Kodachrome 64

[chrome/22]

Who remembers this old school slide film?

Man, like my father before me I burned a lot of this type up in the mountains. Dad liked the 25 speed. I went for the higher contrast 64. The high elevation sky/lake blues against the North Cascade greens was simply unbeatable.

c/22

 

[Josh]

I was always a Fuji shooter in my slide era. I long ago realized that I liked the idea of Kodachrome more than the reality I saw when I used it. Low exposure latitude, slow ISO, and complex processing with limited lab options (even in the pre-digital era).

That said, when Kodachrome works, it works well. Images made with it can feel very unique. Plus, what other film stock has its own song?

 

[adamcu280]

I also preferred Fuji. I mostly used Provia as Velvia was a bit too cartoony for my tastes. I did like Ektachrome as well. I was mostly shooting whales so I already had a lot of blues and greens.

 

[Josh]

I mostly used Provia as Velvia was a bit too cartoony for my tastes

+ 1 to this. Went through a lot of Provia back in the day. Some Velvia, but it could easily, as you note, turn images cartoony.

 

[fatbillybob]

I shot very little K64 because you could not process at home. But we could use cibachrome and process direct positive to positive on paper and make awesome k64 paper prints.

 

[Sam Roffe]

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I feel fortunate to have experienced transparency film. K64 was great, but the E-6 fuji was even better. 90% of commercial work was done with transparent film. 35 mm, medium format and 4x5 sheet film. Unlike "negatives" the exposure HAD to be SPOT on. We used to do a "snip test". They would process the first few exposures, let me view them and then I could decide to push or pull the film (if it was too dark or too light). Projectors, viewers or just holding it up to a window, was a hoot. Then there was the light table and the Lupe . The color from a transparency film on a light table under a quality Lupe was candy for the brain.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Having my bottom shelf of my refrigerator filled with film was always a good feeling.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

When E-6 came out I was able to process my film myself. Shooting 36 frames of underwater shots with a Nikonos, and getting to see the film that night was truly magical, at that time. I could learn from my mistakes for the next day of diving. I actually processed the film in the marina bathroom and hung the rolls of film to dry in my camper. I cut the "keepers" out and put them in a "slide holder". Stared at the images for hours in a battery powered "viewer".
Yeah those days were fun.

 

[offensivename]

I shot a lot of kodachrome when I was doing a lot of photography in the 2006s-2015ish. Easily my favorite film, Velvia is a close second.

 

[Phil K]

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I see some SCALA there; B&W transparency film. That stuff was (is?) cool!

 

[offensivename]

I tried finding some kodachrome on my old flickr account and decided ektachrome was better, or at least I shot more good shots with ektachrome.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

I also preferred Fuji for slides, blues/greens. Did like the K25 for prints, recalling it was warmer colors friendlier; red/yellow/oranges.

 

[ThomasM]

Another long-time Fuji user here. Like Adam, mostly Provia but also Astia. Pretty much exclusively in 120 medium format and 4x5". I still have a very nice Hassy and have been thinking about repurchasing my old Ebony 4x5 field camera but it'd be for negatives. While Provia doesn't seem to be officially discontinued, it's so hard to get they might as well go ahead and make the annoucement.

The Fuji film I miss the most is Neopan 400 B&W neg film. Never found a substitute I like despite trying everything with multiple developers. I fake it in software but it's not the same.