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The End of an Era - Goodbye Kodachrome

Such a shame, the end of an era. Goodbye old friend, I knew ye well. All of us old-timers will miss you.

PARSONS, Kan. (AP) _ A photojournalist has developed the last roll of Kodachrome film developed by Eastman Kodak at a laboratory in Parsons.

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Photographer Steve McCurry developed 36 slides on Monday at Dwayne's Photo Service, which is the only photo lab left in the world that can process Kodachrome.

Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a color reversal film it has manufactured since 1935. Two executives with National Geographic joined McCurry in Parsons because the organization is following the journey of the final Kodachrome roll.

The Parsons Sun reports that McCurry used the last roll to shoot scenes around New York, but the last three frames were shot in Parsons.

Dwayne's vice president Grant Steinle says the company will end its processing of Kodachrome on Dec. 10.

Still Shoot Film or Have You Gone 100% Digital?

After postponing digitalizing nearly 30,000 slides. I've slowly started the process of scanning and archiving to disk. Realizing that this is going to take quite a bit of time and while in between the time it takes to scan and review each slide I started to wonder just how many people are still shooting film. Take moment to comment if you do, why and in what situation. I still shoot film on a limited basis, primarily black and white. Still don't think that digital provides the deepness or richness black and white film provides. Your comments are welcome.

Murray