Kodachrome - Revision history

Dan Tobias at 15:45, 11 May 2014

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Lewis Collard: merge in some information from the other article, and make a couple of clarifications, etc

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merge in some information from the other article, and make a couple of clarifications, etc

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Dan Tobias at 21:27, 16 March 2013

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Dan Tobias at 01:34, 22 February 2013

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Dan Tobias at 01:28, 22 February 2013

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'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935, and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white only that can be performed in normal photo labs, but as Simon sang, "Eveything looks worse in black-and-white."

== References ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome Kodachrome (Wikipedia)]
* [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/08/early_color_film_from_1922_actresses_vamp_for_the_camera.html 1922 Kodachrome test footage]
* [http://mentalfloss.com/article/33499/last-roll-kodachrome-film The last roll of Kodachrome]

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-'''[[Kodachrome]]''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome ceased this service. The final roll was developed on 18 January, 2011. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white chemistry, but as Simon sang, "Everything looks worse in black-and-white."
+'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome ceased this service. The final roll was developed on 18 January, 2011. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white chemistry, but as Simon sang, "Everything looks worse in black-and-white."
 The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to bring a K-Lab machine back into service failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals that are no longer available. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.

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+'''[[Kodachrome]]''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome ceased this service. The final roll was developed on 18 January, 2011. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white chemistry, but as Simon sang, "Everything looks worse in black-and-white."
-'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. The final roll was developed on 18 January, 2011. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white chemistry, but as Simon sang, "Everything looks worse in black-and-white."
 The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to bring a K-Lab machine back into service failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals that are no longer available. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.

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-'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white only that can be performed in normal photo labs, but as Simon sang, "Eveything looks worse in black-and-white."
+'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. The final roll was developed on 18 January, 2011. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white chemistry, but as Simon sang, "Everything looks worse in black-and-white."
-The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to homebrew it after official support ended have failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals also no longer manufactured. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.
+The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to bring a K-Lab machine back into service failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals that are no longer available. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.
 Scanning Kodachrome is the same as scanning any other slide film, with one caveat: do not use Digital ICE dust removal. Kodachrome's cyan layer absorbs the infrared light used in digital ICE just like dust does; digital ICE will attempt to interpolate these regions, giving weird results.
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 == Other links ==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome Kodachrome (Wikipedia)]
 * [http://www.zoggavia.com/Kodachrome_Slide_Film.html Kodachrome info]

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	The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to homebrew it after official support ended have failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals also no longer manufactured. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.		The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to homebrew it after official support ended have failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals also no longer manufactured. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.
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		+	Scanning Kodachrome is the same as scanning any other slide film, with one caveat: do not use Digital ICE dust removal. Kodachrome's cyan layer absorbs the infrared light used in digital ICE just like dust does; digital ICE will attempt to interpolate these regions, giving weird results.

	== Technical info ==		== Technical info ==

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	'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white only that can be performed in normal photo labs, but as Simon sang, "Eveything looks worse in black-and-white."		'''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white only that can be performed in normal photo labs, but as Simon sang, "Eveything looks worse in black-and-white."
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		+	The developing process for Kodachrome was known as K-14, and attempts by "photo geeks" to homebrew it after official support ended have failed due to its highly specialized nature; it requires complex and hard-to-maintain equipment for which parts are no longer manufactured, and specialized chemicals also no longer manufactured. So you're out of luck if you ever want to try to develop it in its full-color form.

	== Technical info ==		== Technical info ==

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 '''Kodachrome''' was the brand name of a particular film technology released by Kodak in 1935 (after years of experimentation going back as far as the 1920s), and discontinued in 2009. The most popular and well-known format of this film was [[35 mm slides]], but it was used for other sorts of film, both still and motion-picture. Kodachrome was very popular in its time, and was memorialized in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpaNJqF4po song]. Alas, like Paul Simon's mom, Kodak did eventually take Kodachrome away. The film ended production in 2009, and on December 30, 2010, the last photo lab in the world with the capacity to develop Kodachrome (requiring special processes and chemicals not found in normal photo labs) ceased this service. There are reportedly ways of developing Kodachrome in black-and-white only that can be performed in normal photo labs, but as Simon sang, "Eveything looks worse in black-and-white."
-== References ==
+== Technical info ==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome Kodachrome (Wikipedia)]
+* [http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/e55/e55.pdf Technical data (official Kodak document)]
 * [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/02/08/early_color_film_from_1922_actresses_vamp_for_the_camera.html 1922 Kodachrome test footage]
 * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/33499/last-roll-kodachrome-film The last roll of Kodachrome]