Comments on: Kodachrome Film Tests in 1922

By: Dave F

Dave F — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:06:27 +0000

Somewhere I have photos of a Kodachrome motion picture camera (from a Hollywood history exhibit) with three canisters for black & white film – I think this was from the mid 1940′s ??

By: Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:03:12 +0000

There is an ethereal quality in these images that is created by the film, but perhaps also the tempo of the time. I was moved by the grace and slowness of their gestures.

By: Kenneth Poli

Kenneth Poli — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:02:41 +0000

The Kodachrome we know today was developed by a couple of amateur photographers and perfected by Eastman in the 30′s –speed:: ASA 10. I have some 1939 chromes as bright as the day they were processed. What a film!

By: David Kraut

David Kraut — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:51:26 +0000

This stuff breaks my heart. Everything we see of that era is always in black-and-white, and often herky-jerky, and so it looks “old-timey”. But to see these people in color is to see them as real. Not artifacts of the period, but real people just like us. But from 90 years ago! Extremely moving!!

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:10:40 +0000

I seriously thought these film shorts were shot this week as an artists re-creation of the 1920′s! Wow!

By: Jonas

Jonas — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:02:42 +0000

Two-color Kodachrome was around long before the 1930′s. Maybe the Wikipedia article you saw (I have not checked) was about a later Kodachrome process?

See this page for some extra info about the process:
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolor/subtract.htm
“This process had no relationship to Eastman Kodak’s marvelous single film color reversal process that was unveiled in 1935.”

By: Howard Ellison

Howard Ellison — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:36:37 +0000

Technically astounding, but I find these films unbearably sad to watch! The more realistic the reproduction, the more profoundly one grieves for a beautiful departed soul. Hey ho, let’s make the best of all our days.

By: Hal

Hal — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:28:25 +0000

Editor’s Note: According to Wikipedia, Kodachrome was invented in the 1930′s. One person thinks this could be 2 strip Technicolor Film which combined only Red and Green – no blue.

It sure is beautiful whatever it is!

Could an Eastman or Kodak representative please clarify.