So cool to see these old film shots - the colours are so different than what we're used to today.

I loved Kodachrome 25 and 64, though I preferred 25. I once shot fireworks on 25 handheld.

Love hearing about the experience of shooting in the 60s. Thanks for sharing.

Kodachrome was a good film. I used it for years. A little on the warm side, but nice. Good color, that can last, and last.

I have some 74 year-old Kodachrome family photos which look just as good as the day they were developed. Just amazing to see the 'natural', undisturbed colors from the late 1940s / early 50s.

I just absolutely loved every minute of this. Probably one of my favorite KZfaq videos that I’ve seen in the last couple of years and I’ve seen probably thousands regrettably. I hear so many people talk on and on about cameras and film but from the very first second I knew that this man had a real understanding and experience with the craft and more specifically Kodachrome which is somewhat of a myth nowadays to us young ones who are joining the resurgence. Thank you so much for sharing your stories and experience!❤️📸

What lovely photos and exposure is spot on. Thanks for showing.

This is one of the finest videos I've seen on photography. Simple, intelligent and aesthetically on point.

Such a beautiful video on such a great film, how I love the colors...since a couple of weeks I started to use filmrecipes on my fijifilm camera's. I'm sure I won't get the same results as on your photographs but everything near will b already satisfying for me. I'm really happy I could see this unbelievable color photographs Thanks.

What a great video. I remember Kodachrome 25. The images were mind blowing. I remember thinking about medium format but Kodachrome 25 in 35mm was more than enough detail. Kodachrome 25 had a resolving power of 200 lines per millimetre. If you do the math, you would need a 138 megapixel digital full frame camera sensor to get the same detail. Lenses are better today and obviously help in resolving more detail, so digital may appear sharper than film. Back in the day most of us could not afford expensive lenses. Put a modern corrected lens on a 35mm film camera and if you could still get Kodachrome 25 I guarantee it would blow the socks off any full frame digital camera. How sad we gave up film for convenience.

Nice post. I started with an SRT 101 (silver like yours), the 50 f1.7, and Kodachrome 25 and 64. Branched out to many other things over the years. But just that name brings back so many fond memories.

Kodachrome is still the standard bearer for colour archival photography, bar none. I shot for a few local magazines in the 80s as well as stock and chromes were the rule of the day. Save for a few publications, Kodachrome images were almost always in demand. K-25 was always a challenge even in great and abundant light, I preferred K-64. Fond memories indeed.

My dad shot thousands of photos in the sixties with his Richo 35 mm that he bought when he was in the Army in the early 1950's. I'm pretty sure he used Kodachrome ASA 64, and all of his outdoor and landscape pictures, are to this day the brightest most vivid pics I've ever seen. The colors really came out on cloudy days because of the diffuse light.

Lovely video! Could watch nostalgic content such as this all day. Your narration was profound as well, without the words “um, like, and I mean” interjected between every sentence.

I only ever tried Kodachrome 64, but I got some excellent images. I recognize some of the tendencies of that film in your shots here. They eventually managed to make some pretty good 100 speed E6 film, which I am pretty happy with. I have some that are slightly over 20 years old that still look good today.

Beautiful pictures!

It was a primitive but elegant and refined system. And i mourn that we have largely lost it.

thanks for sharing the stories and the slides!

From 1976 to the end of Kodachrome i had 3 Canon F1 camera main one was K25 and he others one was K64 and K200 and i used many Canon lenses like 24mm f/1.4, 55mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2 and 300mm f2.8 . I was probably the only photographer using 25 ASA film at the Formula 1 Montreal grand prix but WOW the quality of K25 and EKTAR 25 pictures. i got tears in my eyes watching this video.Thank you

Wonderful, thankyou for sharing your love of K25 👍 Truly missed by me too.

Merci pour cette vidéo ,superbe , que de souvenirs , la Kodachrome 25 , mon Olympus om2 toute ma jeunesse.Vos photos sont magnifiques ,les couleurs sont éclatantes et irremplaçables. Thank you for this very nice vidéo .

