Kodachrome

[cliveh]

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[Trail Images]

Thanks for sharing this......

 

[Prest_400]

5 years ago already? Wow. And I'm one of the young generations.
I remember I finished my classes in High School that day, went to the city, and later on knew about it. Over the course of the summer (and fall, and winter) kept following the "Kodachrome has been discontinued" thread.
I hesitated getting to try the film. Thanks to a fellow APUGer who in a short PM exchange told me, it's a now or never moment, I got a ended getting a few rolls of it the very end of September that year. Loved the experience. Miss it a bit.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

December 30, 2010. The last day Wayne's ran their Kodachrome machine. I got one of their commemorative shirts in bright Kodak yellow they sold at that time. Date right on there. Also was the exact date my little girl was born...

 

[StoneNYC]

December 30, 2010. The last day Wayne's ran their Kodachrome machine. I got one of their commemorative shirts in bright Kodak yellow they sold at that time. Date right on there. Also was the exact date my little girl was born...

Richard, actually they had such a backlog I believe the machine ran until January... 18th??? Something like that, but they "technically" stopped accepting film on the 30th...

Except for a few lucky people who had an "in"

I won't say who, but I'm glad I knew them

 

[newtorf]

I got several rolls of Kodakchrome films a year and half back without knowing that K14 processing had been discontinued. Just shot one roll a week ago and soaped it in Rodinal. I threw it into the trashcan upon first sight of the developed roll because the actual images were hidden under black gunk, and I thought it is totally ruined. On a second thought, I washed the film to remove the black gunk and happily discovered that the images are just fine.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

Richard, actually they had such a backlog I believe the machine ran until January... 18th??? Something like that, but they "technically" stopped accepting film on the 30th...

Except for a few lucky people who had an "in"

I won't say who, but I'm glad I knew them

I'm sticking with what's printed on the t shirt! ;-)

 

[madgardener]

I got several rolls of Kodakchrome films a year and half back without knowing that K14 processing had been discontinued. Just shot one roll a week ago and soaped it in Rodinal. I threw it into the trashcan upon first sight of the developed roll because the actual images were hidden under black gunk, and I thought it is totally ruined. On a second thought, I washed the film to remove the black gunk and happily discovered that the images are just fine.

I still have 2 rolls in the freezer and a roll my late father in law shot. What was your process in Rodinal.

 

[StoneNYC]

I got several rolls of Kodakchrome films a year and half back without knowing that K14 processing had been discontinued. Just shot one roll a week ago and soaped it in Rodinal. I threw it into the trashcan upon first sight of the developed roll because the actual images were hidden under black gunk, and I thought it is totally ruined. On a second thought, I washed the film to remove the black gunk and happily discovered that the images are just fine.

Did you discover the second fixer bath needed to remove the red tint in the base? I keep forgetting what needs to be added to the second bath, it's somewhere buried in APUG I just haven't had the energy to find it, PE knows.

And the "black gunk" is the RemJet anti halation layer. Same as Vision3 movie film has.

Sodium carbonate pre-bath and lots of shaking should remove most of it.

 

[newtorf]

I just developed as other black and white films. In fact, I put it in the same tank of Fuji Acros and Agfa APX 100, and developed them together.

I still have 2 rolls in the freezer and a roll my late father in law shot. What was your process in Rodinal.

 

[newtorf]

The base of kodakchrome is yellow. I did not do any special handling of the film during development except rewashing the film with my fingers to remove the black gunk after fixing.

Did you discover the second fixer bath needed to remove the red tint in the base? I keep forgetting what needs to be added to the second bath, it's somewhere buried in APUG I just haven't had the energy to find it, PE knows.

And the "black gunk" is the RemJet anti halation layer. Same as Vision3 movie film has.

Sodium carbonate pre-bath and lots of shaking should remove most of it.

 

[Dr Croubie]

December 30, 2010. The last day Wayne's ran their Kodachrome machine. I got one of their commemorative shirts in bright Kodak yellow they sold at that time. Date right on there. Also was the exact date my little girl was born...

Now were you at a film lab instead of being at the birth?
Or you timed it all perfectly, daughter born, snap some shots, get to the lab to get the rolls in on time?

 

[StoneNYC]

Now were you at a film lab instead of being at the birth?
Or you timed it all perfectly, daughter born, snap some shots, get to the lab to get the rolls in on time?

He wasn't there, or Dan and I didn't see him... Lol

 

[StoneNYC]

The base of kodakchrome is yellow. I did not do any special handling of the film during development except rewashing the film with my fingers to remove the black gunk after fixing.

Oh, mine was yellow when wet but as it dried went red, I was told this was fixable (pun intended) with a final bath of standard fixer and an additional chemical to fully clear it, but I've forgotten what that is...