Kodachrome Came Back as "Gold 100"

[foggie]

Hello Everyone,

I recently got back some Kodachrome from Dwaynes and something peculiar happened. One roll, 24 exposures, had an blueish tint to it. This isn't the odd part -- I shoot lots of expired kodachrome and this is simply a symptom of rolls that are unfresh. The weird thing is that when I removed the paper slide mount I noticed that the slides were coded as "Gold 100-2".

What the heck is going on here? Gold is the drug store consumer C41 colour film. These were cased clearly in "Kodachrome" canisters and returned as positive so how can they be a C41? But why would they be coded as "Gold 100-2" ?

EDIT: in post 21, a put up a picture of the anomaly

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Well, what a surprise...

Where did you buy those rolls of kodachrome?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[foggie]

Well, what a surprise...

Where did you buy those rolls of kodachrome?

Cheers,

Juan

All of my kodachrome comes from a variety of sellers on ebay. The "gold" weirdness only occurred with one roll (so far).

 

[Finder]

What do the film edge markings say?

 

[foggie]

What do the film edge markings say?

That's what i meant. The writing at the very top of the film, near the sprocket holes, says "GOLD 100-2"

 

[Jamie123]

I think you got cheated on eBay. Someone just used Kodachrome cartridges and filled them with the cheapest film available.

I'm sure C-41 can be developed as Kodachrome.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I smell a "Made in China" scam for the "who cares!" ignoratti.

Sorry to hear about that. That really must be frustrating, to say the least.

 

[hans voralberg]

I think you got cheated on eBay. Someone just used Kodachrome cartridges and filled them with the cheapest film available.

I'm sure C-41 can be developed as Kodachrome.

Interesting, how is that possible?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Interesting, how is that possible?

It's possible. The image will look like cr@p, but it's possible. You can process C-41 B&W film with "traditional" B&W chemicals, for example. Certainly not ideal, and in that case (C-41 in B&W chems.) the image fades over a handful of years.

 

[retro]

I think you got cheated on eBay. Someone just used Kodachrome cartridges and filled them with the cheapest film available.

I'm sure C-41 can be developed as Kodachrome.

It's my understanding that, with the Kodachrome process, the
color dyes are not in the film emulsion but rather in the processing
chemistry.

If that's true then Kodachrome couldn't be processed via C-41.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Weird, but if they came out as a positive from Dwayne's...

 

[Finder]

I would love to see a scan.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Yes, that would be new...

 

[charjohncarter]

Is there a film named 'Kodak Gold 100-2?' And Juan as you say 'estrano' (Dwaynes).

 

[retro]

I think Gold 100-2 is from the early 1990s.

 

[1948nikon]

Kodachrome taste test.

Kodachrome taste test.

Heres is a quick test to see if its real or C41.

The emulsion of Kodachrome has a particular smell and if you are game lick the emulsion!!

THIS IS FACT.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Gold 100-2 was from the late 1980's, I believe. I think the last version was Gold 100-6.

If it came out as a color slide processed as Kodachrome, it is Kodachrome, regardless of the edge markings.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Some people just don't read, do they?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

The orange tint of C-41 films is built in to the base, so if it developed with clear base it was NOT gold, no matter the edge marks

 

[not_in_good_order]

Gold 100-2 was from the late 1980's, I believe. I think the last version was Gold 100-6.

If it came out as a color slide processed as Kodachrome, it is Kodachrome, regardless of the edge markings.

The current version of gold 100 has an edge code of 7.