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Mon 12 Dec 2010End of an era as shutter closes on iconic film
Paul Simon sang about it, great moments of history were captured on it – but as of New Year’s Eve it will be no more. Gemma Tiptonlooks back at all the ‘nice bright colours’ of Kodachrome
SOMETIMES ERAS pass with a whisper, and sometimes with a quiet whimper, but on December 30th, when the very last roll of Kodachrome transparency film will be processed in the very last photolab in the world to accept it, an era will end in full and glowing colour.
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