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atomicthumbs posted:Proper Digital ICE (i.e. from a non-flatbed dedicated film scanner, using Vuescan in this case) is loving magic Well that's flipping amazing. Dorkroom turned me on to Microphen a while ago and it's totally fantastic. I get rich tones, fine grain, and nice push/pull-ability. It looks seriously filthy though in the bottle. There's fogging on whatever it touches, even the funnel that I use to pour the stock solution back in, and there's all kinds of gross black floaters in the bottle. Normal?
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I loving miss Kodachrome  http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2013/11/rare-photographs-sinatra-lucille-ball-dietrich-kodachrome I shot lots of Ektachrome after Kodachrome disappeared, does anything even come close these days? Ektar?
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Spedman posted:I loving miss Kodachrome Those make my heart hurt. Ektar is nice, but it's its own beast.On a side note, have you tried doing any tiny 6x9 contact prints from your GW690?
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Spedman posted:I loving miss Kodachrome The closest to Kodachrome is probably Velvia 50, but it doesn't do white people very well.
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try it with a lime posted:Those make my heart hurt. Kodachrome just as those beautiful browns and bright whites you just can't find anymore. (That sounded far more racist that I was expecting). The smallest contact prints I've done are 4x5, and they looked great, but a reckon a bunch of 6x9's in little frames on a wall is a great idea that I might have to steal. I'm getting this for Xmas BTW: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/209108-REG/Photographers_Formulary_07_2000_8x10_Contact_Print_Frame.html
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Spedman posted:I'm getting this for Xmas BTW: I have one of these, it's really nice.
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Spedman posted:I loving miss Kodachrome I'm so bummed I got into photography after kodachrome died, I've been tempted to buy rolls and see if i can duplicate the chemistry just to shoot one roll.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:I'm so bummed I got into photography after kodachrome died, I've been tempted to buy rolls and see if i can duplicate the chemistry just to shoot one roll. Are you a retired Kodak engineer? Who is independently wealthy? If the answer to these questions is no then you will not be duplicating the K-14 process.
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8th-snype posted:Are you a retired Kodak engineer? Who is independently wealthy? I have a degree in chemistry  *edit* Yeah read some stuff on the process, would take years to figure out everything Shrieking Muppet fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Dec 5, 2014 |
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Ezekiel_980 posted:I have a degree in chemistry You're still young I hope.
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Good luck with that. Here's how you process your kodachrome: quote:Backing removal
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Yeah read some stuff on the process, would take years to figure out everything They never published exactly what the dyes and couplers were, but Kodak did publish extensive notes on the process. With some study of the patents and K-Lab manual it's possible to back-create the right chemistry from (expensive) bulk chemicals, if you're really determined. Stephen Frizza did a lot of the heavy lifting a couple years back, though he says it was really frustrating and took about 20 tries to get it right. Even then he says he doesn't think his formulation and process is reliable enough to offer commercially. You could get in touch with him for some advice; I understand he's pretty open about it. The really big problem is that chemistry is only half of the game. Getting the re-exposure steps right is a nightmare by all accounts.
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Yond Cassius posted:They never published exactly what the dyes and couplers were, but Kodak did publish extensive notes on the process. With some study of the patents and K-Lab manual it's possible to back-create the right chemistry from (expensive) bulk chemicals, if you're really determined. Stephen Frizza did a lot of the heavy lifting a couple years back, though he says it was really frustrating and took about 20 tries to get it right. Even then he says he doesn't think his formulation and process is reliable enough to offer commercially. yeah the exposure steps is where i said gently caress it, the remaining worlds supply would get used up before someone figured out the right timing.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:yeah the exposure steps is where i said gently caress it, the remaining worlds supply would get used up before someone figured out the right timing. Now you just need to figure how to make some kodachrome...
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8th-snype posted:Are you a retired Kodak engineer? Who is independently wealthy? I wonder if VSCO has approached that guy in Australia about it. They have to be hitting the bottom of the well by now, they've said the reason they haven't done Kodachrome is because they can't develop the test shots they do to dial in the preset settings.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I wonder if VSCO has approached that guy in Australia about it. They have to be hitting the bottom of the well by now, they've said the reason they haven't done Kodachrome is because they can't develop the test shots they do to dial in the preset settings. If VSCO did this, that pack would sell like hotcakes.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:yeah the exposure steps is where i said gently caress it, the remaining worlds supply would get used up before someone figured out the right timing. I have four rolls in my freezer...
