enboe Posted May 26, 2013 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sanity check time. Today I purchased the very last roll of film for sale at Disneyland. Kodak is no longer a sponsor, and they will not be carrying film in the future. I added this to one of the last six rolls available at Disney World, purchased in April, my last roll of Ektachrome, and my last roll of Kodachrome. Am I the only one collecting "last rolls"? Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 26, 2013 Posted May 26, 2013 Hi enboe, Take a look here Weird collection of "last rolls". I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
adan Posted May 26, 2013 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2013 I'm not - but the store where I work has miscellaneous rolls of defunct films lying around as "decor." Below, a snap of various Kodachromes on our shelf (sorry they are fuzzy - they were not the main subject of the picture). KII, KX, K64 (in original 1974 introductory cassette with red warning slashes, since Kodak was still running both K-12 and K-14 processing lines, and it would have been BAD if K64 got into the K-12 line!), later K64 red/white/yellow livery - and a likely 1950's roll of Plus-X (maroon paint). Today while I was talking to a couple viewing their 6x7 Provia shots on our lightbox, I noticed on a nearby shelf a box of 6x9 Plus-X sheet film (expiration date 1978). "REAL 6x7 photographers would use sheet film!" I kidded them. I wonder when the "last box" of 6x9 Plus-X was sold? Here's an ad from when GAF (not Kodak) was the official film of the Disney parks. I wonder when the last roll of GAF 500 slide film (of which I shot exactly one roll, in 1975) was sold. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3291936833_0c2b83c569.jpg While some may be feeling a bit abandoned and nostalgic now due to digital's impact, films and film companies have come and gone throughout the history of film. Kodak Lumiere, Panatomic-X, Vericolor II, High Speed Ektachrome - anyone under 40 remember those? The good news is that film photography survived and moved on... Then there's this: The World's Largest Collection of Camera Film So you aren't alone in collecting - go for it! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/205398-weird-collection-of-last-rolls/?do=findComment&comment=2330700'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 26, 2013 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2013 "REAL 6x7 photographers would use sheet film!" I kidded them. I wonder when the "last box" of 6x9 Plus-X was sold? Don't know about Plus-X, but Ilford make batches of all the less common sizes of sheet film once or twice a year, so get your order in now. Somebody somewhere will still be using it. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted May 26, 2013 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2013 Good for them!! Someone (Dunlop?) occasionally makes small runs of old or little used tire sizes, keeping many pre-WWII cars on the road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted May 27, 2013 Share #5 Posted May 27, 2013 Good for them!! Someone (Dunlop?) occasionally makes small runs of old or little used tire sizes, keeping many pre-WWII cars on the road. Someone (it used and may still be Avon) still makes traction engine tyres too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardgb Posted May 28, 2013 Share #6 Posted May 28, 2013 I<snip> While some may be feeling a bit abandoned and nostalgic now due to digital's impact, films and film companies have come and gone throughout the history of film. Kodak Lumiere, Panatomic-X, Vericolor II, High Speed Ektachrome - anyone under 40 remember those? <snip> Vericolor II - the first C-41 process film, if memory serves. I processed many hundreds by hand (to simulate home-processing 'amateur' conditions) when working for a major photochemical manufacturer in the mid-1970s. High-Speed Ektachrome (160ASA!) was my standard roll-film, replacing Ektachrome-X (64ASA). The latter had a nasty tendency to come out with a blue cast in processing, and all Kodak could say was 'yes, that sometimes happens'. High-Speed Ektachrome had a good grain structure as well as gradation, and could be push-processed reasonably well (though I rarely did so). On the nostalgia front, there was Agfa's own-process CT18 slide and Agfachrome 50 transparency films, which in the UK were all processed in their Deer Park Road, Wimbledon lab. They succumbed to the E6 onslaught (Agfa bought in Fuji and re-labelled it, by all accounts). This could also have various colour casts... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted May 30, 2013 Share #7 Posted May 30, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Agfa CT18 was more accurate in colour rendering so used a lot for medical photography as I remember it. Wasn't so nice as Kodachrome ('give me those nice bright colours') but faster. My favourite in those days was Perutz, also 18din but brighter than Agfa In b&w, Plus X pan prof was wonderful, but not available in 35mm, where FP4 was my favourite Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted May 30, 2013 Share #8 Posted May 30, 2013 used to shoot high speed ektachrome all the time. occasionally kodachrome 64, found it way too slow and kodachrome ii was impossible at asa 25. I also remember pushing ektachrome to 400, or at least shooting some slide film at that speed. this was about 40 years ago. hated gaf film, never liked the colors. anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane.. . .... now where did i put my kodak carousel projector? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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