Where to have old S8 sound film developed

[son-of-bubba]

Hi folks,

A customer of mine found some old undeveloped S8 sound film. It is at least 20 years old.

I'd appreciate some suggestions of good places to have it developed ?
Places in the NY Metro area would be best as I am not sure she is
comfortable shipping it but all suggestions are appreciated.

Also, what are the chances it is still good ?

Thanks

Pat De Marco

[Angus]

What type of film is it?

Kodak K40 or Ektachrome 160?

Or Agfa 40 or Agfa 160?

[jpolzfuss]

Hi,

you should state whether the film is Kodachrome, Ektachrome or some other filmstock (Agfa, ...) since those old filmstocks all require a different processing and hence specialized labs.

Jörg

[etimh]

I shot two old carts of Ektachrome 160 sound film over the holidays, dated Aug 78 (thanks sooper). It is going, unfortunately, to Rocky Mountain for processing. A very expensive ($32.50 per cart) experiment.

http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/index.html

Tim

[Angus]

Prior to about 1984 the Ektachrome super 8 film is pretty difficult to deal with.

Post 1984 it had the EM-26 process...which is basically E6 plus removal of the remjet layer. Most EM-26 material is still OK to use, depending on storage conditions of course...I've used Ekta160 15 years out of date with like-new results.

[son-of-bubba]

Thanks or the question.

The film is Ektachrome 160.

Pat

[Angus]

OK what is the expiry date, if known?

Ektachrome 160 dated 1984 onwards can probably be processed by a few labs and the results are often good.

Dated prior to 1984 you have a film that can perhaps be processed by two or three labs in the world...