Save Our Kodachrome S.O.K. Club!

[Patrick]

As much as I would hate to see K40 go and I know that most of my future exposed Ektachorme 64T footage will not be around for as long as I am, it is a fact that the development of Kodachrome is hazardous to the environment. I have even heard that for years, there was pressure put on Kodak by environmental groups to stop Kodachrome. Although tragic in one sense, the end of Kodachrome was one tiny step in the right direction for saving this planet.

Sometimes good things can come out of bad things.

[Super8SLiCK]

I see your point, however, but there isn't a whole lot of Kodachrome being used today as there are other major sources of pollutants.

I don't mind the environmental tradeoff for my K40.

[Patrick]

Kodachrome slide film still seems quite popular.

[tlatosmd]

Jürgen stated here several times there is no environmental problem with K40, the chemical waste from the process is sold to other companies that use it for other things.

[John_Pytlak]

Modern film processes (including K-14) have been reformulated for minimum environmental impact. Labs recycle the chemistry, recover almost all of the silver, and use Kodak's assistance to meet environmental standards:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier. ... cale=en_US