On December 30 Kodachrome ended its last processing facility in Kansas and probably the death of photographic films. Old fashioned film loaded cameras became obsolete when digital cameras became available at cheap rates for everyone. Any idiot could point and shoot relying on his camera to focus accurately, to adjust for dark or bright illumination and zoom in on subjects. Suddenly photography was no longer for the lover of the art who was prepared to lug around a bagful of camera, assorted lenses, filters and flash, someone who would walk for miles and wait for hours to get a beautiful picture. Get a digital camera, take any number of shots knowing that unwanted pictures can be deleted without any expense and then enhance pictures on the computer with softwares such as Photoshop. While every technical advance has its advantages there is always a downside. It may be very convenient to store innumerable photos on the hard disk of a computer or on some remote data storage site but this may be accessible only to the person who owns the computer or has a password protected account with one of the giant multinational service provider. All such photos will be lost on the death of the person and with that a historical record of the life of the photographer and all the people who were precious to him. Even today old faded black and white photos of famous people are sold at auctions for vast sums of money proving the importance of recorded memory. These are not just important from a nostalgic point of view but very often provide valuable historical evidence. It maybe time for a timeout on so called progress.