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From: "Markus Maurer"
Subject: Outdated Kodachrome 64 slide film any good?
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 :-)
If it's been refrigerated, it will be just fine.
Kodachrome starts life as a B&W film (more or less). The colour dyes are
added during processing.
It is a remarkably stable film.
William Robb
