KM-25 Posted February 1, 2008 Share #1 Posted February 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi gang, I am about to launch the Kodachrome Project forums on my Kodachromeproject.com website and would like to get some outside input on what topics Kodachrome fans might like to see listed besides the obvious of history, technical, etc. For the foreseeable future, there will not be any fee to join the forums and I am hoping to add a user gallery by the Summer. The reason I have been prompted to do this is that when I do a google search on Kodachrome now, out of 1.1 million results, my site comes up 8th. This means that the site already has high visibility in the search engine, so why not allow the photo community to chime in on what they want to talk about in regards to Kodachrome and the kodachrome era? I want this to become a great site in which folks have a place to help come up with great ideas in which to foster the greater good of the Kodachrome Project. That way, even when the film is truly gone, there is still a great place to share stories, images and our love of Kodachrome. Feel free to chime in... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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35photo Posted February 1, 2008 Share #2 Posted February 1, 2008 Great idea! I think you should for sure have a list of all the labs around the world that still process the stuff for sure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted February 1, 2008 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2008 That, I bet, is quite a short list. Only Dwayne's in North America. I believe there is only one in the EU, too, dwelling among the Swiss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-25 Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted February 1, 2008 Yep, one lab. It's now or never time to shoot Kodachrome. I don't think we have more than a few years on the outside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidStone Posted February 1, 2008 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2008 That, I bet, is quite a short list. Only Dwayne's in North America. I believe there is only one in the EU, too, dwelling among the Swiss. I thought that the Swiss one was long since gone. I have hundreds of Kodachromes going back to 1960 (10asa!) and I'm keen to use it again. Computer screens are just not the same as projection screens. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 1, 2008 Share #6 Posted February 1, 2008 The Swiss lab closed a while ago. If you shoot Kodachrome anywhere, it ends up at Dwaynes nowadays Kodak closures spell job losses Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted February 1, 2008 Share #7 Posted February 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Swiss lab is indeed long gone. From the UK (say), the films are mailed to Switzerland, thence to Kansas for processing, back to Switzerland, and returned to the UK. Remarkably they manage to do this in under a month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiasgd Posted February 1, 2008 Share #8 Posted February 1, 2008 To process I send the film to Dwayne´s and sincerely they makea great job. I will use Kodakchrome until die... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 2, 2008 Share #9 Posted February 2, 2008 Matais Not if Kodak have their way first, I hope... Kodachrome isn't long for this world. When there is only one place on the whole planet that can process the film, it's already terminal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted February 2, 2008 Share #10 Posted February 2, 2008 There´s an old KC-lab on the moon, but i´m not sure, if it still works Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadHahn Posted February 2, 2008 Share #11 Posted February 2, 2008 I just bought 9 rolls of 24 exposure K64 for $2.00 a roll. It expires 2/2008. I have it in my freezer with my other three rolls. I need to get out and shoot it. When I develop it I take it to Walmart. They only charge something like $3.00 a roll for 24 ex. Chad Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-25 Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share #12 Posted February 3, 2008 So what *is* the Kodachrome Project? I am actually sitting here with my web tech preparing to re-do the site it self right now. Kodachrome has a finite life and it will be coming to a close sooner than later as common logic would have it. So with that, I personally decided to shoot the film in as many diverse places in the country as I can. That is far more realistic that trying to go all over the world in 2-4 years time. With this said, the site will soon reflect what the true idea of the Kodachrome Project is at this point. While I will make reference of my intentions to portray "Our America" with the film, even the title page will say "Our World: One last look on Kodachrome" to more accurately portray who should be shooting this and why. No one, and I do mean NO one should feel left out or barred from participating in what this idea is. What the Kodachrome Project is about is the idea to do more than just shoot pretty pictures of abstract color and form and your kids