horse chestnut
Taken with a Praktica MTL 3 camera in week 294 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
The film is Kodachrome 64, from Wikipedia:
Kodachrome is a brand name for a non-substantive, color reversal film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1935. It was one of the first successful color materials and was used for both cinematography and still photography. Because of its complex processing requirements, the film was sold process-paid in the United States until 1954 when a legal ruling prohibited this. Elsewhere, this arrangement continued. For many years it was used for professional color photography, especially for images intended for publication in print media. Because of the growth and popularity of alternative photographic materials, its complex processing requirements, and the widespread transition to digital photography, Kodachrome lost its market share, its manufacturing was discontinued in 2009 and its processing ended in December 2010.
The only way to process Kodachrome now is as a black and white film. I developed it in Rodinal, 1:100 for 60 minutes, the results are very contrasty, and probably over-exposed, but at least I was able to salvage something from this iconic and lamented emulsion.
This one was taken with the Pentacon 2.8 29mm wide-angle lens.
horse chestnut
Taken with a Praktica MTL 3 camera in week 294 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
The film is Kodachrome 64, from Wikipedia:
Kodachrome is a brand name for a non-substantive, color reversal film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1935. It was one of the first successful color materials and was used for both cinematography and still photography. Because of its complex processing requirements, the film was sold process-paid in the United States until 1954 when a legal ruling prohibited this. Elsewhere, this arrangement continued. For many years it was used for professional color photography, especially for images intended for publication in print media. Because of the growth and popularity of alternative photographic materials, its complex processing requirements, and the widespread transition to digital photography, Kodachrome lost its market share, its manufacturing was discontinued in 2009 and its processing ended in December 2010.
The only way to process Kodachrome now is as a black and white film. I developed it in Rodinal, 1:100 for 60 minutes, the results are very contrasty, and probably over-exposed, but at least I was able to salvage something from this iconic and lamented emulsion.
This one was taken with the Pentacon 2.8 29mm wide-angle lens.