Kodachrome 16mm processing

[ColinTyler]

A client has just brought into the Lab a Bell and Howell 16mm camera which has a metal magazine loaded with Kodachrome type 'jour'. Is there a lab in the US that can process this film stock?.

 

Thanks

[Sam Wells]

A client has just brought into the Lab a Bell and Howell 16mm camera which has a metal magazine loaded with Kodachrome type 'jour'. Is there a lab in the US that can process this film stock?.

 

Thanks

Dwayne's processes 16mm Kodachrome

 

http://www.k14movies.com/

 

I don't know what issues with the (50') ? magazine

 

That's some old film stock in there, if it's Kodachrome II you may be out of luck;

although it could be processed as B&W negative

 

-Sam

[John Pytlak RIP]

There are some labs that specialize in processing old films for which there is no current process. In most cases, they process in a specially modified B&W negative process to obtain a B&W negative. Remember, Kodachrome has rem-jet.

 

For very old film, it's likely that the film will not survive a very "hot" process, as the gelatin emulsions of that era were not forehardened. The lab may try using a low temperature B&W process, perhaps with higher bromide and/or anti-foggant to reduce the fog level. Here are some labs that specialize in processing old films. You may have to "sacrifice" a few feet of film for dip tests to decide the best way to process the film:

 

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/oldfilm.htm

 

http://www.filmrescue.com/

 

http://www.processc22.co.uk/

[GeorgeSelinsky]

From Dwaynes...

 

"In Lab Service Time: One Week

Cost: $25.00 per 100ft roll"

 

Owch. That's almost twice the price per foot for negative 16mm processing, and you can't get short ends in Kodachrome in 16mm.

 

Ah, good old Kodachrome. Nostalgia.

 

I kept wondering what would happen if I discovered a dumped box of 1500 100 ft spools of reasonably fresh Kodachrome 25 with processing included what would I do? Would I damn the torpedoes, grab my Bolex, get a fast set of c-mount lenses, test them for color shifts and glue on compensation filter gels, write a story and schedule a shoot on every sunny day in the daze of a New York summer? Why not, dammit...

 

- G.