My Film

Are those 3 rolls of Efke R100 I see, in 127 format? I also notice some Seattle FilmWorks film. Do they still give rolls of that away to entice people to try their stuff? I remember getting a couple rolls from them 15-20 years ago and shooting it. Kodachrome - that was some great stuff that shouldn't have been killed off. Great collection!

Yes ... I like shooting it in my Yashica. There is also some 70 mm bulk film I plan to respool onto the rolls now that Efke is out of business. Seattle Film works is out of business too. They use to sell respooled motion picture film like Dale Labs did, but at some point switched over to to another type. Six people took them to court over it and got a settlement. My film was a part of the settlement as a former customer. There is some 4X5 sheet film there and well as some Polaroid film from the Impossible Project. I don't expect to do anything with the Kodachrome since the last place quit processing it and sold the equipment for scrap.

I think there's a place in Canada that processes old film formats. I forget the name, but found them on Google pretty easily the first time I looked. When they get enough rolls of a certain film type to do a batch, they let everybody know and develop it. You have to get on a waiting list so they know when they have enough of one kind of film to do a batch. I found a couple rolls of 620 film in a couple old cameras I bought that I need to send to them.

There's a place in Colorado that will, but they want something like $40 a roll to do it. I'm going to try a couple of rolls and see how it goes here.

www.rockymountainfilm.com

620 film is pretty much the same as 120 film. I'd think you'd be able to do it at home? I've done 120 film at home a number of times. You just have to adjust a Patterson reel for it.

It's seems to be bit hard to keep them if you need to keep them cold

It just slows down the aging. I've got a few rolls that are over 40 years old. I just stick them in Tupperware containers ... it's no problem really.

I just looked it up because I'm getting that old film of mine develope, dag nab it! They're called Film Rescue International and it looks like they're located in Canada. Here is their website: Film Rescue International. It says they do virtually all types of films ever made, so I dunno? Just an idea for your Kodachrome.