Kodachome 35mm slide film

[kycarguy 935]

Just wanted to pass on some information about getting any undeveloped rolls of Kodachrome developed before it is too late.

December 30th is the last day that Dwaynes Photo in Kansas will process Kodachome.

A trusted name in photo processing for over 50 years - Dwayne's Photo

I have about 40 rolls I found from old F1 races. I thought they were bad because I didn't get them processed right away.

Since I have done more research they may come out okay with slight color shift. I think I can adjust for that in Photoshop however.

Here is a story Tom Eblen wrote for the Lexington-Herald Leader

Tom Eblen: Goodbye, Kodachrome, and thanks for the memories | Neighbors | Kentucky.com

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[rattlsnak]

i just tranferred thousands of slides over to .jpegs with a new machine convertor. It was painless and actually quite fast.

[Tobra]

I know they'd never match my sweet remagination

[kycarguy 935]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

i just tranferred thousands of slides over to .jpegs with a new machine convertor. It was painless and actually quite fast.

How did you do it? They want $5 a roll to put on a disk and developing 40 rolls at $10.00 a roll is going to cost a fortune...well over $400.00

[rattlsnak]

This is the one I used, but they do make a few higher line models..
Amazon.com: Innovative Technology 35mm Negative and Slide Converter to PC: Camera & Photo

each bank of 4 slides takes about 1-2 minutes.. simple, fast and it makes huge clear pictures. like 2500 x 1700 !

[kycarguy 935]

Thanks rattlsnak. I will look into that. Do you know what DPI is comes out as?

[KaptKaos]

When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School......

end of an era.

[kycarguy 935]

$412 dollars later we will see what appears on the slides.

[jyl]

Sad. I never shot slide film myself, but still.

The good news is, Kodachrome and some other specific films aside, film photography is alive and well. There is enough of a market to support some small specialist companies. Film will never die, well not for generations at least. No more than canvas and oil paint died when photography took over the portrait and recording role, over a hundred years ago. It just became an "art" medium and you can still buy lots of oil paints today. And there is enough film camera gear out there for many generations of photographers.