Don't Take My Kodachrome Away

KM 25

What gear are you going to be using in this expedition of Kodachrome?
Please take a photo of you and all your Kodachrome and post it before going out on the road!! We Need to See !

Cheers

Mark
Quito, EC
 
canonetc said:
So, besides the advent of digital, we had a corporate mentality at Kodak that may have precipitated the apparently slow demise of a film many love, and would have loved today. Three cheers for big business!

Chris
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Using Kodachrome has always come with a price.

From it's inception, it was/is always more expensive/inconvenient to purchase/process and was/is slower and more unforgiving than other available films. However, no color film could begin to match some of it's characteristics till the 70's, that's over 40 years of leadership.

The wanabee competition has been trying to prove their superiority in one way or another by using various illogical subjective arguments for a long time. Like ......... K is environmentally unfriendly (E-6 isn't? :confused: )....... has this or that color cast ....... takes too long to process ... or whatever comes to mind at the time.

Today's snapshooters and pros are convinced (ask any of them) that archival electronic storage is superior to film.:cool: Only the old guys and gals know better.:D

Kodachrome will survive only by word of mouth marketing. Not enough volume to warrant the high advertising costs associated with any big corporation product.

So ........ talk it up. Post your pix. Show more examples of it's archival qualities. Badmouth the other stuff like they badmouth K:D And .... use more Kodachrome.:angel: Regards.

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An old Kodachrome SF street shot, probably in the early 80's?:D

.... and don't forget to mention to your digital buddies that this old slide projects nicely.:D
 
I was rather intrigued after reading this thread, and picked up a roll of K64 yesterday....$13CDN($11.30US), not cheap stuff. I wonder how much they're going to charge me to dev.....
My question is can you hand hold ISO 64 and still get good results? Or is a tripod/monopod mandatory?
But I guess the metering is the real factor here...is there any latitude at all with Kodachrome, or do you have to be dead-nuts?
Thanks,
Mike
 
Me too Mike, just put an order in for a few rolls at B&H C$8 inc shipping. Also picked up a few brand X mailers as I have a freezer full of E6 and thought I would try Dwayne’s at the same time for E6.
Having done all that now I’m wondering if the US Home Guard/Post Office is nuking everything that goes into the States? Does anybody send undeveloped film across the border on a regular basis? I know it's ok coming North, but going South?
Can anybody enlighten me on this, Thanx
Cheers
 
dadsm3 said:
But I guess the metering is the real factor here...is there any latitude at all with Kodachrome, or do you have to be dead-nuts?
Thanks,
Mike
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Don't use in bright midday sun till you get more familiar with it. Meter on the highlights or average across the scene, like any chrome film. Shoot it straight ASA 64 the first few rolls, then experiment if you like. Good Luck. Regards.
 
dadsm3 said:
I was rather intrigued after reading this thread, and picked up a roll of K64 yesterday....$13CDN($11.30US), not cheap stuff. I wonder how much they're going to charge me to dev.....
My question is can you hand hold ISO 64 and still get good results? Or is a tripod/monopod mandatory?
But I guess the metering is the real factor here...is there any latitude at all with Kodachrome, or do you have to be dead-nuts?
Thanks,
Mike
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Your nuts should be alive and well. :D

That price seems high-does it include processing? I buy my film from Dwayne's at time of processing. They charge $6.84 USD per 36 exp. roll. Shipping is $5.00 for the 1st roll and $0.25/roll thereafter.

Don't sweat ASA 64 and hand holding. My dad shot Kodachrome, ASA 10, with a leaf shutter Konica and 1:3.5 lens. My first 35mm camera was a Canonet 2.8 and I shot Kodachrome II, ASA 25, with it. No worries! Latitude? Some. Maybe not as much as good color negative film. Again, Don't sweat the small stuff.

Just Shoot it!

Three samples from Texas Clay Fest 2006. 2 bike details and my friend and master potter Gary Hatcher.
 

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Mike: Good grief man, you have Leica glass that looks really good wide-open, use Leica bodies that you can handhold at pretty slow speeds ... go for it!

Wayne: As for the price, Mike may have pricing for PKR, the professional packaging. In traditional distribution channels (camera stores, non-discount stores, etc.), that pricing wouldn't surprise me. That said, I didn't know you could buy it from Dwayne's; I'll have to go that route. I have a bunch of short-dated K64 in the fridge, so I'm ok now. Only 2 rolls of K25, though.
 
Hi Wayne, cool shots.

In Canada, slide film is expensive. The retailers (Henrys, Vistek etc..) are ripping everyone off. The US has a vast market of customers compared to the Great White North.

DadsM3 - enjoy the chrome! (Who did you buy from?)

