Because of the recently announced demise of Kodachrome, and the discontinuance, a few years ago of its wonderful line of silver halide based photo papers, it is incumbent upon us to give it our thanks.
Kodak deserves our thanks not only for Kodachrome, Ektachrome, VPS, HPS, Kodacolor, Tri-X, Pan-X......[after all it was Kodak that introduced new film formats and gave them their names i.e. 135, 120,220, 808, 110, 620 etc.] Not to mentionrbut also for its many photo gadgets such as that superb tray siphon that lasted me 30 years, its superb darkroom lights and Wratten filers... you get the picture. It should be thanked for being an American company that was emblematic of a period of corporate innovation almost unseen anymore. Let's not forget that it was Kodak that introduced the digital sensor for still cameras. Little did they know that it would be their demise.
It's photo chemicals were always manufactured to the highest standards whether they were for B&W or color films, even in cameras they had some great additions going back to the box cameras that started it all. They were the first to have autu exposure in a 6X6 camera introduced at the 1939 World's Fair. Some of the Ektar lenses are, of course, legendary. We could go on and on.
We, as photographers owe Eastman Kodak a debt of gratitude that is immense. I just hope that the company survives so that it may continue to surprise us in the future.
Well done Kodak; keep on fighting the good fight. And thanks for the memories
Rocco Galatioto
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