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Trevor Adams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Auckland,New Zealand
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 15, 2017 05:27 PM

http://s864.photobucket.com/user/cinedux/media/kodakid_zpsnnrc0kn8.jpg.html

I was tossing out some old standard 8mm 50ft reels last weekend and decided to have a look at one of them on my Wolverine gadget.Herewith a 52 year-old frame showing my daughter at a very early age.Not bad at all,I reckon.Bring back Kodachrome! ;-)Trev

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Paul Adsett
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posted June 15, 2017 08:12 PM

Trev, incredible quality for a single frame of standard 8mm! Shows just how wonderful standard 8mm Kodachrome really was.

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William Olson
Master Film Handler

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From: Poughkeepsie, NY USA
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posted June 15, 2017 08:36 PM

It was truly a sad day when Kodachrome bit the dust. The most amazing film and process ever.

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Joe Taffis
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: United States
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 15, 2017 08:47 PM

Hi Trev,
That's a very cute photo. I'm happy to say I also have my kids on a lot of Kodachrome, and the color is still all there [Smile]

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Trevor Adams
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Auckland,New Zealand
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 15, 2017 09:45 PM

Thanks chaps.I've been through all my old home movies,8mm and super 8mm. "Wolverined" everything onto SD cards. Very convenient but honestly,I prefer looking at the old film! The NZ market is really not inclined to indulge one's interest in old technology.Hard enough to find 35mm still film let alone super 8mm....Might be best to look in Australia.Even in the 'golden years' NZers had to send their Kodachrome 8mm to OZ for processing.

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Bill Brandenstein
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From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted June 20, 2017 06:47 PM

"Tossing out?" Say it isn't so, Trevor! (Cute frame grab, by the way!)

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Osi Osgood
Film God

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From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted June 21, 2017 11:38 AM

I'm always, endlessly fascinated when I see old Kodachrome standard 8mm from the 1930's (Trivia, Kodachrome was first introduced in 1936 for standard 8mm).

It's just seeing everyday life in America in 1930's that does it for me. The very last bits of the old west could still be actively seen in day to day life, even in the 30's (espcially in old footage shot in the western states), and clothing ect ect showed faint traces of the past ...

... which, after World War 2, was gone.

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