Kodachrome on sale at Adorama.

[venchka]

Dwayne's does it all

Dwayne's does it all

Guys,

Quick question -- I haven't shot with this stuff *in years* (head hurts just thinking about it) --- I'm going to the Tetons, Yellowstone and Glacier for 3 weeks this summer (in an RV no less) .

Given the expiry date of May 2007, should I not bother? If it is OK, how to store it?

Thanks!

JT

What Earl said. No worries about expiration until you get to decades old. Print out some of Dwayne's order forms and get some padded envelopes to take with you. Mail the exposed film as you shoot it. Hamilton Stores in Yellowstone can mail them. You'll have slides & CDs soon after you get home.

Send the film in batches. The shipping goes down to $0.25/roll after the first one. Dwayne's also sells fresh Kodachrome and shipping is the same $0.25/roll after the first roll. So, you get slides and fresh film back all for $5.00 + $0.25/roll shipping. Dwayne's will process almost anything: color (slide & negative), B&W, 135, 120, and a bunch of old formats too.

 

[Xmas]

Joe
I recall Kodachrome 10 (i.e. 10ASA) when Kodachrome 25 came out it was called Kodachrome II, I think as my brain does not have the archival qualities of Kodachrome.
Noel

 

[Doug]

I recall Kodachrome 10 (i.e. 10ASA) when Kodachrome 25 came out it was called Kodachrome II, I think as my brain does not have the archival qualities of Kodachrome.

That's my recollection too, Noel. I hadn't actually used the old ASA 10 Kodachrome myself but friends had. I didn't get started using Kodachrome until 1964 when by that time there was a choice of Kodachrome II (25 ASA) and Kodachrome X (64 ASA and contrastier). Around then the speed demon was High Speed Ektachrome (ASA 160, low saturation).

 

[Xmas]

Doug

I'd forgotten the X, Oh dear.

Noel

 

[anabasis]

My 5 rolls came today. I'm stoked. Haven't shot this stuff in 15 yrs!

JCA

 

[Trius]

I really didn't like X very much. It was handy for speed, and for the life of me I can't recall why I disliked it other than ... contrast (as stated), colours were just off, etc.

K25 was again different from KII, but pleasant, if not the same. Now that it's long gone, I really miss it. K64 was (is) close enough to K25 that the pain of the loss of K25 isn't totally debilitating.

Is there such a thing as a film psychiatrist? I feel like I need a shrink right about now.

 

[dmr]

Around then the speed demon was High Speed Ektachrome (ASA 160, low saturation).

I actually shot quite a bit of the "High Speed" Ektachrome around 1970 or so. It was actually my color film of choice for a while. It was reasonably fast for the time (today I can't imagine calling anything ISO 160 "High Speed") and the slides let me see what I had taken without spending all the money to develop color print film.

I also remember (dusting off fuzzy memory cells) a tungsten version of HS Ektachrome at a slightly higher speed, maybe 200?

I did shoot some Kodachrome II back then, as it was kind of the gold standard. I don't think I even tried the Kodachrome X 64. I know I did shoot some of the Ektachrome 64 and liked it.

 

[Doug]

I also remember (dusting off fuzzy memory cells) a tungsten version of HS Ektachrome at a slightly higher speed, maybe 200?

I think that was the High Speed Ektachrome Type B, for 3400°K (?) light, and a bit slower than the daylight film at ASA 125. And it seems to me there was a tungsten light Kodachrome (Type A?) at ASA 40...