There is a lot of talk and interest on the web about this, mainly from 8mm film newbies. I hear tales of color processing as a negative and getting good results. I've tried a variety of processes in a lomo tank and was only ever able to get faint BW images similar to those in your video, and even then only partial sections of the roll yielded a definitive image. I tried different ages and batches of Kodachrome to boot. If you are absolutely sure you have the lost JFK footage, or the definitive Big Foot film then send it to FPP and get it professionally developed and scanned. In my personal opinion, as much as I LOVED and used Kodachrome when it was still active and available, it is now is good for nothing more test film, or as a source for film cans and metal take up reels for the camera.
Ya know chemicals don’t just disappear. If someone wanted to they could recreate all the necessary chems to process Kodachrome. Price would be high and because the film is no longer produced unrealistic in any case. But nothing even digital compares to Kodachrome it’s still king.
"Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors They give us the greens of summers Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah I got a Nikon camera I love to take a photograph So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away"
Could not agree more, Kodachrome was absolutely beautiful in its day and I shot a ton in the 80s and 90s. It’s now little more than a cute centerpiece for your wedding tables. Can be fun for experimenting but always expect the 3 “F”s: Fog, Faint and Flat. Oftentimes the remjet is also much tougher to remove than the modern Vision stocks. Well done fellas!
If it produces at least a discernable image, those 3Fs can usually be corrected through digital enhancements and you can really boost the contrast post-production. I have examples on my IG: @celluloid_alchemist under the caption "Kodachrome Lives."
I remember when Dwayne's announced the last processing run for Kodachrome. I had two 50' rolls of K40 Super 8 in my fridge and didn't shoot them in time. It was really sad!
Great and timely info here! I have one unexposed roll of Kodachrome 64 35mm. Very soon, I’ll be shooting it at ASA 32 and developing it in D76. Win or lose, it will be an upcoming RUclips vlog. Wish me luck! 🎞
I miss Kodachrome. It was great for its rich and vibrant colours and gave special family occasions that prestigious look that those memories deserved. The latest Ektachrome is great, but nostalgia will always have extra points for the look of the day and Ektachrome will enjoy that status in the future.
Yes Guy's Happy Christmas & all The best for 2021. Happy Thanksgiving. This year i purchased an 8mm Camera & decided to try it out, I'm so glad i listened to your advice and went ahead and purchased New Film Stock here in the UK, was so pleased with results I just used the old expired 1971 Kodachrome that came with the old camera as a way of practicing to load Camera ! now I would like to try some Colour / Color Double 8 reversal hope that i can buy some 40 ASA 8mm Reversal in not too distant future.
Correction - But Kodachrome was introduce in 1935 not in the 1920's if your thinking the 1920's when KODAK was testing a 2 Color motion picture film that they called it the 2 color strip Kodachrome as it was a Color Motion Picture Negative. Even though that the name Kodachrome was invented in 1913 by John Capstaff as a 2 color film as adapted for Motion Picture use. Then in 1935 as a still a Motion Picture product as more of a Still Film Product.. As I sure Miss it, and it was the 64, and the 200 speed were my favorite.
I have a question… I received a Bell and Howell 8mm camera, with that I also got a unused roll of 8mm film. After shooting, I don’t know what type of film I was shooting. All I know was I loaded the film and shot it. Can a film from 40 to 50 years old can be still developed with positive results? How can you tell if you shot Kodak or Kodachrome? As a beginner I need answers, before I send it to be developed. Thank you for whoever answers my question.
As Owen mentioned in the video - processing for Kodachrome no longer exists. A few labs offer service to develop as BW, but that is expensive and the results are usually poor.
Successfully processed 35mm KR64 in D-76 @10 minutes...Results came out VERY well and was a high contrast black and white negative...This film expired in 2006..I was very UNsuccessful in processing my KR64 rolls that had expired in the mid-1980s....Images came out so dark that the scanner could not make them out properly......Just some of my Darkroom experience with Kodachrome 64 still film. Seems like if you process Kodachrome thats expired in the last 20 years, you should be ok with the images....But longer than 30 years......their maybe some issues.
Sellers online want to charge customers for a spool of vintage Kodachrome about $20.00 (or when shipping's added). That's the price for a "new" spool of B&W Standard Double 8mm film. I've used Kodachrome to test the Bolex cameras when I service them. Other than that it's simply far too old now.
I just was gifted a stack of 20-year-old Fujichrome Velvia 50 and Ilford HP5 and FP4. Also in the gift bag was a single roll of Kodachrome and a roll of Kodak Technical Pan Film. Of course, I'm going to shoot it all and see what happens. Wish me luck!
@Vicer Fx I've only shot the expired FP4 Plus and you wouldn't know it was expired. I know of only one place that can develop Kodachrome. It's not cheap, takes a while, and my previous experiments with Kodachrome were awful. Also, you won't get color. If you get any images, they'll be black and white.
