KODACHROME

[dxphoto]

How is kodachrome 200 pushed to 400? Good, no good? or 64 pushed to 160.

[kraker]

Wow, this is really the opposite of "instant gratification" that some people like in d*****l. I shot my first roll of Kodachrome in more than 10 years last month. What a great surprise to find the dev'd and mounted slides in the mail.
Such stunning colours...

Instant gratification doesn't do it for me. Delayed gratification, that's a great thing! It's all in the anticipation.

(By the way: turn-around time is slightly less than 2 week, quite good, considering it first has to go to Lausanne, then to Dwayne's, back to Lausanne, and then back to me...)

Kodachrome is back in my film stock, and I will use it as long as it's there.

[Thanasis]

Anyone use the Kodachrome Professional version? What's the real difference between that and the standard Kodachrome 64?

[IloveTLRs]

I heard there's not much difference between Pro and normal - maybe grain size? Just one store clerk's opinion, though (haven't use pro myself.)

Horiuchi Color in Tokyo still processes Kodachrome (K-14) - I just a got roll back last week - turn around it about 1 week. They will stop all K-14 on December 20th this year however- from then on all Kodachrome will be sent to Dwayne's. Turn around time could be a month, I heard.

The last version of Kodachrome in Japan (ISO 64) ended in March. I bought the last 10 rolls a place downtown had. I've still got about 8 rolls left in my fridge.

Dumb question: is Kodachrome still being made/sold in the US? Can I walk into a store and buy it?

[Antonov]

This is what wikipedia tells, and I don't know how much reliable is:

"Kodachrome 200 discontinuation

Kodak officially discontinued Kodachrome 200 in November 2006. As of May 2007, there is still K-200 available from several retailers from emulsion batch 2671, with expiration dates of as late as March 2008, and from a newer coating, emulsion batch 2672, dated as late as June 2008."

[Michael W]

They haven't sold Kodachrome in Sydney for years.
I'm waiting on some rolls that I'm buying from ebay. I could get them from B&H but the shipping makes it uneconomical. B&H shipping to Australia always seems to start at $40, whereas many ebay sellers are more realistic.
Once I shoot I will send it to Dwayne's in Kansas along with some Super8.
That's the way it is these days if you want diversity of look. I just hope that postage costs don't rise too much.

There was an interesting article in the May PDN showing work by photojournalist Alex Webb shot in Turkey. He uses Kodachrome 64 in a Leica M6. What an old fogey! Joking - that's exactly what I'll be doing.

[Craig]

Dumb question: is Kodachrome still being made/sold in the US? Can I walk into a store and buy it?

I was in Seattle last month and Glazers has lots of it, both professional and regular

[tjaded]

I know B&H can be a pain with shipping, but I can suggest that something could be done. I work at a lab here in San Francisco and iside the lab we have another business called "Just Film." The owner is a SUPER nice guy and I know he carries Kodachrome Professional. I would be willing to help get film to you--essentially you buy from him and he and I would figure out an economical way to get it to you. It's the least I could do to help keep Kodachrome alive! If you are interested in that, give him a call at (415) 864-0665...his name is Volker, just let him know Matt from Newlab sent you. This applies to anyone here on APUG that needs help getting Kodachrome! If we get a little network of people helping each other, we will all benefit.

[srs5694]

You could also try Freestyle, which is in California. A few months ago they added some extra overseas shipping options in an effort to make overseas shipping more affordable. I don't know what it would cost to ship film to Australia, though. FWIW, Freestyle also has excellent prices on their Arista line of B&W films and paper, which are rebadged from various other companies (Arista.EDU Ultra is Foma, Arista.EDU is Forte, etc.). If you like those particular brands, or just want to try them, adding them to the order might help reduce the per-roll shipping costs.

[ajuk]

I called them and they said 35mm still photo is 1000 rolls per day. I didn't ask about movie film.

They sill make Kodachrome Movie film?