On 4/13/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark > I have the opportunity to get some Kodakchrome 64 slide film dated 2003 > including development and framing and postage > for around 2 dollars a 36 exposure roll. The film comes from a professional > photo dealer who had them always cooled in the fridge. > He sells them now because Kodak stops developing slide film here in > Switzerland at the end of the year as far as his information goes so I would > have to use it soon. He says that because of the special nature of that > Kodachrome film such a long storage should not cause quality problems. He > says that compared to today's slide film this type is rather soft and color > muted, he sounds honest to me. > > I would love to try about 40 rolls slide film at 10% of its original price, > would you trust it for **a not** important project? I have never used slide > film, I would be quite a new experience for me :-) >
>From what I hear and read, Kodachrome is very stable. If it's been refrigerated like he says, then it's definitely worth a shot. And at $2 per roll, why not? You might as well use it while you can. I'm really starting to like Kodachrome, and just dropped off three rolls today. If only I could figure out how to scan it.......... -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman
