# Last roll of Kodachrome developed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652 "2010-07-14T13:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Green\_Eyed\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Eyed_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/1 "2010-07-14T13:58:42Z")
I was kind of surprised that I hadn’t seen it here, but the last roll of Kodachrome has been developed: > **[Last Kodachrome roll developed](https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2010/07/13/last-kodachrome-roll-developed/16494316007/)** > > PARSONS — Freelance photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose work has graced the pages of National Geographic, laid 36 slides representing the last frames of Kodachrome film on the light board sitting on… In my search, I found this thread discussing the end of production: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521967&highlight=kodachrome](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=521967&highlight=kodachrome) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/2 "2010-07-14T14:01:17Z")
“Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away…” Wasn’t mama but technology, Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/3 "2010-07-14T14:07:36Z")
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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/4 "2010-07-14T14:21:07Z")
You scared me there. This was the last roll of Kodachrome that _was ever manufactured_ that was developed. Dwayne’s labs will continue to develop Kodachrome film until December 10 of this year: > [@](#): > > As Kodachrome is no longer manufactured, Steinle said that on Dec. 10 Dwayne’s Photo will end its processing of Kodachrome. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/5 "2010-07-14T14:29:57Z")
I’m sure there are plenty of rolls of Kodachrome in cold storage, and I’ll bet you’ll be able to find someone to develop it at specialty stores or photography clubs for quite a while. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/6 "2010-07-14T15:21:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m sure there are plenty of rolls of Kodachrome in cold storage, and I’ll bet you’ll be able to find someone to develop it at specialty stores or photography clubs for quite a while. Kodachrome is considerably more difficult and complex to develop than any other type of film: > **[K-14 process](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-14_process)** > > K-14 was the most recent version of the developing process for Kodak's Kodachrome transparency film before its discontinuation (the last revision having been designated Process K-14M). It superseded previous versions of the Kodachrome process used with older films (such as K-12 for Kodachrome II and Kodachrome-X). > The K-14 process differed significantly from its contemporary, the E-6 process, in both complexity and length. Kodachrome film has no integral color couplers; dyes are produced durin... You have to expose the film to colored lights during various points in the process, which would be tricky to do without a purpose-built processor. E6 (e.g., Ektachrome) is a cinch to develop by comparison. If you have any Kodachrome left, you MUST send it to Dwayne’s Photo by the end of this year. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/7 "2010-07-14T17:25:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > “Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away…” > > Wasn’t mama but technology, Paul. At least I’ve still got a Nikon camera … it’s just there’s a CCD to give me the nice bright colors, the greens of summers, and make me think all the world’s a sunny day. Mama, don’t take my CCD away-ye-yay! It even scans right! ---
**Author:** ![geomurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@geomurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geomurph)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/8 "2010-07-22T03:13:29Z")
It’s neat what they’re doing with the last roll. The lab’s in a little town in Kansas. [http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/1403115/last-kodachrome-roll-processed.html](http://www.kansas.com/2010/07/14/1403115/last-kodachrome-roll-processed.html) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/9 "2010-12-30T17:23:03Z")
Bump for the official closing of Dwayne’s Photo today. ☹ NYT article: [For Kodachrome Fans, Road Ends at Photo Lab in Kansas](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html) > [@](#): > > [One of the last customers was] a railroad worker who had driven from Arkansas to pick up 1,580 rolls of film that he had just paid $15,798 to develop. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/10 "2010-12-30T18:51:49Z")
That article, strangely, made me quite sad. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/11 "2010-12-31T06:37:59Z")
Damnit! I just got a good shot of Elvis getting off a UFO. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/12 "2011-01-02T03:55:12Z")
[Here’s](http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/the-end-of-an-era-1935-to-2010/)Steve McCurry’s blog post acknowledging the last roll being developed. Kodak gave him the last roll that was produced and it was developed at Dwayne’s. His post includes some of the pictures from that roll. ---
**Author:** ![jrepka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@jrepka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrepka)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/13 "2011-01-02T22:25:05Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > At least I’ve still got a Nikon camera … it’s just there’s a CCD to give me the nice bright colors, the greens of summers, and make me think all the world’s a sunny day. Mama, don’t take my CCD away-ye-yay! It even scans right! Yeah, Kodachrome had a great name, and because of Paul Simon it will live on forever in boomer’s memories. But the truth is that CCD/CMOS technology has largely supplanted them for general use, and for a lot of professional use. I stopped using Kodachrome in 91 when I discovered Velvia, which is vastly superior in resolution and produces better colors, especially for outdoor photography. It remains popular and certainly has more to do with the death of Kodachrome than digital photography… ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-roll-of-kodachrome-developed/546652/14 "2011-01-02T22:35:36Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > That article, strangely, made me quite sad. The first article linked made me a bit sad too, in part that whoever wrote it misspelled _loupe_ twice. Already the common tools are uncommon enough that they a) have to be explained, and b) are unfamiliar enough that nobody said “that doesn’t look right” and left it misspelled.