I still miss my Kodachrome 25. 😒 The last camera I used to take Kodachrome with (left the box tab on the camera) was an OM-2n the only auto camera that seemed to meter it consistently correct. I ended up shooting many more rolls of E-6 but was only because I needed fast developed and ability to project it for a very large audience. But for personal or work that I was going to print (on Cibachrome) nothing bet Kodachrome.

Thank you for sharing your experience with K25! I think with proper precautions digital files will last, but there is something beautiful about the physicality of slides.

Wonderful. I enjoyed watching this.

Some beautiful images! Thanks for sharing your story

I loved the video format. And see all your passion for photography.

as I recently started my photography with film I've stuck to mostly 400 iso film due to a fear of low light situations You gave me more confidence to try some more low ISO slide film and I am excited to experiment Thank you for sharing your history with kodachrome 25

Sony mirrorless and any mirrorless really has given all the old film lenses new life. I used to dabble with my father’s canon Ae-1 back in the 90s and when I got back into photography with a little Olympus I bought any film lens I could find sub 100. I wish I would have bought more. I’ve since snagged a Minolta film camera, man I wish I could’ve snagged a few more lenses b4 the recent surge in popularity. Now I mainly run around with my Sony a7rII a couple sigma 1.4s

It's an intriguing thought that I, a young adult would yearn for shooting on Kodachrome. It's a shame it has been discontinued.

This video was amazing

love this channel, and definitely will try more lower asa films because of this vid!

Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed your stories throughout the years

I have been asked what camera I used to film this video (The query disappeared from my comments). For the main shots I used a Sony A7s II. For the close-ups I used a small 10-year-old Sony handicam that doesn't have progressive scan; only interlace.

Amazing photos and video Gary. V inspiring Newly subscribed.

I've been scanning old family photos from the 1950s and 60s, most were Kodachrome and they still look as good as the day they were developed. Other rolls were Ektachrome and they hadn't aged very well, colors had faded and they had an overall blue cast. With some digital manipulation I managed to restore the Ektachrome colors but the results were just adequate, they still looked a little 'off', they didn't pop like Kodachrome does. When I bought my Olympus OM-1 in 1978 Kodachrome 25 was the only color film I used, there was no contest, it was the best.

Loved this video so much and found it so interesting, I was born in the mid 80s so I grew up with film then digital came along, I now use a Fujifilm X100V with a 1/8 diffusion filter to get that nice highlight rolloff for my documentary style photography and I have an extremely basic Kodak camera from 1987 that I shoot film on, looking to upgrade to a better film camera. I just love the way film renders, it captures a moment stuck in time.

Thank you for this video! I have family Kodachrome (10ASA) slides going back to 1954. The other film types have deteriorated. I used Kodachrome 25, then 64, right up to the End. Like you, I have a Minolta SRT-101- still working well. Your photos are excellent.

What a mad lad! I love it

My best photography was accomplished with the use of Kodachrome 25 film. IMHO, nothing else compares.

Really enjoyed your monologue. My buddy from the seventies started off with a Minoltal SRT 101, or was it the one up (201). Love your 101 Black Body..

Great story. Back in the 1960s I had a good old Minolta SR-1 with a Minolta clip on light meter thrown in. The SRT-101 had just come out so the SR1 was on special. Got some great Kodachrome 25 and 64 shots although I mostly shot B&W and did my own home processing. A real hobby. One had to think about taking a photo re composition, exposure etc. .

This was excellent, thank you!!

Thanks for sharing your story.

Excellent information, couldn't agree more...I got the same equipment and used the same Kodachrome film stock.

Great video. Very enjoyable.

what a wonderful video. So much emotion, so much history, such power, all in a simple format. Thank you.

My favrite film of all time! And I have thousands of those slides in my files! I still have several rolls of Kodachrome 64 in 220. Thank you!

This video was an absolute joy to watch. Nostalgic and educational. Brought back memories. I wasn’t into photography then and bought my first non disposable camera 2 to 3 years ago. I do remember using the cheap cameras we had in the house and mailing the film and waiting for results. I recently ordered an entry level Fujifilm camera and noticed their film simulation system. Started reading up on it so when my xt100 arrives I will have some knowledge of what they’re about. Reading up on them and watching your video has given me a new found respect for film photography. I drink way too much coffee to have the patience required to shoot film but I can still appreciate the artistic commitment that goes into it. Thank you for posting such a well produced and thought out production.

