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Found Film

Inayat Noor

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Found the following film, Kodachrome - X, ASA 64. Label says to process K12.

Are there any labs who still process this way?

TIA

Jim
 
Contact Dwayne's in Parsons, Kansas, USA. They are the only Kodachrome lab left in the world, and they're only processing through the end of 2010.
 
Dwayne's advertises $9.00 per roll (unmounted). If you want to view via projector, you can mount them.


Here's a good how-to guide, and another link for mounting steps.


Where to get empty slide mounts for do-it-yourself (DIY) you ask? Here!

K-14 is alive, for this year at least. Call Dwayne's, they'll tell you!
 
The K-12 (Kodachrome II and Kodachrome-X) process was superceded by K-14 about 30 years ago. The old films definitely cannot now be processed as slides.
 
marylandphoto said:
FWIW, I've heard some horror stories about these guys from multiple people (pros, amateurs, and consumers). Seems like there's very poor communication, extremely long lead times, and the quality (naturally) isn't always what was desired.
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Their own website quotes six to 12 months (!) wait for a batch to be processed, so it doesn't seem worthwhile unless a film contains pictures of exceptional historic or sentimental value. Perhaps keep the film as a collectors item....old Kodachrome ephemera are becoming quite sought after!
 
Somehow, I expect that the OP never shot Kodachrome-X when it was current.

Suffice it to say, it was not the best Kodak film ever made.

I would have to be sure there was something worthwhile on the film before I would spend time or money on it.

Matt
 
MattKing said:
Somehow, I expect that the OP never shot Kodachrome-X when it was current.

Suffice it to say, it was not the best Kodak film ever made.

Matt
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I seem to remember that Kodachrome-X, Ektachrome-X and Kodacolor-X came in around 1963 when 126 Instamatic cameras were introduced, presumably to get faster 64ASA films for simple cameras.

My late Father used Ektachrome-X in 35mm, 120 and 127 (baby Rollei), and the slides processed by Kodak are mostly still good, but some by independent labs have faded badly. I've a few Kodachrome-X Instamatic slides of my own from the early 70's and they're not too bad for a "snap-shot" camera....but it did seem to be a film which "went blue" in poor light, really needed sun and accurate exposure.
 
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