Loved Kodachrome, I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot with it in the 1990's. Why are not the chemicals available? If memory serves me correct, the Kodachrome process is a trade secret.
It probably has to do with environmental concerns regarding the chemicals used for development, and their... Overall impact on humans, the environment and everything else, or so I would blindly assume, having no further knowledge of the chemicals used at play
Even before Kodachrome went extinct, I stopped using it, for two reasons. One was, There was often too much magenta cast in certain lighting conditions, and the second was, the amazing colors I was getting with ISO 100 Ektachrome Plus Professional. I wish they would bring back the EPP 100!
I made a "Super 8 anatomy" example of a Kodakchrome 25 cartridge that I found inside a Supr 8 camera I purchased....Someone had just left it in the camera for like 40 years. So I decided it would make a great "cadavear."
There is a fellow reverse engineering the colour processing for Kodachrome and he has had a lot of success. I can't recall his name at the moment but I'll try to look it up
Thank you for showing examples of how it looks now if you were to do it.. bc some of us might still dare to do it.. but yeah it looks like it's not even giving you much. Only reason why I would do it is if it was your family members and you just HAD to see what's on it and don't care.
But... There's no color 8mm movie film/developing available now... So we're forced to at least attempt the old expired Kodachrome... Or do I exaggerate...? Even the one purveyor of color 8mm 25' film is usually out of stock... Hmmm... What to do. (I've got an experimental 8mm color movie project I need to do... and quality results are not important... Sort of a performance art piece... Something like that...) Anyway... Thanks for what you do, do... though. That's at least something... And very appreciated! Liked - Subscribed...!
New, color 8mm film is readily available from the Film Photography Project - filmphotographystore.com/collections/fpp-scanning-services/products/double-8-film-bundle-film-develop-scan-25-ft If shooting old Kodachrome you'll need to develop it yourself or send it off to Film Rescue but as we state in the video - not recommneded.
2:21 The first ebay listing is mine! Interesting to see it in the wild.
I think the best use for it now is as a test reel to check transport mechanisms of various equipment.
There is a lot of talk and interest on the web about this, mainly from 8mm film newbies. I hear tales of color processing as a negative and getting good results.
I've tried a variety of processes in a lomo tank and was only ever able to get faint BW images similar to those in your video, and even then only partial sections of the roll yielded a definitive image. I tried different ages and batches of Kodachrome to boot.
If you are absolutely sure you have the lost JFK footage, or the definitive Big Foot film then send it to FPP and get it professionally developed and scanned.
In my personal opinion, as much as I LOVED and used Kodachrome when it was still active and available, it is now is good for nothing more test film, or as a source for film cans and metal take up reels for the camera.
Ya know chemicals don’t just disappear. If someone wanted to they could recreate all the necessary chems to process Kodachrome. Price would be high and because the film is no longer produced unrealistic in any case. But nothing even digital compares to Kodachrome it’s still king.
"Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away"
Could not agree more, Kodachrome was absolutely beautiful in its day and I shot a ton in the 80s and 90s. It’s now little more than a cute centerpiece for your wedding tables. Can be fun for experimenting but always expect the 3 “F”s: Fog, Faint and Flat. Oftentimes the remjet is also much tougher to remove than the modern Vision stocks. Well done fellas!
Remjet my arch enemy, LOL !
@@cecildeville6950 haha, you and me both!!
If it produces at least a discernable image, those 3Fs can usually be corrected through digital enhancements and you can really boost the contrast post-production. I have examples on my IG: @celluloid_alchemist under the caption "Kodachrome Lives."
@@cecildeville6950 yeah the remjet sucks......grab the borax.
I remember when Dwayne's announced the last processing run for Kodachrome. I had two 50' rolls of K40 Super 8 in my fridge and didn't shoot them in time. It was really sad!
Awe man.......Thats disappointing.....I wish I would have gotten into film photography before they axed Kodachrome.
Great and timely info here!
I have one unexposed roll of Kodachrome 64 35mm. Very soon, I’ll be shooting it at ASA 32 and developing it in D76. Win or lose, it will be an upcoming RUclips vlog. Wish me luck! 🎞
Have you do it yet ? I have 2 rolls and thinking about doing the same
@@terrywbreedlove I did! Right here: ruclips.net/video/rkqxmMJ1MGY/видео.html
Any links or info on how to dev as B&W?
I miss Kodachrome. It was great for its rich and vibrant colours and gave special family occasions that prestigious look that those memories deserved. The latest Ektachrome is great, but nostalgia will always have extra points for the look of the day and Ektachrome will enjoy that status in the future.
Yes Guy's Happy Christmas & all The best for 2021. Happy Thanksgiving. This year i purchased an 8mm Camera & decided to try it out, I'm so glad i listened to your advice and went ahead and purchased New Film Stock here in the UK, was so pleased with results I just used the old expired 1971 Kodachrome that came with the old camera as a way of practicing to load Camera ! now I would like to try some Colour / Color Double 8 reversal hope that i can buy some 40 ASA 8mm Reversal in not too distant future.