I really enjoy this video so much. Looking forward to more contents from you. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Love this video! Super interesting and love the photos!

I have a roll of Kodachrome 25 from the 80's. Wish I could use it...

Thanks for a great little trip in the time machine. I never shot K25 , but I did use a lot of K64 and a bit of K200. I have all my day's slides dating back to the late 1940's. Most of them are Kodachrome and they still look great.

Love this channel

this is amazing. thanks

Gary, fantastic story very enjoyable.

What a wonderful account of your experiences, with great images! Thanks for sharing this!

this story is amazing, thanks for sharing!

I absolutely loved this video. Thank you for sharing your story! I wish more photography videos on KZfaq were as interesting as this.

Saw this video of yours months ago and I still keep coming back to watch it from time to time to appreciate kodachrome's beauty. Thanks for making this video anecdote Gary! I hope you make more videos on kodachrome.

This was incredible! And the shots are something else. Thank you for sharing your experience with us

This is gold! Oh man, I'm feeling so nostalgic right now for people and places I've never even met or been to. I hope this gets more views

Beautiful pictures and interesting information! I know what you mean. Anything I like has been discontinued or obsolete.

Such an enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing.

I used to love Kodachrome 200.. a bit grainy on pure blue sky’s but on everything else.. brilliant..a nice grainy journalistic look to street and travel photos... miss it tons..

Sir you should share more of your experience with us. Keep doing!

Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience with all of us. I am sure shooting Kodachrome was amazing, I haven't shot any colour-reversal film, yet, but I often wonder about the great pictures that could be taken today should Kodachrome still existed. Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to hearing more stories!

Great video, so nice for younger photographers to have a glimpse at the rich history of film photography. Hopefully, they find a way to bring Kodachrome back like they did Ektachrome. I'm sure many people would love more videos like this, maybe even your thoughts on newer film technologies. Thanks for sharing!

Nice stuff Garry. Legend!!

I'm 22 and I'm the only person I know who still shoots film (pretty much 90% of the pictures I take), but watching this encourages me to keep going. Fantastic video!

This is terrific! Loved learning about the experience using this film.

Interesting! Thank you! Your photos are excellent! I enjoyed seeing them.

Amazing video, looking forward to your future content!

Really enjoyed this, thank you

Thanks for a memorial of a shared photo past. I used K11 and K25 for most of my 35mm days in M Leica and Leicaflexes. You got used to the slow speed and tended to use the lenses pretty wide open using 1/250 most of the time. The benefits of the film were consistency of colour, resistance to fading and high resolution. I bought a Nikon D100 in 2004 and although the colour was good the resolution was way lower than well scanned K25. I still have my Kodachromes kept in their yellow boxes in the dry and dark. They are still as shot. Most of my early digitals are God knows where! Now we back up but then seldom. Such a pity the film was discontinued. Now that film is usually bought online worldwide perhaps if Kodak had hung on in there it might have been economically possible to keep one production line and a couple of labs open.. Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing. Lovely.

Great video Gary, I found you video because I have had a roll of this stuff sitting around from back when my parents bought their AE1 new. i'm planning to use the roll through my nikkormat fm as soon as i find a special place to use it! It's a shame you can't really find it anymore.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I grew up with crap film and disposable cameras so when I decided to shoot film as well as digital I was surprised at the quality that a real camera and professional film could offer.

Your photographs are incredible!

Maybe you could make more videos with slide photos from your collection and talk more on where to measure light - for us who don´t have the human lightmeter you seem to posses! Absolutely marvelous pictures!

I love this video, youre speaking from experience not just from books. Love!!

Thanks for the amazing video ♥️

This was fantastic, thank you.

Please make more of these videos really interesting

Had a Pentax K1000 loved it. Kodacolor 200 ASA. Nice prints! (1985).

That was a really great video, thanks for sharing

Lovely video. Hand holding at 1/4 with sharpness like what was displayed in this video is amazing. I struggle to create sharp images at 1/60th unless I'm resting my arms on something and even my TLR seems to jump around when I am still! Need to breathe properly I guess Wonderful work, glad YT recommended this video to me today.

