Kodachrome has been the slide film of choice of many photographers for many decades.
It’s saturated but life-like colors and sharpness made it so popular. It was introduced in 1935. It was one of the first successful color materials and was used for both cinematography and still photography. Because of its complex processing it was sold with prepaid processing. Because of the uptake of alternative photographic materials, its complex processing requirements, and the widespread transition to digital photography, Kodachrome lost its market share and its manufacturing was discontinued in 2009.
One of its main followers was the world famous National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. When he heard that Kodachrome was discontinued he asked if he could have the last roll produced. In the movie you can see what he did with the last roll and on his website are all the photo’s.
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