Kodachrome in 4x5??

[nyoung]

Just a question to the Kodachrome experts.
Was Kodachrome 25 available in 4x5 and if so during what era?

[Ian Grant]

10x8 as well not sure for how long but mid to late40's onwards, AA & Weston shot 10x8 Kodachromes

Ian

[Q.G.]

Was it Kodachrme 25 though.

[Ian Grant]

Definitely not It was plain Kodachrome. I think it was about 12 ASA, Ron (PE) would know more.

Ian

[Martin Reed]

'A Half Century of Color' by Dr Louis Walton Sipley (1951) states that Kodachrome became available in sheet form in September 1938, sizes from 2.25 x 3.25" up to 11 x 14". It was in tungsten as well as daylight. Speed isn't mentioned, but I think Ian's correct, it was much lower in it's first incarnation.

[Lee L]

There's a timeline for Kodachrome production on wikipedia. Can't vouch for its accuracy. It says sheet film Kodachrome was available from 1938 to 1951 in daylight balance (ASA 8) and Type B (3200K ASA 10).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome

When Kodachrome II came out, Ernst Haas bought a refrigerator or two to store all of the original Kodachrome he could find.

Lee

[Martin Reed]

So 'Panic buy because the Yellow Men want to destroy us' has earlier origins than most of us thought :-D

[tiberiustibz]

Kodachrome clearly wasn't needed because the fast fading Ektachrome was available in sheet film sizes.

[nworth]

No. The sheet film Kodachrome was ASA 10 speed. I think it used the K-11 process. It was last seen in the early 1950s. Kodachrome 25 appeared around 1970 and was the first to us process K-14. The Ektachrome from the late 40s and early 50s was ASA 8 and used process E-1.

[AgX]

No. The sheet film Kodachrome was ASA 10 speed.

see post #6