Seven Frizza has processed it and posted images a while back.
PE
PE
Hey guys, I know this thread is a bit old but someone mentioned that it was here. I'm the person who was mentioned earlier who has developed Kodachrome. I've refined my process a LOT since the image that was posted farther up the thread, I'm now getting good color balance and pretty consistent results. The process is an absolute PITA, as many people have mentioned before but I'm pulling it off without any sort of special equipment. It's also somewhat expensive, as you can't really source the chemistry in small quantities.
I'm using couplers I'm sourcing from Sigma Aldrich, and instead of filters I'm using narrow band LED flashlights for re-exposures. I'm happy to answer any questions on my process, and I've attached two NEWER images, one shot and processed yesterday, and another from a studio session a couple weeks ago.
Both images are 35mm Kodachrome 64.
Sir if you need to develop 10 rolls of Kodachrome, how much we need to spend.Hey guys, I know this thread is a bit old but someone mentioned that it was here. I'm the person who was mentioned earlier who has developed Kodachrome. I've refined my process a LOT since the image that was posted farther up the thread, I'm now getting good color balance and pretty consistent results. The process is an absolute PITA, as many people have mentioned before but I'm pulling it off without any sort of special equipment. It's also somewhat expensive, as you can't really source the chemistry in small quantities.
I'm using couplers I'm sourcing from Sigma Aldrich, and instead of filters I'm using narrow band LED flashlights for re-exposures. I'm happy to answer any questions on my process, and I've attached two NEWER images, one shot and processed yesterday, and another from a studio session a couple weeks ago.
Both images are 35mm Kodachrome 64.
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These couplers are all from an old book by Steigman et. al. Do not expect good image stability.
PE
Well, it costs about $100 to get the needed supplies, the amounts of couplers you get is enough for a LOT of rolls, but the C-41 kit gets used up pretty quickly due to the developers going bad quickly. If you were developing them all at the same time, you could get quite a few rolls out of that before you had to buy another C-41 kit.Sir if you need to develop 10 rolls of Kodachrome, how much we need to spend.
Ektachrome is good stuff. I'm excited to see it coming back! I enjoy playing with film process, and first and foremost I wanted to see if I could do it.They bring back Ektachrome and that's enough for me. I don't need Kodachrome. After the discontinued Kodachrome I shot a few roll of Ektachrome instead and liked it a lot.
Hey guys, I know this thread is a bit old but someone mentioned that it was here. I'm the person who was mentioned earlier who has developed Kodachrome.
Welcome to Apug!
It is great to have another tinkerer in our group.
Sir if you need to develop 10 rolls of Kodachrome, how much we need to spend.
Well, it costs about $100 to get the needed supplies, the amounts of couplers you get is enough for a LOT of rolls, but the C-41 kit gets used up pretty quickly due to the developers going bad quickly. If you were developing them all at the same time, you could get quite a few rolls out of that before you had to buy another C-41 kit.
Wow, this is some excellent work sir! I'm highly impressed and now I'm motivated to do this on my own, though I don't know where I'd start
Regarding this, if we got enough exposed rolls together as a community so you would get the most out of the developers, how much would we have to pay you to make it worth your while? $500? $1000? Name your price.
You could start a thread with a poll to see how many people could commit to it. What do you think?
I for one don't care too much about archival stability or perfect colors. When you're suffering from Kodachrome withdrawal, anything will do
Thats an interesting thought, It'd depend a lot on how many rolls it actually was. And how OK people were with results that might not be perfect. 90% of the time I get great results from my process, but Its still not 100% ideal. And like PE pointed out, its likely not going to be long term stable as these arn't the correct couplers for Kodachrome. But that being said, I'm open to the idea.
Thanks! I've lurked around for a long time, its nice to finally have an excuse to come outa the shadows
Let's start the "who will pay for Kodachrome development and how many rolls" thread.
Piratelogy,
I'm amazed that not too many people have replied here. Here we had a Kodachrome thread which became MANY, MANY pages long, and i've lost the count on how many times any APUG forumer wants Kodachrome back. There was also a LONG thread started by a gentleman who wanted to survey how many people would afford to pay him for K14 processing; people went crazy.
And now here our hero comes showing ACTUAL PROOF of being able to develop Kodachrome, and yet the waters are still calm and quiet. Surprising.
I see that there is the possiblity of people contacting you for K14-like processing (let's call it "ersatz K14") of Kodachrome films; after all, many APUGgers have lots of frozen stock of Kodachrome in their freezers, and we know that this stuff preserves well over time. So perhaps, if you set up to do this commercially, or at least for getting some money in thanks for your spare time, then YOU will be the one who really brings Kodachrome back.
At least until the very last virgin roll of Kodachrome in the world is exposed.
On the technical side, i'm curious to know how do you achieve the colored re-exposures. Is your processor a continuous processor (i.e. the film advances through the machine)? Because i can't figure out how the re-exposures would be achieved if you are using the classical "film reel+tank " method.
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