2009/ 2010 : the end of outstanding Kodachrome!
On 22 June 2009, Kodak announced the end of out of the ordinary Kodachrome production.
And on 30 December 2010, Dwaynes Photo (last Kodak certified facility remained) announced it would cease Kodachrome processing!
Kodachrome was the first successfully mass-marketed color still film using a "subtractive" method, and remained the oldest brand of color film.
For many years, it was used for professional color photography, and it appreciated in the archival and professional market.
Its disappearance is a bit of a world that has just disappeared... It's the way of the world...
A world JUSTLY disappeared???
Perhaps not, perhaps REALLY not...
... at least to a certain extent, and not necessarily the lesser of two evils!
PROOF OF ... 1978:
~ "Aillaud" towers, Nanterre (Paris region) ~
Canon F1/ FD 50 mm f 1.4 - Kodachrome 64
35mm Film Canon CanoScan scanner FS4000US 
Slide scanned in 2005
Irony? "Maison heureuse" => happy home
Largeur : 80,45 cm - Hauteur : 120 cm - 300 pixels/pouce
Width: 31.4 in Height: 46.8 in 300 D.P.I.
... if I shoot this photo above with my...
Nikon D700 AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4 MAXIMUM output (FX format, "Large" NEF/ RAW):
Largeur : 23,98 cm - Hauteur : 36,03 cm - 300 pixels/pouce
Width: 9.45 in Height: 14.17 in 300 D.P.I.
... and that, 75 years AFTER the Kodachrome arrival, and 37 years AFTER the Canon F1 release...
The passing of time...
Of course, this is the same tower... 33 years and "washed" green color later!
1978 - Canon F1 - Kodachrome 64 2011 - Nikon D700 - FX format, "Large" NEF/ RAW 
Note: I could not reiterate this 2011 picture exactly in the same location as in 1978.
Indeed, an additional tower (probably built between 1979 and 1981, date on which the housing development "Aillaud" was finished) had the bad idea to stand just where I had placed myself in 1978!
In addition, the ground levels also changed: 1978, I was quite a bit "above" the base of the tower, 2011 I'm a little "underneath"!
Anyway, comparing the two pictures above, we can also see an another newcomer(!) behind and to the left of the tower of the "2011" photo.
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