on the film. What the idea means is to go deeper than that. Grow as a person, take risks, be even more kind and inquisitive among each other. I have seen some of the images on the Flicker groups. While there is some nice color in there, what is lacking is the soul of this film and the way it speaks to it's viewer when one simply emerges with great imagery with real social depth and meaning. There is no way Alex Webb, Sam Abell or any other accomplished Kodachrome shooter is going to be able to take this film today and shoot it all. This has to be a collective of everyone's best work. And it has to be phenomenal. The Kodachrome Project is an excuse to get out and grow by leaps and bounds as a photographer and a social human being. We have VERY little time in which to do this. But we DO have time, that is the amazing thing folks!!! In my 33 years as a photographer, Kodachrome is by far the most compelling medium in which to depict the world. It is the one I have bonded most with. I feel like if I can succeed at doing it justice in it's final days in looking at the world around me RIGHT NOW, then I am doing something that many will be able to look back on for years to come and feel touched, proud and like this film went out with a bang. I know I have it in me to do this. But I also know by the hundreds of letters from all photographers, greatly known and amateur alike, anyone who wants a great reason, venue and meaning in which to shoot the last rolls of this stuff ought to be on board, period. It is the year 2008 and in a world filled with digital mania, what are YOU going to do to help proudly close what is most certainly one of the most incredible eras in photographic history? The Kodachrome Era..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 3, 2008 Share #13 Posted February 3, 2008 When I develop it I take it to Walmart. They only charge something like $3.00 a roll for 24 ex. I'd be stunned if Walmart processed Kodachrome. In fact, I'll eat my hat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted February 3, 2008 Share #14 Posted February 3, 2008 I'd be stunned if Walmart processed Kodachrome. In fact, I'll eat my hat. Perhaps they just stick it the C41. It would be processed Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35photo Posted February 3, 2008 Share #15 Posted February 3, 2008 Has anyone cross processed Kodachrome in either C-41 or E6? Would be interested in the results. Marko Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted February 3, 2008 Share #16 Posted February 3, 2008 I'd be stunned if Walmart processed Kodachrome. In fact, I'll eat my hat. Enjoy Andy, because I can assure you that it is the truth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gylee Posted February 4, 2008 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2008 I'd be stunned if Walmart processed Kodachrome. In fact, I'll eat my hat. Andy, if the little bit of Googling I did is correct ("kodachrome" and "walmart"), I hope that you are not too attached to that hat... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 4, 2008 Share #18 Posted February 4, 2008 So, how does this fit with Dwaynes being the only place in the world that can process Kodachrome? Presumably, Walmart just send it to Dwaynes on your behalf? They will not be doing the processing themselves. (I think I'll start on the brim, first, if necessary ) Edit: Film and Processing Forum: Dwayne's Kodachrome processing via Wal-Mart? - photo.net as I suspected. Back in 2004, Walmart were acting as receiving agents for Dwaynes. I have put the knife and fork back in the drawer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gylee Posted February 4, 2008 Share #19 Posted February 4, 2008 So, how does this fit with Dwaynes being the only place in the world that can process Kodachrome? Presumably, Walmart just send it to Dwaynes on your behalf? They will not be doing the processing themselves. (I think I'll start on the brim, first, if necessary ) Edit: Film and Processing Forum: Dwayne's Kodachrome processing via Wal-Mart? - photo.net as I suspected. Back in 2004, Walmart were acting as receiving agents for Dwaynes. I have put the knife and fork back in the drawer You are correct - it does go to Dywane's although it appears to cost about half, which I am at a loss to explain. Looks like they were still doing it as recently as November last year. Wal-mart = awesome - Rangefinderforum.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gylee Posted February 4, 2008 Share #20 Posted February 4, 2008 Any ideas about how I might get some Kodachrome in Hong Kong? None of the stores I use have it. I have had an idea for a while to shoot a project on some of the old Hong Kong businesses that are run by locals who may not be around much longer than this film. There is an umbrella repair man (fancy someone repairing something these days), an old fashioned barber shop, any number of mom and pop cafes, a street tailor... Seems like the perfect subject for one last look on Kodachrome. (It would be a first look for me, I have never used it.) G. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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