kodachrome and kodacolor 35mm film processing: Hoggers I have unfortunately been held captive by two major spine surgeries. But my mind still functions. I've been reading up, on what I...

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

Hoggers
I have unfortunately been held captive by two major spine surgeries. But my mind still functions. I've been reading up, on what I gave up years ago. The elegant and invigorating elements of 35mm Kodachrome and Kodacolor photography. I do have a question, does anyone know of a reliable processor?
Any help would be appreciated...:)

Shutterbug57

To the best of my knowledge, Kodachrome development ceased several years ago and the chemicals are no longer available. I believe Kodacolor is a C41 process that can be developed at any film counter. I prefer the Darkroom for color processing. www.thedarkroom.com

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks for your reply. When I Googled it I also found them. Kinda pricey, $48 per roll plus shipping. Again, thanks. I'll keep looking...:)

Shutterbug57

Treborteko1 wrote:

Thanks for your reply. When I Googled it I also found them. Kinda pricey, $48 per roll plus shipping. Again, thanks. I'll keep looking...:)

The Darkroom is $11 per roll to process and from $0 to $9 to scan. depending on the resolution you want.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Treborteko1 wrote:

Hoggers
I have unfortunately been held captive by two major spine surgeries. But my mind still functions. I've been reading up, on what I gave up years ago. The elegant and invigorating elements of 35mm Kodachrome and Kodacolor photography. I do have a question, does anyone know of a reliable processor?
Any help would be appreciated...:)

Kodak stopped making Kodachrome in 2009 and stopped processing it in 2010. There was talk of it coming back but nothing has come of it so far. Kodacolor in all its variations is also gone.
But Kodak started making and shipping a new version of Ektachrome in Sep of this year.

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks. I'll look them up...:)

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

Thanks for the info..I was a diehard Kodachrome freak. I'm determined...:)

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Treborteko1 wrote:

Thanks for the info..I was a diehard Kodachrome freak. I'm determined...:)

If you click "quote reply" we will know exactly who/want you are responding to.

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

robertjerl wrote:

If you click "quote reply" we will know exactly who/want you are responding to.

Will do...:)

BebuLamar

Treborteko1 wrote:

Thanks for the info..I was a diehard Kodachrome freak. I'm determined...:)

There are a lot of diehard Kodachrome freaks but there is no Kodachrome. Ektachrome is back but B&H is still out of stock. They had a batch but sold out quickly.

Treborteko1 Loc: New Jersey

BebuLamar wrote:

There are a lot of diehard Kodachrome freaks but there is no Kodachrome. Ektachrome is back but B&H is still out of stock. They had a batch but sold out quickly.

Hi Bebu
I never cared for Ektachrome personally, it gave a greenish tint. Fortunately, I just found ten rolls of Kodachrome on e-bay. Expired might make for some interesting pics. Thanks for your input...:)

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Yes, virtually everyone loved Kodachrome, but it really is gone. So is Plus-X, and Panatomic-X. It only lives as processed film, or if you have any unprocessed
Kodachrome it can still be processed to black & white images. And it "lives" in that Paul Simon song, "Kodachrome".

Kodacolor Negative film or its modern updates can be processed easily with C-41 Chemistry. I'm not sure all labs remember the processing details for actual Kodacolor film as its been replaced by similar films several times.

You might like to know that several models of digital cameras have JPEG file internal processing that duplicates the look of many types of film. I know Fuji cameras may "produce" fujifilm film-like images for favorite fuji films. I would image there are digital cameras that will give you Kodak looking images, including Kodachrome and Kodacolor. It can certainly be done with Photoshop CS or CC software.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Treborteko1 wrote:

Expired might make for some interesting pics...)

But no way to process it - chemistry not available, so worthless. There have been a few formulas to process it as B&W, but why?

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Treborteko1 wrote:

Hi Bebu
I never cared for Ektachrome personally, it gave a greenish tint. Fortunately, I just found ten rolls of Kodachrome on e-bay. Expired might make for some interesting pics. Thanks for your input...:)

Same here, Ekta-junk not my thing. But you can only process any remaining Kodachrome to B&W; no labs, no chemistry.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

lamiaceae wrote:

Same here, Ekta-junk not my thing. But you can only process any remaining Kodachrome to B&W; no labs, no chemistry.

I’m with you. I’ve shot hundreds of rolls of Ektachrome when it was the state-of-the-art in the 60s, but then there was Fuji...