BW reversal of Kodachrome II

[eng1er]

Has anyone on APUG actually used a BW reversal process (Kodak's or otherwise) on a K-12 process film?

I've found an exposed roll of Kodachrome II in a box of junk and I would like to try to extract some images from it. I could send it to Rocky Mtn. and wait a year, or I could do it myself. The latter sounds more fun.

I've seen some discussions in the forums of the theory, but I'm wondering if anyone could save me some effort by relating his/her first hand practical experience.

My proposed methodology for trying this would be thus: 1) await APUGgers to recommend a reversal process, 2) shoot and reverse soup a couple rolls of BW neg film just to practice the process (it's been years since I've done a BW reversal), 3) shoot and BW rev. process a few test strips of K-14 kodachrome to see what happens and get in the ballpark, 4) find an unexposed roll of kodachrome II on ebay or someplace to expose and do more test strips to get more in the ballpark, 5) process found kodachrome II.

Yes, it's a lot of work for potentially no reward but it'll be fun. If anyone can save me a step, let me know.

 

[dr5chrome]

..yes.

If you've got a snap shot arm in arm with Marlyn Monroe on that roll, then it might be worth it.

The mess to contend with is the rem-jet backing and what a mess it is.

regards
dw

 

[Fredrik Sandstrom]

4) find an unexposed roll of kodachrome II on ebay or someplace to expose and do more test strips to get more in the ballpark, 5) process found kodachrome II.

Good luck, it sounds like fun! I'm not sure step 4 will be very useful though. Film that is decades out of date will have lost some of its sensitivity, while I presume the film you want to process in step 5 was exposed when it was still fresh. KII exposed today will behave different when processed than KII that was exposed a long time ago.

I'm shooting as much Kodachrome as I can at the moment. In the future, when K-14 processing is no longer available, I will shoot my last roll of K64 and process it myself as B&W. Negative or reversal, I'm not sure. The images will form a collection that I will call "Everything looks worse in black and white".