The future of Kodachrome 40

As promised, here is some more information about the future of Kodachrome 40 colour reversal filmstocks. The manufacture of this stock in super 8 cartridges is now finished and stocks are very hard to locate in the U.K. Until last week the film was still available at photosupplies.co.uk at the normal retail price (including processing), you might want to check with them to see if this is still the case. If you have unprocessed cartridges of this type of super 8 film, Kodak are keeping the processing plant running until the end of 2006. Beyond that, who knows? You cannot obtain the chemistry to process this stock yourself. However there is no plan to stop supplying this type of film in 16mm format. My advice is to buy a 16mm camera and keep on using Kodachrome if that's the look you want, especially as secondhand 16mm equipment has never been cheaper or more readily available. Look on ebay.
As for super 8, you will have to use the new Ektachrome 64 or one of the black and white types which are still available. If you plan to telecine your films then use one of the colour negative types (of which there are many). For a more detailed account of Kodak's thinking on this subject go to their website and read about the 40th anniversary of super 8 (1965-2005).