I worked out how much it would cost me on a material level, not factoring in the cost of my time and foolishly asked people here if they would pay it. I did so more to make the point that its ridiculous and has no commercial future. Without automation and a guarantee of high throughput the capital required to commence makes no sense for any business to touch it with a ten foot barge pole.You know Steve Frizza's price!
PE
Is "Wumi" a verb, like I'm feeling, a bit Wumi today ?.
I worked out how much it would cost me on a material level, not factoring in the cost of my time and foolishly asked people here if they would pay it. I did so more to make the point that it has no commercial future. Without automation and a guarantee of high throughput the capital required to commenc makes no sense for any business to touch it with a ten foot barge pole.
The appearance of Kodachrome has always appealed to me, but I'm under no illusion that it will ever be commercially manufactured again.
I never shot Kodachrome slides - just 8mm movie film. Truthfully, I have no interest in slides.
Would there be any specialty process-only enterprises for existing undeveloped film? Doubtful, as there can't be many lazy-ass people like me who failed to send their film for processing by 2010.
My understanding is that I can get an old 8mm film of mine developed as B&W. That film is historically significant to me - if I could get it developed in color by someone dedicated to doing it, I'd say it's worth about $1000 to me - but being that it was exposed in 1978, who knows if there's even an image to develop.
You've been saying that for ages!I think that all Kodachrome threads should be locked!
PE
Actually i havnt!And you have been bringing up Kodachrome for ages. You have a fixation!
I don't. I have a revulsion.
PE
Actually i havnt!
I did not even restart this thread, im not even at all obsessed in it, all I said in reply was that i successfully shot an expired roll with good results and does not mean you wont get an image.
I think that all Kodachrome threads should be locked!
PE
Actually i havnt!
I did not even restart this thread, im not even at all obsessed in it, all I said in reply was that i successfully shot an expired roll with good results and does not mean you wont get an image.
Obsessed? Something's up. I've noticed you've started another thread about ... Kodachrome!
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... Who was going to pay astronomical prices to have a roll of Kodachrome processed (something like $200)? ...
+1Talking about not talking about Kodachrome is starting to become more annoying than talk about Kodachrome itself. At least a few people here are genuinely interested in doing something with the existing materials that doesn't equate to resurrecting it.
That's correct.
But the 55% is also skewed by people like yourself who admittedly "...never bought it even when I could have" and are also allowed to cast a vote.
Realistically, since this is a poll addressing the return of a product to a market made up of users of that product, it might be more accurate to poll only those who had used it before. And what might they be willing to pay to use it again. There would be little expectation that people who already disliked it before would suddenly want it start using it on a second go around.
Because it's so simple, the poll is unavoidably and admittedly skewed in many ways. One can only hope that the factors might somewhat balance out to some degree. And any conclusions that might be drawn are still only shadows at best.
But it's still kinda' fun anyway, right?
Ken
Resurecting Kodachrome would require some renewed love and passion for color transparencies first. Given the poor level of appreciation for color film photography in general from many here who see monochrome prints as the only form of analog photography with any artistic value, and for color positives in particular and more so projected color slides, my dream of being able to shoot Kodachrome in 135, 120, 4x5 and 8x10 is likely to remain just a dream.
I think the best time for reviving Kodachrome was just a few months after the end of Kodachrome, when Kodak could have made a big buzz, when the mass media attention was high about the lost of Kodachrome, by introducing an upgraded version of their K14 minilab (which they could rent to brick and mortar photography shops around the world which could actually give them some business to make since the printing part of their business sank), a version which could also process 120 and 4x5, with built-in non-analog aquisition capability coupled with RA4 printing or even better Cibachrome printing.
Now I really hope Film Ferrania come up with some lovely color slide film before everyone lets E6 die without saying a word, so they can breath-in some new love and passion for transparencies before it's too late. Nothing compares to a piece of well exposed chrome projected or on a light table through a good loupe and Kodachrome was king at that.
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