[pure-silver] Re: The End of Kodachrome

Digging my way through the garage to the fridge, I took stock, 1 roll of 
Kodachrome 64... Probably take that to Austria this summer for the F5 to eat. 
but then I look around; the Kodak High speed plates are probably past it 2 3/4 
by 3 1/4 or some such and I still haven't got anything to put them in that 
really works.. I tried them in an old Polaroid swinger that took roll film but 
it was single shot and you had to load it in the darkroom. The 70mm Teck pan in 
long rolls.. I I never did get a 70mm back for the Linhof... perforated or 
unperformed? I don't know, its like looking for 5" roll film for the K17.. its 
probably never going to happen.   I've a fridge full of films and a garage full 
of projects.  If its the image which counts in the end I'm probably going the 
wrong way about it. But its not. Each film has an ethos and a zeitgeist, Each 
one conjures up an image of the original users their time, and their place. 
Kodachrome is a high point but all these films, apx 25 and all its kith and 
kin, have their time and their story...
Somehow I just cant see my kids twenty years from now saying "wow its an sdd 
card from dads d40!" and getting the same richness out it.
All the best
Larry Cuffe
On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at 05:37PM, "john stockdale" <j.sto@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
>Steve Goldstein wrote:
>> A sad day indeed.  I recently had some 60+-year-old home movies 
>> converted to DVD.  The colors on those 16mm Kodachrome films were as 
>> vibrant as if they'd been shot yesterday, and no special care had been 
>> taken in storage.  Can any E6 material perform as well?
>>
>There's a post from somewhere that I saved (see the end of my rave, 
>below). In about 1970 I found an unexposed roll of 16mm Kodachrome that 
>my father had bought in the early 1950s (expiry date around 1956). In 
>those days it was 10ASA (not as bad as it sounds for movie use because 
>of the relatively slow shutter speed).
>
> I phoned our local Kodak office (Melbourne) and asked if it would be 
>ok. Spoke to someone who knew a lot who advised me to expose half a stop 
>more. I did so and as processing was prepaid, took it to Kodak's shop in 
>Melbourne. They had to send it to Hawaii for processing because the 
>local place had upgraded to the new improved 25ASA process. It came back 
>beautiful, and has not faded.
>
>Here's the post about a question of keeping qualities:
>
><start of quote>
>
>Had to do a little digging but here's the answer to your question 
>regarding the longevity of Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides.
>The answer comes right from the Great Yellow Father's mouth.
>
>What Kodak Says
>Estimated Time for "just-noticeable fading to occur in Kodak films 
>stored in the dark at 75 degrees Fahrenheit (24 degrees
>Celcius) and 40% relative humidity.
>
>Kodachrome films (current process K-14)................ 90 years
>Kodachrome films (previous process K-12)............... 50 years
>
>Ektachrome films (current process E-6)................. 50 years
>Ektachrome films (previous process E-4)................ 20 years
>High-Speed Ektachrome films (previous process E-4)..... 20 years
>Ektachrome Professional Films (previous process E-3).... 6 years
>
>"Just-noticeable" fading is defined as a 10% loss (o.1 from an original 
>density of 1.0) of one or more of the cyan, magenta and yellow image dyes.
>
>It should be noted Kodak began producing E-6 Ektachrome and K-14 
>Kodachrome around 1977, and the previous films were phased out at that time.
>
>
><end of quote>
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