Kodak says it’s bringing back Ektachrome film
As one who has been a photographer for 50 years I have a great appreciation for the technologies involved.  Digital imaging has advantages to be sure, but I think it&#x27;s best to think of film vs. digital as two distinct media with only superficial resemblance.  That&#x27;s very similar to acrylic vs. oil painting, which, for very good reasons are considered distinct media.<p>In the world of art, &quot;old&quot; media don&#x27;t really die, interest may come and go but never disappears completely.  Casein-based paints were used in ancient Egypt, egg tempera dates to the middle ages, oil painting goes back 600 years, etching was invented in the 1400&#x27;s.<p>BTW acrylic paints are very recent inventions, products innovated by Bocour and Golden in the 1940&#x27;s, modern forms coming available in the early 1960&#x27;s.  But despite its technological benefits older techniques are hardly obsolete.<p>Same with digital vs. film.  They are different media with distinct aesthetics.  Film will never die, and that&#x27;s a very good thing for the sake of the art of photography.<p>The revival of Ektachrome is a heartening sign, but I sure wish Kodachrome were still around, there has never been any medium that was its equal.