Filmwasters
Which Board? => Main Forum => : gsgary November 03, 2013, 11:47:20 AM
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About 12 months ago i was given a bag full of out of date film and one of them was Kodachrome 50 and because i hat throwing things away i wondered if it could be developed as B+W
Here's some of the results, M4-2 + VC28F2 ultron
(http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Other/Kodachrome-developed-in/i-N4Frcms/0/XL/scan485-XL.jpg)
(http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Other/Kodachrome-developed-in/i-bVCTQ4q/0/XL/scan486-XL.jpg)
(http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Other/Kodachrome-developed-in/i-nxPdxCt/0/XL/scan484-XL.jpg)
(http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Other/Kodachrome-developed-in/i-pmczfbS/0/XL/scan481-XL.jpg)
(http://gsgary.smugmug.com/Other/Kodachrome-developed-in/i-hMp3fWt/0/XL/scan479-XL.jpg)
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Not bad. How did you get rid of the rem-jet backing?
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Not bad. How did you get rid of the rem-jet backing?
I just rubbed it off with my finger and thumb under a running tap
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I quite like those results gsgary. Kodachrome as B&W is likely not an everyday thing but if you got a project in mind and a pile of mouldering Kodachrome I think it could lead to some nice images.
Being sort of the same, in that I can't throw a thing away, I shot a roll of Kodachrome 64 (found in a lot of film I successfully won on fleabay). As I didn't know what to expect I thought shooting fungus I came across in the forest might lead to some interesting results. Shot at 32 ISO with an OM2n, f3.5 macro lens & extension tube.
This one looks as if it was taken deep undersea:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/10117281033_612e507f64.jpg)
This one was taken moments before my son crushed this puffball:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5329/10117238323_1bbdf4c8d2.jpg)
This was developed with a stock solution of Xtol for about 7 minutes. I gave it a 5 minute presoak and a 20 minute wash before handling it. The anti-halation layer or Remjet came away very easily.
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Those look great
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Definitely doesn't look half bad after all.
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When my brother-in-law gave me his entire Spotmatic kit, there was a roll of unexposed Kodachrome in the bag. I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. I'd read it could be developed as black and white. Might have to get some Rodinal now! Gary, if I do try this at some point, do you mind if I bug you about every last detail? :)
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When my brother-in-law gave me his entire Spotmatic kit, there was a roll of unexposed Kodachrome in the bag. I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. I'd read it could be developed as black and white. Might have to get some Rodinal now! Gary, if I do try this at some point, do you mind if I bug you about every last detail? :)
I think the ones above in xtol look better than mine
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Rodinal was my favourite developer.
I do miss Kodachrome but I never did give Velvia a try. Perhaps it's high time I did.
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Rodinal was my favourite developer.
I do miss Kodachrome but I never did give Velvia a try. Perhaps it's high time I did.
Agfa Precisa is cheaper and very nice
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Thanks GsGary!