PE seems to imply that processing Kodachrome is not an impossible task (and that even some people achieved it on their own). He also wrote in an old post that as far as he knew, the chemicals involved in coating Kodachrome were not worse than current films made today. So what is truly the reason everybody seems to think it would be so impossible to revive except that old feeling that what was once a commercial failure should be left dead for ever?
they got rid of it because it did not sell well
why would resurrecting it ( which will cost $$ )
make it sell any better, even if it is a small fortune / roll ?
people will hoard it like they do everything they think
will be discontinued ( look at the acros in peril thread )
then ... it will be discontinued again and won't be able to
be processed again ... people would have invested
a kings ransom on this film and be unable to have it processed
and be even more upset than usual. sounds like a nightmare
im really at a loss why people insist it is a good idea to reanimate a film
that didn't sell well, is a PITA to process &c
that can't be processed like everything else ...
just because "they can"
they can resurrect dinosaurs + chimera in a lab now
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what they SHOULD do is start making a CHEEP regular ortho emulsion instead
just make miles of it and cut it and sell it as if it was 1917.
color is a distraction just like gear ...