Kodachrome II processing (K-14) on 53 year old film

<p>I processed some Kodachrome II film I received a while ago in black and white developer (Diafine). I thought I messed up the process because it was all black and sticky when I took it out of the tank. After some research I found a lot of information on photo.net on what I could do to get rid of the black goo (rem-jet). <br>

I decided to write up my trials and tribulations for future reference to someone that might find a roll of Kodachrome or Kodachrome II and would like it processed. It can be found at https://waybackman.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/developing-40-year-old-kodachrome/ .</p>

 

<p>Picking at nits: Kodachrome II was intended for process K-12, the predecessor of K-14. This won't make much difference in your B&W processing. One difference that could show up is the emulsion hardness. Kodachrome II was not hardened. The processing temperatures should stay under 80 F. K-14 films were hardened and can easily tolerate temperatures of 125 F. </p>

<p>Thank you, Ron. I didn't know that. I threw out the film containers but I could have sworn it said "K-14" on it. I'll add the different processing.<br>

I just checked the recycling can and pulled the empty film canisters. Sure enough you're right (I'm sure you knew that already), K-12. </p>

<p>there was a site that described and offered a process to develop Kodachrome as B&W.<br>

they also had details on dividing the rollei digibase kit<br>

for c-41<br>

all I can recall it the background was black and had white letterts/<br>

however my w drive lost all files last fall<br>

and so far I have been unable to restore it.<br>

soeone out there may have a copy of this information/<br>

it was specific and fairly exact/<br>

this is the only remaing hope for those who syill have undeveloped kodachrome.</p>

<p>I hope som,epone finmds that site for thjer c-41 info</p>

<p>Most of the Kodachrome processing on sites and videos that I've seen recently have focused on 8mm movie film. I hadn't seen many that was centered on 35mm film. That's why I wrote my processing experience. I shot some video so I'll make a youtube video when I get a chance. In the meantime I'm going to write up processing C-22 using black and white developer. That's pretty straightforward since I already developed a roll of 126-format film so I know what to expect.</p>