Kodachrome is the last film in the world that I would want to stockpile. Who will process it when Kodak cease to do so.
I used to use Kodachrome; I like Kodachrome; I admire its archival properties compared to Agfa CT 50 which I was also using fourty years ago (the latter has gone even more blue than it was to start with). There is no amateur, and as far as I know third party, way to process Kodachrome. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Wasn't there a time when Kodachrme was the only colour film that National Geographic would accept for publication?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ WHS ^^^^^^^^^^^Kodachrome is the last film in the world that I would want to stockpile.
Unless the rights and plant are purchased by someone in China [?] IIRC a far eastern firm ran the Technicolor process long after the west abandoned it. Or how about Rollei RetroChromeWho will process it when Kodak cease to do so.
Kodachrome is much more complicated I think, I do wonder how long Dwane's will keep developing it, is it something they could do a development run of occasionally?
I think I might buy one roll and use it to take pictures of my locality, as a one off thing.
Al
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The stockpilers will be well aware of the processing situation - this is film that will be shot over the next year or so. As the article says, Kodak Europe will accept and forward the film to Dwayne's until the end of Nov 2010 (which is also the expiry date on the latest batch of Kodachrome that's being shipped right now). Dwayne's will shut down their processor at the end of 2010, and after that your only option would be to process as black & white.
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