Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 25 September 2000, Evan J Dong wrote: > > Doug and Everyone , > > > I have been following this thread for awhile, I have quite a few > questions to ask of this group. > > Apparently, I have 17 rolls of unused Kodakchrome 64 in 35mm size that I > purchased new when I was planning my trip to Europe. Like this thread on > old Kodachrome, the film was purchased back in June 1985 and HAS BEEN > refrigerated ever since. I originally purchased 2 brick of Kodachrome, > but forgot to bring 1 of the 2 brick of them on my trip. The original > expiration date was for Nov. 1986. > > Before the questions begins, I will try to include the history of the > film. > > The film was purchased from B & H Photo and included film processing, it > has the mailing envelope inside. The film are all labelled KR135-36P on > the outside box and on the film canister itself, it is labelled KR36 and > there is a small label stating the following: > > FILM PRICE INCLUDED PROCESSING BY KODAK > > However the film was manufactured in England, as this is stated on the > box, but not on the film canister. I believe at that time, most photo > shops sold film that had the most profit built-in for them. I assume the > early stages of Gray Market film, but was not represented as such. > > > Now the questions: > 1. What type of film processing is this? Is it just Kodachrome processing > or is it Process K14? Standard Kodachrome processing is Process K-14. > 2. Since the film was refrigerated sine I initially purchased it, do I > assume that there would be minimal amount of color shift? Or am I wrong > to assume this? I'd expose a roll to try it out. > 4. Is the paid film processing still valid after all these years? It ought to be. > 5. Any recommendation as to which Kodak lab I should use for the film > processing? > Kodak's New Jersey lab is the only US Kodak lab accepting mailers. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.