodachrome. Kodachromewidely regarded as one ofbest films available forconsumer becauseits fine grainvivid colour reproduction.Kodachrome film hasdifferent structureits emulsion than other slide films. Coloradded indeveloping process which makes its renderingcolorresponselight unique. A Kodachrome slidequickly detectable by an expert reviewingseriesslidesindeterminant origins.
Kodachrome film has mostly been replaced by E6-process transparency films, thoughstill finds useapplications where its archival stabilityvalued. Kodachrome 25 was taken offmarket2002, though Kodachrome 64200 remains available asJanuary 2004. A recent Kodak announcement thatwill be reducingnumberproduction runs ofremaining Kodachrome films coupled withdwindling numberlabs which process Kodachromeexpectedexpiditefilms demise. Despite these trends therestillnumberloyal Kodachrome photographers.
The musician Paul Simon includedsong titled Kodachrome on his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon.
The National Geographic Society led an initiativenamestate parkUtah afterKodachrome film. Kodachrome Basin State Park contains unique, beautiful,varied colorits rocks.
