Kodak Kodachrome 64 Slide Film
Kodak Kodachrome 64 Slide Film
USER REVIEWS
[Mar 11, 2001]
Johan van 't Leven
Intermediate
Strength:
Extremely sharp and excellent natural colors. The unexposed rolls can be stored for years after the exp. date and still look great.
Weakness:
Long exposure times. This is the best film ever made, despite of its larger grain. It remains however the sharpest and most natural slide film available at this moment and I don't see any changes in this situation the coming twenty years! Customer Service Never used it. Similar Products Used: Kodachrome 200/25. |
[Mar 20, 2001]
Chris(topher) Burton
Professional
Strength:
Wonderfully sharp, stable film which still compares well to current favourites.
Weakness:
Muted,though natural rendition except for tendency to coldness. Always sorted through use of 81b filter. Marginally grainier than Velvia/Provia F but not terminally so. When one sees the stunning images from librarieslike National Geographic(80%+ Kod.) how can anybody seriously rubbish this film? If it could be modernised in grain/resolution it would leap to top of the list, again! I have a couple of thousand Kod.64's in my collection,some 40years old, but I never find myself wishing some of today's great films had been around then. And if they had, would they have survived as well? Given that no emulsion can be all things to all users, this is still a super product suited to most subjects. Customer Service Good quality processing but tediously slow. Similar Products Used: Provia 100F/Velvia...both splendid films - but are they archivally stable? |
[Mar 28, 2001]
Suzie Lee
Intermediate
Strength:
sharp enought to slice bread; gorgeous color; virtually non-existent grain
Weakness:
after scouring the image for faults, noticedslightly red cast in some shots, but definitely nothing distarcting I'd been shooting for Provia 100F for weeks but one day, I mistakenly popped this film into my camera and started shooting. Imagine my dismay when I took the roll out and realized my custom lab couldn't process it. I sent it off to Kodak, not knowing what to expect - nearly dropped dead with shock when I got the results back from the lab. Sharp as a razor, great saturation without being cartoony, whites were specatcular. I've been told more than once that the Provia can be proven to have less grain, blah blah blah - but I am hard-pressed to believe that this isn't an equivalent film in terms of grain and sharpness. Best of all, you can throw it into an acid-free box for storage and it'll look as good as new in another 100 years (if you live that long to see the results!) ;) Similar Products Used: Fuji Provia 100F |
[May 17, 2001]
Cullen Wassell
Intermediate
Strength:
Sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp, good color, fine grain, and did I mention sharp???
Weakness:
Not a darn thing! This is THE SHARPEST film around! The color is natural. The grain is extremely fine. Customer Service Not used. Similar Products Used: Sensia II 100 |
[Jun 02, 2001]
Martin Cliffe
Expert
Strength:
Wonderfully accurate colour reproduction
Weakness:
Not as cheap as some E6 films WOW!!! Customer Service Very efficient and friendly Similar Products Used: Velvia, Sensia II |
[Jul 07, 2001]
Mark Drutz
Expert
Strength:
Natural color. Very sharp.
Weakness:
A little slow. Color is a matter of taste. If you like natural, realistic color, this is a great choice. Try shooting it at ISO 80 for a little more saturation. Similar Products Used: Kodachrome 200 |
[Aug 23, 2001]
Tom Wallis
Casual
Strength:
Useful colour palette in certain situations.
Weakness:
Fairly muddy, dull appearance under standard English weather. Low exposure latitude. The colour rendition is too dreary in my opinion, and it can sometimes make nice days look quite dull. Greens and browns go fairly muddy, and pastoral scenes look almost like paintings in some areas (can be a good thing). To me it doesn't rate well with modern Fuji films, and the Fuji lab in England will have Sensia back on your doorstep within 3 days. Customer Service Amazingly slow turnaround. Film was processed in Switzerland after I posted it to the London lab, and can take up to 3 WEEKS! Similar Products Used: Sensia 200, KL200, Velvia, E100VS |
[Oct 31, 1999]
George Sibble
Intermediate
Model Reviewed:
Kodachrome ISO 64
Strength:
This film gives the best contrast, grain, and overall picture quality of any I have EVER used in the past years. I absolutely love it! Any sunny day I have, I go out and use it. Great for all seasons. I even use it for taking sports pictures on sunny spring and fall days. An excellent and professional grade film.
Weakness:
Other than the fact it is slide film that can make it hard to make prints/enlargements, none at all. Do not get the ISO 200 though, serious red shift problem. For general photography on well-lighted subjects, this is definitely the way to go for professional quality. Customer Service N/A Similar Products Used: Many different Kodak and Fuji slide and print films in many different situations. |
[Sep 11, 1999]
Peter S.
Expert
Model Reviewed:
Kodachrome ISO 64
Strength:
This product is still capable of superb results and is more archival than any ektachrome or Fujichrome
Weakness:
Once in a blue moon, you get less than perfect processing. A great film, if enhancing colors artificially is not your thing as in Velvia. Kodachrome 25 is even better!!! Similar Products Used: All ektachromes and fujichromes. |