steve g Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Hey everyone. Got a friend who had a camera bag of goodies passeddown to him by his parents. In it he found several Minoltas (ST101,ST201, ST202 I believe..) and some lenses. He also found someKodachrome 64. It was just the cassettes and the canisters, no boxes. Is there any easy way for me to judge the vintage of this film? Ifigure if its 5-10 years old, its probably still shootable cuz itsKodachrome and only 64 speed. I can post pictures of the cassettes ifit would help. If you could point me in the direction of pictures ofcassettes of different vintages, that would be great too. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Post pictures of the cassettes. Kodak changed the graphics on K-64 over the years and someone here will possibly be able to give you a rough idea of the age of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve g Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 <center><img src="http://www.visualrhapsody.com/temp/koda1.jpg"><br><img src="http://www.visualrhapsody.com/temp/koda2.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Kodachrome-X was asa 64 in the 1960's and early 1970's; the older K-12 process. Kodachrome 64 came out in the 1970's; the current k-14 process. Yours is abit newer; for it has a "DX" marking on the cassette; ie the DX system of allowing a camera to know the asa/iso of the film in usage. Does it have the DX code/metal rectangles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve g Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 Yes it does, and a barcode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Here I have Kodak literature from 1989 that goes into the "DX coding system"; and some older DX specs from 1984 when it about was being introduced. Hopefulling your film is from the 1990's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_johnson15 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I have a roll just like that (on my "trophy" shelf) which expired in 1998. Although I am no expert at dating Kodachrome, I belive that it dates from the early to mid 90's. DXn is the latest technology. If it has a barcode and a six digit number underneath near the felt lip, you have the latest DX version. Robert Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_oddsocks Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Not absolutely sure about this, but I think that by 1997 the lettering had changed from italic to roman and the word "Select" appeared on the canister. How valueless is your time? I would bin it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachariah_edwardson Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I would shoot it and see what you get, drop it off at a walmart, they mail it out to the same place that all the other folks do for KodaChrome, and its not that expensive ($4.88 mounted or something like that) worth at least making a few slides for old time sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randrew1 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 If you are really curious, go ahead and shoot a roll and get it processed. I wouldn't use expired K-64 for images I cared about unless I knew it had been in the freezer. At room temperature, it tends to shift magenta with age. If your friend wants to sell any of those cameras or lenses, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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