Momma don't take my Kodachrome!

[Greg Campbell]

In a few more weeks, Dwaynes - one of the last K14 labs on Earth - will cease processing K14 Kodachrome film. If any of you old timers have a few rolls stashed in the freezer, now is the time to dust off your unloved and long forgotten film camera and shoot the stuff up.

 

[Robert Rohloff]

This did remind me I have a bunch of rolls of film I never had developed. Anyone know of a company that is not too expensive to develop and print in quantity?

 

[Wes Carter]

As far as I know Dewayne's is the only one left.

 

[Greg Campbell]

This did remind me I have a bunch of rolls of film I never had developed. Anyone know of a company that is not too expensive to develop and print in quantity?

Kodachrome? If so, send it to Dwayne's before the end of the year.

If it's print film, your local Costco usualy does a good job at a reasonable price, and can provide medium quality scans for a few dollars more. Costco's reprints (from any source) are quite good, IMO.

Good E6 labs are getting a little harder to find, and the price is creeping up. Some Big Box stores (Wally, Target, etc.) accept slide film and will have it sent to Dwaynes - or another good lab - at a discount.

 

[Wes Carter]

I used to process my own E6, it is very easy as long as you can keep the whole time/temperature thing in check. Kodak used to make an E-6 kit that was relatively inexpensive. All you need is the kit, some spools and cans, and a place to spool the film and place them into the cans.

If I remember correctly it cost about $50 and would do 25 rolls, then you could get another 25 or so out of it if you increased the times a bit.

Here is the info on Kodak's website.

Personally I'd rather process my own and make Cibachrome prints from the unmounted slides.

 

[Allan Jeffers]

I got a couple rolls left in my freezer. Only two I think. Also got some tech-pan in there as well. Now if I can just find some stuff to shoot

 

[Greg Campbell]

Yea, I do my own E6 too. It's not too difficult, particularly during the Aridzona summer when the whole frigging house is miserably close to the required bath temperature. I get a huge thrill out of viewing my still-wet 6x6 and 6x9 transparencies for the first time. Bringing the whole photographic process to a successful conclusion is very rewarding.

Even if I mess up the temps or times a little, I'm scanning and tweaking everything on the computer, so a slight color or density curve shift is not a big deal. I've yet to really screw up a roll... (Just saying so will no doubt cast some purple-skies and red grass curse on me!)

Kodak has unfortunately discontinued the 5 liter, 5 bath E6 kit, but Arista, Tetenal, and others still sell DIY chemistry.


Allan,
Colorado. Check!
Winter. Check!
Black and White. Check!
"Nothing to shoot."
Hellllooooooooo???????!!!

 

[Allan Jeffers]

Allan,
Colorado. Check!
Winter. Check!
Black and White. Check!
"Nothing to shoot."
Hellllooooooooo???????!!!

Ride. Uh...
wait, I don't have one

 

[Darren Addy]

If you want to do your own E-6 you should pick up a JOBO CPP2. I just sold one, but still have a bunch of JOBO drums and tanks that I will be listing. As more and more of these labs "go away" some people see an opportunity to start offering E-6 processing... or to do to do it for themselves. They also provide a nice easy way to process B&W papers (especially in the larger sizes up to 20x24) with less space than trays.