Ektachrome 160, who can process this now?

[winbert]

Hi all,

With the end of Kodachrome by this year, the only sound (expired) sound cartridge is Ektachrome 160.

Who can process this stock?

How much is the cost?

And what is your luck with 1992 batch and if 1998 batch?

thanks
winbert

[aj]

Do it yourself in a LOMO should be the first option.

Then you have super8.nl who is expert on old/special S8 film and I thought this Leo guy from UK does old S8 too.

You are best off with the later EM-26 types of the Ektachrome S8 film. These fit seamless in E6 chemistry.

If you are really into these sound films you could try old Agfas too.

There is also FILMrescue in Canada who do Kodachrome processing into BW negative (also DIY possibility) at a price.
DO NOT send anything to Rocky Mountain lab. They are defunct and out off business. You will not get your film back (ever).

[Angus]

As aj says, it is basically E6 as far as the chemicals and timings go. You might that several labs who will process 64T and 100D super 8 will also process the older E160 films. I think the EM-26 process came in around 1984/5.

I have hand processed these myself, in standard 3 bath E6 chemistry. The only difference between EM-26 and straight E6 is the remjet antihalation layer which comes off the film.

Its not difficult like Kodachrome.

[winbert]

If this E160 is E6 process, why Krystal from Dwayne says `Dwayne cannot process E160``

More over another member from the other forum sugested FIlm Rescue which cost $34/cart to process, quite expensive for E6 process

Any opinion...

Thanks
winbert

[Blue Audio Visual]

As I understand it the remjet will contaminate the E6 chemistry, so you can't run EM26 in an large-scale E6 production line without ruining all the other films.

[richard p. t.]

If this E160 is E6 process, why Krystal from Dwayne says `Dwayne cannot process E160``

winbert

Yes, its entirely the rem-jet that is the issue here. I used to process Em26 ektachrome but I don't offer this now simply because of the rem-jet issue. The issue is 3 fold.
1st is that it takes longer and is a real fiddle. O.k. its not too bad if you are doing it yourself - its all a thrill then and you enjoy doing it, but when you do it commercially you think to yourself 'I'm earning $10 for this half hour fiddle' and its very dull.
2nd is the rem-jet gets in the chemistry and can get on other people's films. If you were having normal E6 processed at a lab would you find it acceptable to be told that the black spots on your film were from rem-jet from an old roll of E160 someone wanted to have processed?
3rd if you are running a commercial service, people need to be able to expect their films to be processed to a commercial standard. With a rem-jet stock like E160, that means fully removing it as kodak intended. Given the current colour reversal stocks (and the previous VNF-1 generation) don't have rem-jet, the particular processing system employed at the lab (machine or hand processing) won't have a rem-jet removal stage. The rem-jet would thus have to be removed by hand, yet would a customer accept that we only got most of it off?
Personally I don't think it is worth the effort for any lab to process em26 without doing a special batch and I take my hat off to the labs that do.
richard

[nickrapak]

Another person that does EM-26 is Martin Baumgarten in Plattsburgh, NY. You can get an order form by emailing him at super*8*mm@aol.com. (Remove the asterisks)