Old Kodak dbl8 K459 to process??

[pinetar]

I have sat on this forever. Expire date of Jan 1958. I think it was run thru a camera because the tape on the tin looks like a rewrap.

But I really don't know if it was used. Should I do a darkroom test and if so which cemicals?

gary/ohio

[chachi]

Gary, thats Kodachrome. You'll have to send it away to get processed.

Is this family film?
If not I wouldn't even bother with it. If It is, then try getting it processed.

Either way Kodachrome of that age isn't going to be worth shooting now.
Best bet is to just have it processed and consider it as clear leader at worst. At best it may have some nice old pinkish images of da ole days...!

[thebrowniecameraguy]

If you contact Rocky Mountain Film lab you can arrange for processing. However, they can only process the film as a black and white negative film. The K-11 color dyes needed to colorize the film are no longer manufactured(They were replaced in 1965 when Kodachrome II film was introduced and the newer K-12 process was used, then the K-12 process was replaced in 1976ish by the latest and limited K-14 color process. Kodachrome is a unique film where dyes are added during the development process unlike other color films where the dyes are present as layers in the films that have to be developed separately.)

At the very best they will only charge you for developing the film. If they find images they will be put on tape at an additional charge. Also, they run the film as batches when they reach a certain amount of orders so it can take 6 months to a year to process the film. Contact them anyway to see what can be arranged.

Cheers,
Jordan

[pinetar]

Thanks all for the assistance.

gary

[James E]

It's actually not at all difficult to process these yourself into a B&W negative. Instructions here by Martin Baumgarten
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/lavende ... egdev.html
Cheers,
James E