Slide film processing
Aug 30, 2020 16:10:49 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Greetings Y'all! I say Y'all because that is Southern for you all. My daughter's dog discovered a plastic film canister and was chewing on it. When it was brought to me I discovered that it contained a 36 exposure roll of Kodachrome 64 slide film, apparently exposed. I cannot remember shooting this film. Being old I can't remember what day of the week it is. Anyway, where can I send this film for processing and does anybody have any idea what they will charge now? I am curious to see what is on this roll of film but if they charge an arm and a leg to process it I reckon I will just forget it.
Aug 30, 2020 16:13:46 #
Aug 30, 2020 16:15:57 #
I don't think anyone processes Kodachrome anymore. I believe Dwaynes was the last. There may be some lesser option for processing than as a color slide.
Aug 30, 2020 17:02:33 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
Greetings Y'all! I say Y'all because that is Sout... (show quote)
These people can process it as Black & White
https://www.thecamerashop.com/downloads/Order_Form___August_2019.pdf
Aug 30, 2020 17:31:04 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
Bigmike1 wrote:
Greetings Y'all! I say Y'all because that is Sout... (show quote)
Kodachrome can only be processed as black and white now.
Aug 30, 2020 17:54:06 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Black and white sounds good to me. I have clicked on the web link that PixelStan77 sent but it doesn't go anywhere. I'll try it on google. Thanks Y'all. Maybe I will find a million dollar picture on there.
Aug 30, 2020 19:00:36 #
It's remotely possible that some entusiast might be processing Kodachrome, but it's a difficult and expensive process. Good luck in finding someone.
Aug 30, 2020 23:50:39 #
Aug 31, 2020 01:38:01 #
tjw47 wrote:
http://rockymountainfilm.com/oldfilm.htm
Almost $45 to process Kodachrome to black & white, but that includes prints and a CD.
http://rockymountainfilm.com/k14oldslide.htm
Aug 31, 2020 07:59:58 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Bigmike1 wrote:
Greetings Y'all! I say Y'all because that is Sout... (show quote)
These folks have an outlab service that develops Kodachrome. Good luck and keep on shooting until the end.
https://www.thecamerashop.com/imagecenter/slides.html
Aug 31, 2020 09:18:02 #
Aug 31, 2020 10:24:14 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
Black and white sounds good to me. I have clicked on the web link that PixelStan77 sent but it doesn't go anywhere. I'll try it on google. Thanks Y'all. Maybe I will find a million dollar picture on there.
The link worked for me, this is what came up.
Aug 31, 2020 12:47:11 #
Kodachrome, as you may know, is the film manufactured, and since discontinued in 2009, by Kodak that required a proprietary process to develop--essentially a "secret sauce." The last lab to have the capability to develop this process, Duane's, ceased all development in 2010. There was even a documentary produced by National Geographic of Steve McCurry shooting and developing the last roll of Kodachrome.
Some labs will offer Kodachrome processing, but only in black & white. To say that losing this film and process didn't sit well with a lot of photographers would be an understatement.
Kelly-Shane Fuller of Piratelogy Studios has been experimenting...and experimenting...and experimenting with processing Kodachrome in color. And he's done it. And he's offering Kodachrome processing to YOU
It may be worth a shot, but results are not guaranteed
Some labs will offer Kodachrome processing, but only in black & white. To say that losing this film and process didn't sit well with a lot of photographers would be an understatement.
Kelly-Shane Fuller of Piratelogy Studios has been experimenting...and experimenting...and experimenting with processing Kodachrome in color. And he's done it. And he's offering Kodachrome processing to YOU
It may be worth a shot, but results are not guaranteed
Aug 31, 2020 14:40:07 #
I would contact the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY https://www.eastman.org/contact
Ask them if there is anyone who will process your film.
Ask them if there is anyone who will process your film.
Aug 31, 2020 15:35:26 #
The original Kodachrome processing involved a machine almost 100' long and so there were only a very few throughout the world and the U.S. The process involved developing each layer (b&w) of sensitive emulsion separately and replaceing the (silver) with dyes that resulted in much finer/higher resolution than possible with E-6 processed films where the silver remains. In the later years Kodak even had to resort to "saving up" enough film sent for processing to effectively feed through the machine, later consolidating Kodachrome processing to fewer and fewer labs again to effectively feed it through the machinery.
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