I found 3 rolls of Kodachrome 200

[P. Lynn Miller]

I was rummaging through a cabinet at the uni and found 3 rolls of Kodachrome 200 which I was allowed to claim.

Expiry dates... 8/99, 12/2001, 4/2006... these would have been stored at ambient temperature in a lab, so no freezer or refrigeration.

Is worth cost and effort to expose these? And if so, what speed should I rate the film?

Hoping someone here with more experience shooting expired Kodachrome will be able to give some advice.

Thanks!

 

[Luna]

Is worth cost and effort to expose these? And if so, what speed should I rate the film?

No, not worth the cost. Trade/sell them for some 64 or 25. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Mark Wood]

Perfect for cross processing. Since it is so far out of date, you'll get some cool colors.

Err, no good for cross-processing unfortunately. Kodachrome doesn't have colour dye couplers built into the emulsion layers like modern C41/E6 films, so the only real chance of getting any image from it other than using the proper process is to develop it as black and white (which can be done commercially for ancient Kodachrome - http://processc22.webs.com/Newinfosheet.pdf)

 

[wpb]

I shoot all my way-out-of-date color film at night. In this case, the processing cost may be the fly in the ointment.

 

[35mmdelux]

shoot it as rated. nothing to lose since you got it for free..

 

[not_in_good_order]

I'd only bother with the one that expired in 2006. Even then, it will likely have quite a magenta cast.

 

[excellent]

Shoot it. See what happens. Could be interesting.

 

[bob338]

count on a little loss in contrast. that's the only problem i've encountered with expired kodachrome.

 

[LeicaTom]

You can't crossprocess Kodachrome........in C-41 it just strips off the chemicals and you get a clear roll of film, also messes up the C-41 chemicals ~ nasty!

Tom