Kodachrome-64 color slide K-14 process

[Celesta]

This is a weird situation I found myself in... I bought an old Soviet camera that had a roll of Kodachrome-64 color slide film in it, from a third party who wasn't the owner and did not know what was on the film. Now I have a roll of film that requires the now-extinct color K-14 processing, plus I do not know what's on it, so there is a possibility of embarrassment. So far, I found one option to process it: to send to Rocky Mountain Film to process in black & white for some $45. Should I do it or should I let it rest in peace?

 

[btgc]

I've developed "found in camera" negatives, but I would find better way to spend $45, honestly. There's possibility seller has opened film door for inspection .

 

[dogberryjr]

I've read that Rocky Mountain is in receivership or worse. Might want to just develop as B/W.

 

[Spleenrippa]

Bah! You don't need to spend your hard earned cash getting the film developed. My brother and I have had success developing our remaining rolls in Diafine and then scrubbing the remjet off after. It works great.

 

[paulfitz76]

Spleenrippa - can you post more details on the process and maybe a sample?

Thanks.

 

[dave lackey]

You never know... go for it! Otherwise you will always wonder....😉

 

[jan normandale]

afaik the only way to get available images is to process it as a BW. There are threads on this if you want to do a search.

 

[Celesta]

Good point that someone before me could have opened the camera and exposed the film... Plus I don't know how many frames were shot on that roll.

 

[Spleenrippa]

Spleenrippa - can you post more details on the process and maybe a sample?

Thanks.

No problem. Here's the process my brother sent me originally:
"Roboterkam Kodachrome Development Recipe:

We've dont it! successfully developed Kodachrome as B+W. Follow this recipe!

Diafine A - 14 minutes (agitate normally)
Diafine B - 14 minutes (agitate normally)
Rinse Twice with water
Fixer - 3 minutes per normal
Rinse Twice with photoflo (Do not pour out photoflo!!!!)

Heres the tricky part... You have to do in the Bathtub!

Open your Dev tank and unspool the film, it will appear black because of the Rem-jet coating but thankfully our longer Dev time has softened it up! Drip some photoflo mix onto the surface of the bathtub then lay down your negative black side up, Dip a soft sponge into the tank of photoflo and rub the negative lengthways then inspect each frame rubbing small circular motions to remove any left over Rem-jet.

Take a moment to enjoy your epic win then hang to dry."

Photo of me taken by my bro

 

[35mmdelux]

This is a weird situation I found myself in... I bought an old Soviet camera that had a roll of Kodachrome-64 color slide film in it, from a third party who wasn't the owner and did not know what was on the film. Now I have a roll of film that requires the now-extinct color K-14 processing, plus I do not know what's on it, so there is a possibility of embarrassment. So far, I found one option to process it: to send to Rocky Mountain Film to process in black & white for some $45. Should I do it or should I let it rest in peace?

Throw it away. If its a Soviet rig, its probably some pics from the gulag anyway.

 

[Vics]

This is a weird situation I found myself in... I bought an old Soviet camera that had a roll of Kodachrome-64 color slide film in it, from a third party who wasn't the owner and did not know what was on the film. Now I have a roll of film that requires the now-extinct color K-14 processing, plus I do not know what's on it, so there is a possibility of embarrassment. So far, I found one option to process it: to send to Rocky Mountain Film to process in black & white for some $45. Should I do it or should I let it rest in peace?

R.I.P. Let it rest in peace.

 

[paulfitz76]

Now I understand why the Kodachromes I had done at Dwayne's in the last frantic rush have a lot of black spots on them. I thought it was flaking emulsion.🙁

Thanks for posting the formula and procedure!

 

[btgc]

Throw it away. If its a Soviet rig, its probably some pics from the gulag anyway.

When I received cameras from USA with film left in them I didn't expect there could be pics of natives forced to move from lands of their fathers.



But this thread urges me to try to develop roll of Kodachrome as B&W.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Funny, isn't it?

Funny, isn't it?

Throw it away. If its a Soviet rig, its probably some pics from the gulag anyway.

I wonder, if camera came was WWII Leica with film in it, would you make the same joke about Auschwitz??

 

[Crazy Fedya]

As far as Kodachrome goes, give it a shot, try to do it yourself. Worse comes to worse, you will throw it out.

 

[Celesta]

Thank you for posting the workflow. My most likely plan of action will be to find someone who has some experience processing non-standard workflows at home (since I lack this experience 🙂

Re: the joke about Soviet film - very insensitive indeed... I can only say it could as well be photos of Yury Gagarin or the 1980 Olympics in Moscow or many other things USSR could actually be proud about.

 

[oftheherd]

No problem. Here's the process my brother sent me originally:
"Roboterkam Kodachrome Development Recipe:

We've dont it! successfully developed Kodachrome as B+W. Follow this recipe!

Diafine A - 14 minutes (agitate normally)
Diafine B - 14 minutes (agitate normally)
Rinse Twice with water
Fixer - 3 minutes per normal
Rinse Twice with photoflo (Do not pour out photoflo!!!!)

Heres the tricky part... You have to do in the Bathtub!

Open your Dev tank and unspool the film, it will appear black because of the Rem-jet coating but thankfully our longer Dev time has softened it up! Drip some photoflo mix onto the surface of the bathtub then lay down your negative black side up, Dip a soft sponge into the tank of photoflo and rub the negative lengthways then inspect each frame rubbing small circular motions to remove any left over Rem-jet.

Take a moment to enjoy your epic win then hang to dry."

...
Photo of me taken by my bro

Thanks for that. Have you tried any other development, that is, other chemicals. Seems like I have heard of other developers, but they may not work as well. That photo looked good.

 

[oftheherd]

Thank you for posting the workflow. My most likely plan of action will be to find someone who has some experience processing non-standard workflows at home (since I lack this experience 🙂

Re: the joke about Soviet film - very insensitive indeed... I can only say it could as well be photos of Yury Gagarin or the 1980 Olympics in Moscow or many other things USSR could actually be proud about.

I see you are new here. Don't be put off by that comment. I think it was meant as a mild joke, but came off kind of insensivive like. Once he gets over his surprise, he will probably jump in and apologize.

 

[Pherdinand]

very stupid joke, as well as a few reactions on it. Kodachrome in the Soviet Union? are you out of your mind?

I's probably just some FSU camera enthousiast's brick wall shots. Hell, it could be a RFF member's 😉

 

[lorriman]

People are just over-sensitive, these days. It's ridiculous. But even worse in the UK and some parts of Europe where it has been effectively criminalised.