DonW
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Interesting article. https://www.35mmc.com/05/05/2022/fi...nging-back-color-the-digital-way-by-zheng-li/
Yes there is always historical reality to be faced unfortunately. So what's next Sirius, some hard facts about Kodak to keep us grounded?
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A copper stake pounded into the ground with a ground wire mechanically fastened and then welded to insure a good connection during a lightning strike.
You should also add some conductive gel to increase conductivity...
You know, I wouldn't mind a Lomochrome slide film...
I will buy kodachrome if it ever comes back to the market, even if it cost $100 to buy a roll of the stuff if it includes the price of processing.
I will buy kodachrome if it ever comes back to the market, even if it cost $100 to buy a roll of the stuff if it includes the price of processing.
At that price, one could buy a lot of beer. Jus' sayin'
Well I was late to the kodachrome party. Would have loved to have shot some, but hey at least the publicity got me interested in shooting film again, I shortly started shooting ektachrome.
@MattKing why is a Kodachrome experience any difference than any other 35mm slide experience? I never noticed the difference other than the cardboard mount saying "Kodachrome" and me paying more, and the slides not taking 3 hours at my local lab.
Up here in Canada, during its heyday, Kodachrome worked out to be the least expensive slide option. All film was sold with processing by Kodak included. Kodak Canada had three labs in Canada, and a country wide network of dealers where the customer could drop of their exposed film in the morning and, for no extra charge, pick up the processed and mounted slides either the next business day or, depending on the location, the next business day after that. They could also mail the exposed film in using the convenience envelope that was in the box. The film cassette itself was encoded with the pre-paid processing information - you didn't need to use the Kodak envelope, but it was convenient. Canada Post also offered a very reasonable special rate for the mailing.
Kodachrome has/had a distinctive palette, which was very popular with many.
As Kodachrome was very thin, it was capable of exceptional sharpness, for colour films of its time.
While working in retail, I sold thousands of 36 exposure Kodachrome rolls, all with processing and mounting included. The prices I can remember for those 36 exposure rolls ranged from $9.00 per roll Canadian to $14.00 per roll Canadian.
For me, I would just hand the roll to my Dad to take with him in the morning when he left for work at the North Vancouver lab. Most times he would bring back the developed and mounted slides when he came home that night for work. Of course, as he was the Customer Service manager at the lab, he did have an "in".
In its heyday, during the busier times of year, the Kodachrome and smaller Ektachrome lines at the North Vancouver lab ran essentially 24 hours a day, employing three shifts of workers working 8 hour shifts. Each time a spliced roll of customer's movie or slide Kodachrome was added to the machine, approximately one mile each of leader, customer film and trailer was loaded into the machine, which itself was the size of a small city bus, but much louder.
Dwayne's only left the business when Kodak stopped making Kodachrome.In the US, competitors did try to operate competing Kodachrome processing services after the settlement (the "Consent Decree") that unbundled Kodak film and Kodak processing. None of them were successful, and all of them left the business...
Dwayne's only left the business when Kodak stopped making Kodachrome.![]()
I have slides my Dad took in the early 1960's which have the "Technicolor" brand name on them. A consumer could save a buck by having his/her film developed by an off-brand other than Kodak. I can't imagine sacrificing the guarantee of Kodak quality just to save a dollar on processing costs, but it gives you an idea just how frugal those times were.In the US, competitors did try to operate competing Kodachrome processing services after the settlement (the "Consent Decree") that unbundled Kodak film and Kodak processing. None of them were successful, and all of them left the business. The Consent Decree was eventually cancelled, but Eastman Kodak never went back to selling the film and processing together.
AFAIK, the US was the only market where Kodachrome was sold without processing, and where anyone other than Kodak or its international subsidiaries offered Kodachrome processing.
National Geographic at one time had its own, Kodak supported Kodachrome processing line and it had the highest 35mm slide volumes in the world.
Most Kodachrome labs relied heavily on movie film - that formed a very large percentage of their work. Kodachrome slides in 828, 126 and 110 were also developed. A very small number of labs developed 120 Kodachrome for a short while as well.
The special sheet film Kodachrome must have been done in entirely separate facilities.
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