Posted by John Klotz on January 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I was rummaging through the basement yesterday and found a long forgotten bag that had 26 Rolls of exposed consumer grade 35mm print film, 2 rolls of KR 64(remember Kodachrome?)and 2 rolls of 120 Plus X B&W from 1991 and 1992 marked Pikes Peak. This was shortly after I moved to CO. I think some of this is probably older than that since I have never found my shoot from Yosemite, Redwoods and Kings Canyon. Is there a specialty lab in the Denver,COS area that can process outdated exposed film with decent results? It would be worth testing some of this to find out what is on these rolls.
Thanks!
John
Posted by Mel Ladewig on January 11, 2009 at 9:03 PM
The KR64 can only go through one lab. I think its Duane's, but can't remember off the top of my head. The others should run fine through any lab. With color film I don't think you can really manipulate the results with a develop by inspection process. There aren't any labs left in COS that I would use now.
No recommendation on labs, but I'm just glad to hear they were in a bag and in the (probably cold) basement. It's likely that you might get some usable shots. There's not much a lab can do to bring out images from old film. The usual problem is that the latent image on the emulsion will fade over time, and the image will develop out relatively thin and weak. A change in processing can't really help much when there is less of the image to process. It is possible to over develop C-41 a bit (leave it in the developer longer, or run it at a hotter temperature) to give it a bit more developing, but not many labs would try that or have any experience with how long or hot to cook them. And then the base of the film would be darker which would make prints from negs off-color since their printers are all set up for normal film bases.
But if they've been kept nice and cold, then you've got something going for you.
Posted by Brent Murphy on January 12, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Actually, I think any number of places might take your Kodachrome, but they're all going to ship it to the same place for processing. Definitely won't happen locally.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on January 14, 2009 at 3:15 PM
I think Brent is right about that. Godec's here in Colorado Springs will take your Kodachrome, but it all goes through the one lab. You may as well send it there yourself and cut out the middleman.
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Also be aware that the Kodachrome must be the most recent development type. I came across a discussion on this a while back. Older Kodachrome KR12? and others can be developed only to a B&W image. You can find the information you need for this on the web. If your images are from the 90s, I'm sure they are not one of the old process Kodachromes (that would be more like 60s or 70s).
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But if they've been kept nice and cold, then you've got something going for you.
Dwayne's Photo Service
415 S. 32nd Street
Parsons, KS 67357
US
(620) 421-3940
Toll Free: 1-800-522-3940
Fax: (620) 421-3174
Also be aware that the Kodachrome must be the most recent development type. I came across a discussion on this a while back. Older Kodachrome KR12? and others can be developed only to a B&W image. You can find the information you need for this on the web. If your images are from the 90s, I'm sure they are not one of the old process Kodachromes (that would be more like 60s or 70s).