Kodachrome 8x11

After a few emails to Dwayne's in Kansas, the last remaining K-lab in the world, I have found out that they can

process KR-64 if I slit it down and send it to them in sealed cans!

 

I'm looking forward to slitting down a roll and wanted to let everyone else know so that the demand on this

historic film will keep up and Kodak will remain true to the film that has no other equal.

 

For anyone else interested in having them process some, in my last email they state they need at least 2 inches

of leader at each end to splice the film in to the

processor and

"The cost per film strip will be $9 plus $4 for the first film strip and .50 for each additional for shipping and

handling."

 

 

I'm going to design some mounts for the film and build a special pocket viewer so I can show off these little

gems when I get them.

 

Out of curiosity though, did Kodak or Minox ever offer any Kodachrome stock for Minox cameras? If so has anyone

ever seen any of the slides?

Yes, I have seen Minox slides and there are mounts & projectors for the format. I have some. Agfachrome was a popular film and excellent, but I admit my memory has failed on the Kodachrome. I am guessing "yes" as I still have an unopened, Super8 movie cartridge of Kodachrome in my freezer just for old times' sake! :-) It would not be a stretch to assume kodachrome made it into Minox carts.

I bought some slides on sleezebay. Among them was 8x11 in a slide mount that was labeled Minox and had the obvious Kodachrome silver outline on the emulsion side. I also heard that "small shops" were slitting Kodachrome for use in Minox cassettes.

Marshall,

 

That's wonderful news! I have shot a few rolls of 8x11 E-6 chromes (mount myself in NOS slip-in cardboard mounts I

bought online). I sent those off to Colorado Camera for E-6 processing. Now, I'll have to slit down a roll of K-64 for

Minox! (I have shot K-64 regularly in my old stereo camera and sent to Dwayne's, specifying not to cut or mount the

film. They do excellent work, in my opinion.)

 

Thanks,

Micah in NC

I shot quite a bit of Kodachrome (II?) 8x11 during the late '60s. I don't remember if it was offered by Minox, or an independent supplier. It still looks great, but a little contrasty.

Bill,

was that Kodachrome II or Kodachrome X? KR X is similar to modern KR 65 while K II was replaced by KRM 25, which has higher saturation and more contrast than 64.

It must have been Kodachrome II. I never liked Kodachrome X or K64.

A deal on ebay for a brick of PKR 120 gave me a lifetime supply of Kodachrome to slit down. I'm hoping the thinner base will allow for me to load 50 exp, so none of the length goes to waste. I just need to make a good viewer and mount system.I was thinking on a short strip between two microscope slides with a special viewer to magnify the frames. The slides and metal viewer could fit in a standard wooden box designed to store microscope slides.