Really,really old film.

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I have some color 35mm transparencies that were exposed but never developed. They are Ektachrome process E-4 135-36 ASA 160 22 din. Also Kodachrome II 135-36 process K-12 ASA 25 15 din. I have about 25 of these film canisters. Now here's the problem, they are 35-40 years old! Can these still be developed? Can I take them to a photo developing store and just have them develop the film through their regular machines?
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Both of these fils are for slides.
Kodak stopped making E-4 chemicals in the 1980's, I think K12 for Kodachrome stopped around the same time.

I don't know of anyone in the UK or even Europe that can handle these films. However I found one in the US

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/pmamarch.htm

The only point I would make is that these films are so out of date the quality of the results would be unacceptable.
 
It's a huge shame, but I'd write them off after that much time - your chances of any sort of result are so slim as to be negligible.
 
Chappers said:
Both of these fils are for slides.
Kodak stopped making E-4 chemicals in the 1980's, I think K12 for Kodachrome stopped around the same time.

I don't know of anyone in the UK or even Europe that can handle these films. However I found one in the US

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/pmamarch.htm

The only point I would make is that these films are so out of date the quality of the results would be unacceptable.
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Thanks Chappers, I'll check them out.
 
depending on the price of developing them i send one off just to see .
 
Its worth trying to get one developed, and depending on the results make a decision on the rest of them.

A bad picture is better than no picture espically if they have centimental value / historical value.

Chris
 
I had some exposed 110 films from my teens I'd nnever developed - about 50% of the pics were purple-tinged, but the rest looked surprisingly OK!

You'll never know till you try....
 
This link might be of interest. It seems that E 4 soup is rather nasty stuff to work with and brew! http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/FAQ_e4.txt

It might be worth a try cross processing a couple of the films in E 6 chemistry but don't expect perfect results and don't blame me if nothing happens!

Good luck!
 
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