What fun! Kind of like finding a money bookmark in an old book!
I too have some old mailers but with all the recent discussion about
dwindling options for processing I assumed they were useless. Of
course I haven't gotten around to tossing them . . .
I also have a few rolls of Kodachrome that are years past date, but
unlike Walt's, mine are not in the 'fridge. Wonder if they have a
chance of being OK . . . ? Seem to recall that Kodachrome processing
adds dyes during development so maybe I have a chance. Otherwise I'll
have to buy some fresh stock *IF* the mailers can still be used.
ScottGee1
On 6/20/06, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I thought I was shooting my last roll of Kodachrome for the Odyssey, but that
> now appears not to be so. While looking for something in one of the camera
> cabinets this morning, far in the back I came across five Kodachrome
> processing mailers. I'm notoriously disorganized and forgetful, but I did
> seem to recall making an effort a couple of years ago to be sure that the
> Kodachrome and mailers came out even.
>
> As I stood there holding them, I was reminded of one of my college roommates,
> who I often heard to mutter as he was trying to get dressed amid the squalor
> in which we lived, "I have two feet; therefore, I must have two shoes." So,
> I figured since I have five mailers, I must have five more rolls of
> Kodachrome.
>
> A search of the little beer, Cokes and film fridge found five rolls of
> Kodachrome hiding behind a stack of four 25-sheet boxes of 6x9cm Ilford HP5.
> So, it looks like my Kodachrome shooting days ain't over yet. The five rolls
> are 15 months out of date, but they've never been off refrigeration since
> I've had them. And anyway, since I didn't know I had either film or mailers,
> it's all like free stuff now, like money found in the street.
>
> Walt
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