Charles Hamilton Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 For the life of me, I can't remember the brand name of the 35mm slide film I used to shoot in the late 60's and early 70's. It was a good bit less expensive than the Kodak films and it came with a mailer that included processing. I think it may have been manufactured by 3M... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauncey_walden Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) GAF Anscochrome? 3M owned Ferrania Scotch Chrome? Edited December 23, 2019 by chauncey_walden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Hamilton Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 GAF Anscochrome? 3M owned Ferrania Scotch Chrome? Those don't ring a bell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_farmer Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Do you at least remember the ASA designation? This would narrow it down . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bowring Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Agfa slide film came with a mailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Dynachrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisbrown Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 I remember the 3M film as being labeled "3M", and the film speed was ASA/ISO 100. You sent the film to 3M in a postage paid mailer, and you got back mounted slides and another roll of the same type film. The price for the unexposed film was a bit higher than others, but the retail cost included processing. I tried it a few times, but was disappointed in the color rendition, and the fact that the grain was only slightly smaller than a Titlleist golf ball. It really shifted toward green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Dynachrome was similar in process to Kodachrome (subtractive?) If you look at the emulsion side of Kodachrome by reflected light you see an image that looks like its in relief. I think Dynachrome might exhibit that effect. During the 60's one could buy Dynachrome 25 and 64. Their slogan was "it's so good you forget it costs less." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Here are a couple of lists from the early 60s 1962-06 PP 1964-10 MP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Good resource, JDM. Thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Hamilton Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Dynachrome? Yup, that's it! Thanks... I've still got many boxes and carousels loaded with those slides. They're 50+ years old and except for a handful with some fungal growth, still project bright, saturated and crisp images belying the gloom and doom predictions of those brutal 60's Kodachrome Fan Boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Hamilton Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Here are a couple of lists from the early 60s Thanks, it's Dynachrome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Deary Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I used what I believe was "Seattle Works" film which was really movie film re-purposed slide film. It was cheap and all I could afford at the time. Dan Deary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Seattle Works film and similar offerings were actually negative film that was motion picture stock from which positive prints for projection were made, The film's Rem Jet antifailiation coating could gum up processing machines unless removed first. Seattle and others would process the film and make a set of slides for the customer. The negatives would also be returned, usually with a fresh roll of film to keep the customer coming back. In theory, it should have worked well, but photo magazine tests usually showed such films to not perform as well as Kodak/Fuji/Agfa films. Dale Labs, though, would offer that same service from Kodacolor. FWIW,slides made from negatives can be quite good, but it was always hard to beat an original transparency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I shot some Dynachrome back in the day, because it was relatively inexpensive, but stopped when cheap processors kept getting the development wrong, and doing it as E6, with predictably bad results. It actually did come out, in a sort of washed-out way that could be considered interesting these days, but it was pretty awful. When it was processed right, it came out all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 The only shop in my area that carried Dynachrome was the Woolco store that was about 20 miles away. Always just bought Kodak film and mailers for slides since I knew what to expect. I still have a Pocket Instamatic 40 and Empire 7x35 binoculars that came from that store. Probably a fair amount of vinyl as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonymarsh Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 For the life of me, I can't remember the brand name of the 35mm slide film I used to shoot in the late 60's and early 70's. It was a good bit less expensive than the Kodak films and it came with a mailer that included processing. I think it may have been manufactured by 3M... I used what I believe you had. in my LEICA M-3 in the '60's. It was AGFACHROME and came with a mailer. It was an excellent film, a bit on the warm side as opposed to KODAKCHROME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 antifailiation Glad this thread was revived. I just spotted Mike's typo and love that word. Antifailiation or prosuccessification should definitely go into the dictionary! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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