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To avoid the legendary processing hassles, send your Kodachrome to <a href="http://aandi.com/">A&I</a>. Fortunately for me, I live just a few blocks from them, but they will do just about anything by mail. The only printing I've had done is some 4x6s on the Frontier, but I have had some drum scans (min. 60MB@$0.50/MB=$30) done that I'm going to get printed on the Lightjet. When discussing printing with them, they told me that Type R prints are always more contrasty than the slide. The greater control that they have with a Lightjet from a digital file means that they can more closely match the original.
Don't give up on Kodachrome yet. My favorite thing in the world is K200@800 with a 2 stop push. I have some Kodachromes that my mother's father shot in the late 40s/early 50s that are <i>perfect</i>. In 45 years I'll let you know if any of the Velvia I've shot has held up as well.
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Barely holdin' on to K64
in Leica and Rangefinders
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Douglas,
Mom's dad also shot some Ektachrome, and every one I looked at had lost all the color, save for magenta.
Boon,
I'm with you on digital archiving. However, having recently tested A&I's regular Frontier scans vs. premium Frontier scans vs. drum scans, I can say without hesitation that the drum scans are the way to go for me. I used the lab's (free) color calibration kit on my computer at home, and all I have to do to the drum scans is resize for the web or whatever and hit them with a little USM. No levels or color adjustments at all. Shadow and highlight detail are essentially identical to the silde on my light table. The minimum cost for these scans is $30. This means that only my very favorite pictures will make it to the digital archiving stage. The rest, while not for mass consumption, could be entertaining for family and friends, and using Kodachrome means that the images will be still be around when I'm almost gone, and maybe longer.
It's a little strange, but in a good way, to look at pictures that were obviously taken 50 years ago, and see them in color that hasn't faded. It's hard to explain, but if you've ever tried to imagine the Civil War in color, you'll know what I mean.