Old Prepaid Mailer

Worker 11811 · May 7, 2010

My mother brought me about a half dozen of these old Kodacolor prepaid mailers. (Pictured below.)

It's not as though I'm itching to put film in them and mail them in but I'm just curious. They've got to be 30 or 40 years old. Does anybody think they are still good?

I'd be almost as happy just to use them as decorations for my darkroom but I've been thinking that somebody paid for them all those years ago.

tkamiya · May 7, 2010

Only 20 exposure films I know are 126 format cartridges..... and since there are no longer Kodak color in 126 format, I'm thinking, white the bag may be technically valid, there would be no ways to redeem them.... Just guessing....

wotalegend · May 7, 2010

tkamiya said:
Only 20 exposure films I know are 126 format cartridges..... and since there are no longer Kodak color in 126 format, I'm thinking, white the bag may be technically valid, there would be no ways to redeem them.... Just guessing....

35mm film used to come in 20 exposure length before they changed to 24, but I still wouldn't want to push my luck with these mailers.

tkamiya · May 7, 2010

wotalegend said:
35mm film used to come in 20 exposure length

When was that?? I started photography in late 70s and there weren't such thing around. I recall 12, 24, and 36 exposures. I was in Japan at that time.

wotalegend · May 7, 2010

tkamiya said:
When was that?? I started photography in late 70s and there weren't such thing around. I recall 12, 24, and 36 exposures. I was in Japan at that time.

I can't put an exact time on it. I started in the 60's, mostly using Kodak in those days, when the only 35mm lengths available were 20 and 36. But it wasn't just Kodak. I have in front of me right now an old Fujichrome 400 cassette marked "RH135-20" and "24x36mm 20 exposures". It is also marked as "Process E-6" which may put a date range on it, but it is old enough to not have DX coding on the outside.

TSSPro · May 7, 2010

A local camera chain store is selling bundles of old Kodak Kodachrome mailers for pennies on the dollar. Dwayne's doesnt honor those do they?

Just found my answer...no mailers after 12-31-2009...sad. Thaaaats why they're so cheap (20 mailers for $2US and some change)

nickrapak · May 10, 2010

Last year, Kodak was willing to exchange old mailers for new film. Give them a call and see what they can do: 1-800-242-2424 ext. 19. Let us know what they say.

Worker 11811 · May 10, 2010

Cool!

I might keep one for decoration but I am, at least, going to find out what they have to say.

Steve Smith · May 10, 2010

TSSPro said:
A local camera chain store is selling bundles of old Kodak Kodachrome mailers for pennies on the dollar. Dwayne's doesnt honor those do they?

Last year I was given some Kodachrome which expired in 1986. I used the mailers and received processed slides. The difference is that in the UK Kodachrome was always sold with the mailer so it would be a breach of contract not to honour it as the film had been bought with processing included.

Steve.

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