i have an old roll of shot but undeveloped double 8 mm kodachrome film, vintage early '60s..a) can this still be deve1oped? and B) is there a place to go on the Net to learn, technically, how this is done? thanks.

m.

-- michael posner (mposner@globeandmail.ca), January 10, 2001

Answers

It can be developed. Check the search feature in photo.net, I'm sure this came up and someone listed labs. Whether there is any latent image left on the film is open to question... Worth the try because of the age of the film (K-12 is basically a black and white film, and depending on storage conditions there just might be a latent image left) but be prepared to be dissappointed.

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), January 10, 2001.

Don't bother trying to learn how it's done, because Kodachrome cannot be home processed. The film also needs to be slit down the middle after processing.
You need to send it to Kodak, or I believe there are one or two independent labs that handle Kodachrome in the US. Try Kodak first, explaining the age of the film to them.

-- Pete Andrews (p.l.andrews@bham.ac.uk), January 11, 2001.

Both regular 8 and super-8 film can be processed (and purchased) from

MARTIN W. BAUMGARTEN 18 Elm Street Plattsburgh, New York 12901-1827 U.S.A. Tel: (518) 561-6312 E-Mail: Super8mm@AOL.com

-- John Lehman (al7jj@yahoo.com), January 25, 2001.

There is some very pertinent information in these pages...

http://members.aol.com/Super8mm/ServicesPage10.html

See especially the opinions on retrieving latent images from old Kodachrome movie film.

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), January 26, 2001.