Pro Kodachrome 64 is designed to mature in the dealer's cooler. Consumer grade Kodachrome 64 is very shelf stable. I have frozen it and used it years after it was out of date. I can't say for sure how it will hold up, but I would take the chance. Regards, Bob S.
On 4/13/06, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an 8400f, which probably came with the same software yours has. > The canoscan software is crap, and requires significant tweaking for > each scan. I don't think it accommodates profiles. VueScan is quite > a bit better. There's even a Kodachrome setting. It's much easier to > get a usable image via VueScan that can be tweaked in Photoshop. It's > not perfect, and the colors aren't quite as saturated as they are on > the slides, but that could be due to the flatbed scanner combined with > my own inexperience. > > On 4/13/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Scott > > Oooh, good that you mention the scan problems you have. I would have to scan > > the slides too and I don't know if my Canon 9900f flatbed scan will be any > > good for that? > > Did you have some success with Vuescan or the supplied scanner software so > > far or could you at least correct - what errors ever - from a Kodachrome > > scan later in Photoshop? > > greetings > > Markus > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 1:47 AM > > >>To: [email protected] > > >>Subject: Re: Outdated Kodachrome 64 slide film any good? > > >> > > >> > > >>On 4/13/06, Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Hi Mark > > >>> I have the opportunity to get some Kodakchrome 64 slide film dated 2003 > > >>> including development and framing and postage > > >>> for around 2 dollars a 36 exposure roll. The film comes from a > > >>professional > > >>> photo dealer who had them always cooled in the fridge. > > >>> He sells them now because Kodak stops developing slide film here in > > >>> Switzerland at the end of the year as far as his information > > >>goes so I would > > >>> have to use it soon. He says that because of the special nature of that > > >>> Kodachrome film such a long storage should not cause quality > > >>problems. He > > >>> says that compared to today's slide film this type is rather > > >>soft and color > > >>> muted, he sounds honest to me. > > >>> > > >>> I would love to try about 40 rolls slide film at 10% of its > > >>original price, > > >>> would you trust it for **a not** important project? I have > > >>never used slide > > >>> film, I would be quite a new experience for me :-) > > >>> > > >> > > >>>From what I hear and read, Kodachrome is very stable. If it's been > > >>refrigerated like he says, then it's definitely worth a shot. And at > > >>$2 per roll, why not? You might as well use it while you can. > > >> > > >>I'm really starting to like Kodachrome, and just dropped off three > > >>rolls today. If only I could figure out how to scan it.......... > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Scott Loveless > > >>http://www.twosixteen.com > > >> > > >>-- > > >>"You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman > > >> > > > > > > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > > -- > "You have to hold the button down" -Arnold Newman > >
