Kodak
Kodak was once a very important photographic company who manufactured the first digital SLRs, as well as creating Kodachrome, the first practical colour film. This page will document some of the formats used by Kodak cameras, with options for converting them into standard formats.
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KDC
This is a format generated by the Kodak DC40, DC50 and DC120 cameras. dcraw is able to convert these files. It can also be converted into TIFF format by kdc2tiff. Kodak has a tool on their site that may help to convert these files, but it's only known to run on Windows 95 and other obsolete operating systems.
DCR
This is another proprietary format, used by old Kodak DCS digital cameras. NikonWeb Kodak DCS File Converter for Windows should be able to read these files, as should dcraw.
TIFF
Despite the name, Kodak TIFF files are proprietary, and will not open in most image editors. NikonWeb Kodak DCS File Converter for Windows and dcraw should be able to convert these files.
Kodachrome film
(See article: Kodachrome)
Kodachrome was one of the first colour films, and possibly the first practical one. It used a very different process (called K-14) for which developing is no longer available anywhere. Kodachrome died a slow death, first from the much-easier-to-process E6 slide films, and then from the decline of film photography generally. The final rolls were developed on the 18 January 2011.
If you have exposed but undeveloped Kodachrome film, it can be processed in black-and-white chemistry, for monochrome results. This is currently the only option for developing Kodachrome, and is likely to stay that way. A heroic attempt was made to rescue a K-Lab machine for continued processing, but little came of it.
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.