Kodachrome 200 - $7.19 @ B&H, Adorama

Kodachrome 64 - $6.49 @ B&H, Adorama

Dyawnesphoto.com has a good deal on the shipping.


Cheers

Mark
Quito, EC



































Mark
Quito, EC
 
Mine is from Henry's....just checked the bill, it was $11.99CDN($10.40USD)...It does say 'KR" on it. Henry's ain't cheap.....oh well, only a few bucks. In future I'll order online.
Looking forward to this, if only we could get some damn decent light up here, it's been dark and grey for weeks.
 
mw_uio said:
KM 25

What gear are you going to be using in this expedition of Kodachrome?
Please take a photo of you and all your Kodachrome and post it before going out on the road!! We Need to See !

Cheers

Mark
Quito, EC
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I will be using the following:

1-Leica M6, 28mm 2.0 aspheric Summicron, 50mm 1.4 aspheric Summilux.

1-Hasselblad Xpan, 90mm 4.0, 45mm 4.0 and 30mm 5.6 aspheric.

2-Nikon FM3A's, 16 fisheye, 20mm 2.8 AiS, 24mm 2.0 AiS, 45mm 2.8 Ai-P, 105mm 2.5 AiS, 180mm 2.8 D.

1-Nikon F4, DA-20 with a Aquatica 4 underwater housing for fresh water landscapes, complete with custom built underwater tripod.

Special gear includes a Kenyon KS-6 gyro for aerial work, Hensel Porty 1200 watt battery powered strobe and pocket wizard for location lighting.

Except for the gyro and lighting, everything was purchased over the last three years specifically for this project.

I may have made a really nice breakthrough today. I spent about a half hour with the man at Kodak who is in charge of marketing and technical support for Kodachrome. He is going to pass on my project to management and see if I can get support from Kodak.

I told him that I am trying to create a buzz about Kodachrome and it is working, people are starting to buy it as you all have shown here.

Let's shoot this stuff!!!
 
KM-25

I just want to say good luck on your expedition with Kodachrome! Be safe! Please keep us abreast of your successes! :)

Cheers

Mark
Quito, EC
 
KM-25 said:
I may have made a really nice breakthrough today. I spent about a half hour with the man at Kodak who is in charge of marketing and technical support for Kodachrome. He is going to pass on my project to management and see if I can get support from Kodak.

I told him that I am trying to create a buzz about Kodachrome and it is working, people are starting to buy it as you all have shown here.

Let's shoot this stuff!!!
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Hey, as long as it's available I'll buy it and shoot it!

I keep saying I'm having a final fling with it, cuz I do expect it to disappear within a few years, but I do keep hoping that the novelty of d*g*t*l will wear off somewhat and there will be enough of a market resurgence to keep Kodachrome alive.
 
Kodachrome 64 brought me back from digital. There is just something good about seeing it projected that is missing from other films. I like to shoot it in a Konica Hexar RF, an old Wollensak Stereo 10, and old Pentax LX. Dwaynes does a very nice job with the processing. If you have old mailers, remember to change the address to Dwaynes!
 
Best of luck with that project, one thing is for sure, you're not lacking passion in any way, go on !

This project has made me research a bit. The last labs processing it in Spain closed some years ago. After that, you could deliver your rolls to your lab, they will be forwarded to Valencia first and then to Lausanne, Switzerland.

After that one closed as well, the only option is sending them to USA by your own, with all the associated risks that means.

There are some very nice articles (in Spanish) about Kodachrome and how the official Kodak management in Spain is making all in his hands to send it down the memory hole.

http://valentinsama.blogspot.com/2005/01/hundiendo-el-kodachrome.html
http://valentinsama.blogspot.com/2006/06/kodak-cierra-el-laboratorio-kodachrome.html

And just for the record, no, I have never used this slide film, even though I'm doing this research now to see what my options are.

Oscar
 
A local drug chain was closing out 24 exposure rolls of K64 for two
dollars each. I rounded up 8 rolls from three different stores, but
I should have looked for more. There's nothing like Kodachrome!

Chris
 
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ChrisPlatt said:
A local drug chain was closing out 24 exposure rolls of K64 for two
dollars each. I rounded up 8 rolls from three different stores, but
I should have looked for more. There's nothing like Kodachrome!

Chris
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Yikes! Was this recently? Which chain?


TIA!/ScottGee1
 
scottgee1 said:
Yeah, when I started using it back in the sixties and later heard that song, it never occurred to me that I'd live in a work without Kodachrome. Never liked Velvia (which name sounds suspiciously like Velveeta) and the rather electric colors it produces.

:(

ScottGee1
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My mother made incredilbe grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta. However I just received a slab of Kodachrome from B&H today. Time to go to work and use them up.
 
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