Kodak Retires Kodachrome Film

[Prest_400]

I thought they sold that off to a Japanese outfit when they went through their reorganization. It is possible that they are selling some of the Japanese companies products under the Harman Photo brand though, in the UK. Haven't seen any Harman branded products in Canada, have seen some Ilford branded ones though.

It's a bit messy what they got there.
If I'm not wrong, There are 2 ilfords: Ilford photo/Harman tech Ltd., and ilford switzerland. The first one sells B&W traditional products, and the second one manufactures Ilfochrome and Inkjet products. Ilford Switzerland was bought by OJI Japan.
From ilford photo site, "about harman":
"The ILFORD range of colour photographic products, including ‘ILFORD Galerie’ inkjet media, is not manufactured or marketed by HARMAN technology, and remains a separate business operated by ILFORD Imaging based in Switzerland."

[JBrunner]

They sell HARMAN inkspoog paper here. I'll look at the little bitty writing on the box next time I'm in the store.

[accozzaglia]

They sell HARMAN inkspoog paper here. I'll look at the little bitty writing on the box next time I'm in the store.

"inkspooge" [ed.]

[Photo Engineer]

[QUOTE=Neanderman;823547]

Kodak's stock dropped from a high in the vicinity of $120 back in the early 90s/QUOTE]

Based upon the historical prices on Y@hoo (that only go back to 1962...), EK reached it's 'historical high' on 2/18/1997 at $65.81, adjusted for splits.

The present day drop seems to have started around July, 1999, with the really precipitous fall starting around July, 2007.

The two high days of trading were 9/25/2003 at 36.6 million shares (closing up) and, interestingly enough, 6/29/2009 at 33.8 million shares, also closing up. So the market certainly doesn't seem to have thought Kodachrome's death was presaging the end.

Gee, something must be wrong with my stock accouting procedures. Kodak stock did indeed sell for about $120 / share on the open market and because of that, even in spite of the current price, my average price if I were to sell is pretty high. In fact, since I bought it over 32 years and it went up about 2/3 of that time, my sale price is really high.

So, must be someething funny about your figures such as "adjusted for splits". Mine was OTC. I know it was as high as I stated because I had to pay for it!

PE

[AutumnJazz]

I've looked back through the threads to see what prompted this thought but can't figger it out... Was someone, perhaps, speculating what the odds were that we could persuade Dwayne's to do "just one more" 120 Kodachrome run? I have a couple of rolls left that I'd sure love to shoot!

Dwayne's can't do 120. The largest they can do is 35mm.

[Photo Engineer]

Neanderman:

Try here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=EK&a...g=m&z=66&y=396

You will find it at $120 and if you try about 15 years later you will find it at $109.

PE

[TerryM]

As for Bond, don't know all the words to any of the songs, seen all the movies though. Craig is similar to Connery, tough, rough, no nonsense Bond, a mans man, but good enough looking that the ladies like him too. Moore was debonair Bond, Dalton I thought was too "gay" fortunately this was at odds with the writing, thought the casting agent should have been fired for picking him. Brosnan tried to be half Connery/Half Moore, but never was successful at pulling off either, which made him annoying, then again, I've seen him in other things and he was still annoying, maybe it's the fact he can't act. Lazenby only did one movie, not enough to really form an opinion on what he would have done if he had been able to mature his portrayal of the character. If you really want to see Bond as Fleming intended him, you have to read the books. ...

I completely agree with your assessments. Although I didn't catch the Craig movies, you've summed up the common opinions on him. I've always considered Moore to be the "surreal debonair charming Bond" (with great comedy added in), and Connery to be the "atypical machismo charismatic Bond". I like them both. Roger had better screenplays because, beginning with 'The Man With the Golden Gun', the 30-year producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli decided to stop using the Fleming Books which were stodgy and stale, and to start writing screenplays from scratch. His step-son Micheal G. Wilson co-wrote all the screenplays from 'The Spy Who Loved Me' through to 'Licence to Kill'. He is quite a talent, and those were all great screenplays. Dalton made the big mistake of 'tearing up' at the end of 'Licence to Kill' in the pool scene. Tearing up is a NO-NO for any actor if he wants the respect of men. Poor Pierce was just finally settling into the role when they fired him. The Broccoli family is VERY CHEAP, and I think he wanted too much money which is why they decided to replace Brosnan. I did like Pierce more as 'Remington Steele' with Stephanie Zimbalist, but they didn't get along.

... Haven't seen any Harman branded products in Canada, have seen some Ilford branded ones though.

Indeed. Try to get a hold of some Ilfochrome. You can't get it in Canada. There is one Lab in Toronto that prints Ilfochrome photographs. You need to use Ilford (the Swiss company) in the U.S. to buy Ilfochrome. Ilford's product availability is much worse than Kodak's situation.

... . Not implying that gay applies to soft or Hollywood, but that's what I felt. ... Now this is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to off topic... ...

Don't you love these political correctness Police who are ready to pounce on you in an instant! For my part, I like a democratic Internet where people aren't attacked for their opinions. That is McCarthyism! The Internet is NOT politically correct.

With the last batch of chemicals at their disposal, a dip-and-dunk final run for 120 would be magnificently helpful.

Before Qualex closed down, I made sure that none of their remaining Kodachrome Developing Machines would get scrapped. They didn't have any left, and Dwayne's doesn't have a 120 Machine. I'm going to try to find out what happened to the Swiss Lab's K-Machines.


Regarding the concerns about refrigerating Films, Ron can comment further, but I don't think that there's any reason to be concerned about Film being stored up to 80 Degrees Fahrenheit for a few months. Sitting in a mail truck in the summer sun might get hotter. Ron can offer his professional opinion.

[Ektagraphic]

Even if Ilfochrome is hard to get, it is totally worth it!

[wogster]

With the last batch of chemicals at their disposal, a dip-and-dunk final run for 120 would be magnificently helpful.

I don't think you can do dip and dunk with Kodachrome, because it needs separate light exposures for the blue, green and red. You can however process your 120 Kodachrome as B&W film yourself.

[brianmquinn]

Well while we are on the subject of Bond let me ask. Does anyone have a Kodachrome moment relating to 007. If not of the movies themselves then on some of the locations they were filmed in. This post could use a little Kodachrome color.