Wonderful. Our friends at Analogue Wonderland UK new carry movie film - analoguewonderland.co.uk
Correction - But Kodachrome was introduce in 1935 not in the 1920's if your thinking the 1920's when KODAK was testing a 2 Color motion picture film that they called it the 2 color strip Kodachrome as it was a Color Motion Picture Negative. Even though that the name Kodachrome was invented in 1913 by John Capstaff as a 2 color film as adapted for Motion Picture use. Then in 1935 as a still a Motion Picture product as more of a Still Film Product.. As I sure Miss it, and it was the 64, and the 200 speed were my favorite.
I have a question… I received a Bell and Howell 8mm camera, with that I also got a unused roll of 8mm film. After shooting, I don’t know what type of film I was shooting. All I know was I loaded the film and shot it. Can a film from 40 to 50 years old can be still developed with positive results? How can you tell if you shot Kodak or Kodachrome? As a beginner I need answers, before I send it to be developed. Thank you for whoever answers my question.
As Owen mentioned in the video - processing for Kodachrome no longer exists. A few labs offer service to develop as BW, but that is expensive and the results are usually poor.
Successfully processed 35mm KR64 in D-76 @10 minutes...Results came out VERY well and was a high contrast black and white negative...This film expired in 2006..I was very UNsuccessful in processing my KR64 rolls that had expired in the mid-1980s....Images came out so dark that the scanner could not make them out properly......Just some of my Darkroom experience with Kodachrome 64 still film. Seems like if you process Kodachrome thats expired in the last 20 years, you should be ok with the images....But longer than 30 years......their maybe some issues.
Sellers online want to charge customers for a spool of vintage Kodachrome about $20.00 (or when shipping's added). That's the price for a "new" spool of B&W Standard Double 8mm film. I've used Kodachrome to test the Bolex cameras when I service them. Other than that it's simply far too old now.
I just was gifted a stack of 20-year-old Fujichrome Velvia 50 and Ilford HP5 and FP4. Also in the gift bag was a single roll of Kodachrome and a roll of Kodak Technical Pan Film. Of course, I'm going to shoot it all and see what happens. Wish me luck!
how did it end up?
@Vicer Fx I've only shot the expired FP4 Plus and you wouldn't know it was expired. I know of only one place that can develop Kodachrome. It's not cheap, takes a while, and my previous experiments with Kodachrome were awful. Also, you won't get color. If you get any images, they'll be black and white.
Loved Kodachrome, I was fortunate enough to be able to shoot with it in the 1990's. Why are not the chemicals available? If memory serves me correct, the Kodachrome process is a trade secret.
Ten years gone - ruclips.net/video/iJPgshLhQBw/видео.html
It probably has to do with environmental concerns regarding the chemicals used for development, and their... Overall impact on humans, the environment and everything else, or so I would blindly assume, having no further knowledge of the chemicals used at play
Even before Kodachrome went extinct, I stopped using it, for two reasons. One was, There was often too much magenta cast in certain lighting conditions, and the second was, the amazing colors I was getting with ISO 100 Ektachrome Plus Professional. I wish they would bring back the EPP 100!
Apparently this is due too ph levels
Yeah I use Kodachrome as a test to make sure my super 8 camera works properly. I don’t get it developed I just use it for scratch tests basically.
I made a "Super 8 anatomy" example of a Kodakchrome 25 cartridge that I found inside a Supr 8 camera I purchased....Someone had just left it in the camera for like 40 years. So I decided it would make a great "cadavear."
Thanks for this Mike
I develop it in fried banana peels - eat them both - then see lots of colors.
There is a fellow reverse engineering the colour processing for Kodachrome and he has had a lot of success. I can't recall his name at the moment but I'll try to look it up
www.shootfilmco.com/blogs/shoot-film-co/kodachrome-processed-in-color-seriously
Thank you for showing examples of how it looks now if you were to do it.. bc some of us might still dare to do it.. but yeah it looks like it's not even giving you much. Only reason why I would do it is if it was your family members and you just HAD to see what's on it and don't care.
Even though Kodachrome is dead.....I still have a passion for it.......Its fun to create its "zombie form" as a black and white negative.
But... There's no color 8mm movie film/developing available now... So we're forced to at least attempt the old expired Kodachrome... Or do I exaggerate...? Even the one purveyor of color 8mm 25' film is usually out of stock... Hmmm... What to do.
(I've got an experimental 8mm color movie project I need to do... and quality results are not important... Sort of a performance art piece... Something like that...)
Anyway... Thanks for what you do, do... though. That's at least something... And very appreciated!
Liked - Subscribed...!
New, color 8mm film is readily available from the Film Photography Project - filmphotographystore.com/collections/fpp-scanning-services/products/double-8-film-bundle-film-develop-scan-25-ft
If shooting old Kodachrome you'll need to develop it yourself or send it off to Film Rescue but as we state in the video - not recommneded.
@@FilmPhotographyProject Thank you... Found it!