The destiny of a product many times is in the hands of the consumer, then we sends a strongly marks to the Kodak ... We can make 2 things, are enough little minutes and certainly it be worth while. I have already launch this initiative in Italy, but here you are many more of the Italians who use the Kodachrome, therefore if also you actively participate to this initiative the effect will be remarkablly larger.
It can work, also why there is already a precedent: many years ago the Kodak had suspended the production of film in the format 9,5mm. Then many utilizator of this format (that they are sure less than who uses the Kodachrome), made to feel their voice, sending to the Kodak protest letters. Result: The Kodak resumed the production of the film 9,5mm...
Well, the first thing that you can make it is to send a ordinary letter to the Kodak's headquarters, download and print the petition below, sign it and send it like ordinary letter to:
Eastman Kodak Company Corporate Headquarters
343 Stte Street South,
Rochester, NY 14650
(United States)
Download, print and send this letter (4KB, rtf document):
http://www.mondestremo.it/save_kodachro ... chrome.rtf
Below, the text:
Eastman Kodak Company Corporate Headquarters
343 Stte Street South,
Rochester, NY 14650
(United States)
RE: DON'T DISCONTINUE THE KODACHROME, THANKS!
Dear Kodak,
I have had news of a your "alarming" official notice: within the end of this year, you have intention to suspend the production of the glorious invertible color film Kodachrome 40, in the Super8 format.
The loss will be enormous, why beyond to the elevated qualitative characteristic that have rendered it famous (elevated resolution, extremely fine grain, saturate colors) it is the only film between all the color films (both negatives and invertible) that it guarantees also an elevated duration in the time of the images, comparable to the emulsions in b/n (than correctly conserved have an life expectancy of 100 years).
(I defy anyone to signal to me an other color film that has one duration in the time of the sort).
By right of news, every other color film (both negative and invertible, of any mark) has an clearly inferior life, the degradation (loss of density) of the colors happens already within 20 years. This means that shooting with any color film that is not Kodachrome, all the scenes, the precious memories, expose on that film will go to fade more and more until to lost they already after very little decades... And who shoot (especially in S.8 and 16mm format) from many years he know this fact, and is for this that there are hundreds of thousands of "kodachromistes" spread in the world...
- If you like to shoot an film color with a highest quality of image, from the simple film-memory of family to kinds engaged as the documentary or fiction and wished to safeguard the images (often obtained with great hard work) for a longest period of time in economic and simply way, you must compulsority use the Kodachrome -.
You have intention to "replace" the Kodachrome with one new emulsion, than assured to have the same qualities of image of the Kodachrome. But not informed to us on the duration in the time of the images impressed on this new emulsion that, being it one normal invertible film, will conserve the images for short time, to the maximum for some twenty years, - perhaps for 30- (Kodachrome, like already said, maintain the images unaltered at least the triple of the time, this thank to the particular procedure of development "owner" of this film, different from the treatment of development standard of every other invertible film, of any mark).
To stop the production of the Kodachrome is a false step that you do not have to make, could instead to optimize the production of the line of invertible films being suspended the production of some not indispensable Ektachrome, but you cannot deprive to us of the only emulsion to colors that allows us to conserve our precious images much a long in the time in simple and economic way.
Kodak, you do not deprive us of one film of reference like the Kodachrome!
Discontinue the production of the Kodachrome would be an action of "treason" in the comparisons of who, even if simple filmaker, has contributed to render thus great your name in the world ...
However you know already from hour that, in the case in which the production of the Kodachrome comes discontinued, I will not never use your Ektachrome, inferiors regarding the Kodachrome is under the qualitative profile and above all under the profile of the duration in the time of the images, but I will acquire films produced from the Fuji (in particular Velvia 50D, the only film that can boast characteristics near the Kodachrome).
Hoping that you, also in this occasion, demonstrate to know to listen to the voice of its devoted filmaker scattered for the world,
cordially I salute you.
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In adding, you can send your name and last name to: save_kodachrome@yahoo.it, your nominative will be added at the bottom to the petition (same text of over) that I will send to the Kodak as soon as I will have a sufficient number of nominative.
Important is to make both the things, above all the first!
We make to feel our voice to the Kodak, is only in this way that we can be obtained results! (I turn also to the administrator of this site, if it want to give greater visibility to this initiative, even with a link in Home Page, would be useful and appreciate thing...)
Boys make it soon, printed the text, signed and sended now, want very little time to make it, also you that are reading participates with we to save the Kodachrome from one unjust end!
I thank all you.
Poliestere 8)
. The stock in my sig is my first choice. E100GX to be more specific. I think it caters to the general population. It is the closest to V50D - reversal, extremely fine grained, warm saturated colors, less contrasty than K40. I understand this is a daylight film and it complements well with 64T for indoors.