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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted December 30, 2010 12:04 PM
Thanks Doug,
Only a copy from the other thread in this forum. I want to show how beautiful is Kodachrome.
This link is a Kodachrome movie from.... the VJ day in Hawaii which is of course taken place in 1945.....or 65 years ago:
http://www.vimeo.com/5645171
still image:
Ok.....this film is 16mm, so much sharper.... but when you shoot super 8mm Kodachrome with better camera and good transfer, you will see this result:
http://vimeo.com/1644000
That was shot in 1975.... or 35 years ago.
For a contemporary shooting, the Kodachrome will also create a good image, and this below link show a video clip that was done professionally (added with music):
http://vimeo.com/2660646
Below is someone comparing his old reel (1970s) and new reel (2007) by making almost the same scenes.
The baby in the left picture is now a Mommy who is carrying a baby on the right picture.
The original movie is here:
http://vimeo.com/5469600
To sum up, you can see how beautiful is Kodachrome, even compare to that new stock (E64T) on the right, Kodachrome is still better.
Now it only Paul Simon' song is heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Good bye Kodachrome........
cheers,
winbert
[ December 30, 2010, 01:10 PM: Message edited by: Winbert Hutahaean ]
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John Hermes
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 139
From: La Mesa, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted December 30, 2010 06:19 PM
I have been transferring films for over 25 years. Some years ago, an elderly gentleman brought me his 16mm home movies to transfer. They were of stunning quality, better than 99% of the stuff I get. Almost all were shot from a tripod, properly exposed, with slow, smooth pans. My favorite Kodachrome is the stock from the 1950s. It was very slow and contrasty but had a wonderful surreal look when properly exposed. One of man's clips I have on YouTube. It is from Christmas 1952 and has that wonderful Kodachrome look.
YouTube
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted January 05, 2011 08:43 AM
Bill,
I spoke with pro8mm last December and here is my conversation with Scott at pro8mm. (email is deliberately hidden):
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From: xxxx@pro8mm.com
To: winbert@xxxx.com
Subject: Re: Kodachrome super8mm film process at pro8mm
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:24:07 -0800
Yes, Dwaynes is the only lab that processes Kodachrome in the US. We have a slight grace period with them, but you'll want to get the film in by the 31st.
If youre thinking youre not going to be able to shoot the film before the deadline, I would recommend putting the film up on ebay. You could actually probably make some money off it as everyone loved kodachrome and with it basically dying off, would probably be willing to pay top dollar for it.
Thank you for your interest in Pro8mm
Sincerely,
Scott Sawyer
Project Coordinator
818-848-5522
So pro8mm would take Kodachrome and forwarded to Dwayne as Scott's explanation. Still pro8mm set up the dateline at Dec 31, 2010 when Dwayne has closed the reception.
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I've never heard of any third parties using Dwayne's, and certainly not Spectra or Pro8mm who've never offered Kodachrome or processing of it
In fact pro8mm (under the old name, super8sound) sold Kodachrome with process paid (for US market) with their sticker as proof of payment. Here is the example:
Steve, I understand your situation because you live in the States. However, I believe there are more 8mm users in Europe and Japan who will now think twice sending film overseas while E6 is available locally (even DIY with good result).
cheers,
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so I put those back in the frig for now. But I do have alot of Kodachrome moments from 2010 my son will look back on and enjoy.![[Wink]](wink.gif)
We are presently still entering orders received on the 30th. In lab time right now will be around 2 weeks. We are sorry for the delay, but we are working diligently and many extra hours to enter the orders and get them into processing and packaged and shipped as soon as possible. We hope to return to our standard processing times for all the other films we process in a few weeks. 
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