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I was idly musing to myself about Kodachrome today. I forgot about the exposure steps, but in theory that's a solveable problem. Does anyone know what Dwayne's or any other photo processor did with their K-14 equipment? Or their operating instructions / notes / tall tales?
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ExecuDork posted:Does anyone know what Dwayne's or any other photo processor did with their K-14 equipment? Or their operating instructions / notes / tall tales? Dwayne's K-Lab was sold for scrap metal. Kodak still makes a complete copy of the K-Lab operator's manual available on their website. I've browsed it and have it on my hard disk somewhere. It gives you chemistry times, which is helpful, but no re-exposure times.
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ExecuDork posted:I was idly musing to myself about Kodachrome today. I forgot about the exposure steps, but in theory that's a solveable problem. If the proper wavelength for the light in the exposure steps was known one could determine the exposure time by doing a micro development lab using one millimeter strips and a gently caress load of time. Of course then you would also have to build a apparatus to do timed exposures.
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Kodachrome's not coming back. I've accepted this and all of you should too.
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My uncle who works at Kodak says if you get all your characters to lvl 99 and go back to Midgar on a Gold Chocobo you'll be able to give all the 1/32 toy soldiers to a Shinra soldier and he'll develop your Kodachrome for you.
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Baron Dirigible posted:My uncle who works at Kodak says if you get all your characters to lvl 99 and go back to Midgar on a Gold Chocobo you'll be able to give all the 1/32 toy soldiers to a Shinra soldier and he'll develop your Kodachrome for you. But all the frames will be of Aeris...still dead, nerd.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Kodachrome's not coming back. I've accepted this and all of you should too. But I want to believe...
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Sounds like reviving Kodachrome could be a goon project... those never end poorly, right? 
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Would it be up to Kodak to release the details? Why wouldn't they? They don't sell the film anymore so it's not like they'll be giving up any kind of trade secret.
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The guy in Melbourne who did it used to be a Kodak engineer and is apparently quite happy to discuss it with people. edit: while I'm in here, how bad of an idea is it to double up a strip of 35mm in a Printfile sleeve, long-term? A few rolls gave me an extra frame or two, which sorta plays havoc with keeping everything tidy. Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Dec 6, 2014 |
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First pair of 14 rolls is washing at the end of E-6 development right now. This process is pretty much exactly as difficult / easy as C-41, which is to say only slightly harder than B&W. Like C-41, E-6 is a process standardized across ISO, so any speed of film can sit in a reel next to any other speed of film in the tank for the same times. I'm using the Tetenal kit, which suggests my mixed chems will be good for a few weeks as long as the lids are tight. So far, so good. The "agitate every 15 seconds" schedule is brutal, though - 10 seconds is not enough time to do anything, but too long to just sit and stare at the wall. EDIT: I like developing slide film. Pretty colours! ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Dec 6, 2014 |
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Keep those chems in the fridge to help them keep a little longer. Concertina bottles are the best, squeeze all that air out.
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 This is from the last roll in my Olympus PEN-D before the lens assembly got wobbly and the shutter started sticking open. RIP my Olympus PEN-D.
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OK, now I'm ready for my trip in January.
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MrBlandAverage posted:OK, now I'm ready for my trip in January. Dumb question but where do you store the film after you shoot it but before you develop it? For some reason I doubt you use 60 two shot backs.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Dumb question but where do you store the film after you shoot it but before you develop it? For some reason I doubt you use 60 two shot backs. In the boxes.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Dumb question but where do you store the film after you shoot it but before you develop it? For some reason I doubt you use 60 two shot backs. Those boxes are way too oversized for the sheets inside, you can store probably 4 boxes worth of unshot film in a single box.
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MrBlandAverage posted:OK, now I'm ready for my trip in January. That makes me feel broke.
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Spedman posted:That makes me feel broke. Wait till you see the 4x5 slide film in my fridge.
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alkanphel posted:Wait till you see the 4x5 slide film in my fridge. MrBlandAverage makes everyone feel broke. I thought I was doing OK because there is (far) more film than food in my fridge, but his film fridge has overflowed and begun invading his food fridge, so he has me beat by a good margin. MrBlandAverage posted:
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 I have my little bar fridge for my film and keeping mixed C41/E6 chems cold, and a strong willed fiancee who won't let me store film stuff in the food fridge (a blessing in disguise). I really do need to get out there this summer and shoot a bunch of it.
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