Gives Gave Us Those Bright Colors

Bye bye to Kodachrome, Kodak's iconic brand. They announced on Monday that due to digital, the sales are next to nothing. We bid farewell to the sharpness that was never beaten by a competitor (or even any of Kodak's other brands.) We bid farewell to the colors that had saturation and life. Nothing will ever truly beat the slide film for a eye-catching, breath-taking color.

Kodachrome. The best there was.

BoingBoing had a post on Tuesday. They quoted photographer Glen Friedman:

As far as quality products that mean something to me this one ranks above all else, even Apple.

This is like losing your favorite paint brush or camera lens or guitar, forever. Their are others, but none will be the same at all.

Perhaps one day in the future some one will invent a Kodachrome mode in digital photography....