Firstly: A huge thank you for what might be the first video on KZfaq that really features Kodachrome 25! I previously wasn‘t even award that this film stock was available. Beautiful captures as well, the colors are amazing still today... Secondly: What were they doing on the photograph shown at around 4:19 ? Stitching a wound with a safety pin? Poor guy... (I‘m a medical student, by the way, so im particularly interested) Thirdly: I not only wonder if digital photos will last for 50 years, but if we will show them at all, because of the huge amount. I am already annoyed with my 23 years to go through all of the digital photos I have. So I started shooting film in 2019 and since then really enjoying it. Slide film like Provia 100F is of course particularly nice, but really expensive here in Germany (about 18 Euros for one film), so I shoot mostly black and white film. I hope my poor English ist understandable... Greetings from the Ruhr-Area in western Germany!

Hello Gary, Thank you for sharing your experience about Kodachrome 25. Unfortunately, I nerver shoot with Kodachrome... but I know Kodachrome 25 was the best version of Kodachrome film. Steve Mcurry make his carrer with it... The best color film with the best fine grain definition ever made. I guess Kodachrome is the film that missing in the market place today... and if Kodachrome is bringing back, it's would be the 25 asa version because there no equivalent... Unfortunately, we know all Kodachrome can't bring back because we needed a factory for process it... Kodachrome is an black & white film to which we added the dye during the process (fourteen bath...) it's really complicated... You don't be sad because it's over about Kodachrome (I understand you !) but smile cause you were able to enjoy it ! (It's not my case...) Today, I only do film photography, no digital ! I take my pleasure with Fujichrome Velvia, even if he does not compare with Kodachrome, it's also unique ! I guess it's the last color film such unique color. Thank you for all, greeting's from France (and sorry for my english) Lionel

Great video! I started shooting film in 1999 for a few years, then went digital, and now am coming back to film again. I don’t think we will be looking at our digital photos 50 years from now, all stored on hard drives. I think the best way to keep your photographic memories are on film and printed photos, and keep them in a box you can come back to now and then.

Nice video. It's unfortunate that Kodachrome has gone away, I have a few rolls but can't develop in Kodachrome chemistry so I have to figure out how I want to go about it.

Forgot to say that I saw your channel due to the Paul Simon - Kodachrome song. Have all his albums

Nice presentation Gary. I miss Kodachrome 25 too. I still have all my Nikon film cameras and lenses and want to get back to shooting film but since I switched to digital I reach for one of my Canon cameras either the 7Dll or my 5Dlll for the instant gratification. You mentioned you wanted to get the FM3n but didn't, you should have gotten it even though Kodak stopped making the Kodachrome 25. The 64 was still great stuff. My Nikons are 2 FE's one black one chrome, one FE2, chrome and 2 FM2's, one black,one chrome and they are all in working condition. Oh, I was not very happy with the Ektachrome either. Colors coming out of digital camera aren't bad but really don't compare to Kodachrome 25, IMHO. Is it the grain or texture that makes the difference ? So thank you for your wonderful presentation, I've subscribe and given you a thumbs up and looking for more of your content that I'm sure I will enjoy. You also just re-stoked my interest in getting back to shooting film.Thanks again.

Lovely video

The big reason that the Kodachrome has aged well/been stable is the way it was processed. When it was shot it was in effect black and white and the color was added when processed. That's one reason it was so complicated. Look up k-14 process to see why it was so hard.

It would be awesome if you kept uploading film photography related videos. Incredible content!

I would have stuck with rangefinders, nice story.

I was using my Olympus OM-1/2/4s for 35 years since 1973 and almost exclusively with Kodachrome films in traveling. I must admit, however, that KC64 was my main-stay, as KC 25 tended to be both harder to find and more expensive. Still, its sharpness was just stunning. The problem is: who will want to keep theses slides after us? So, I probably will have to bite the bullet and digitize the better ones.

I often look through my father's K25 slides, they still look amazing even though they are from the 80s. I shoot film still today and sometimes struggle with films like Ektachrome 100 or Velvia 50, 25 would be rough.

Not sure how The Algorithm knew that I have a case full of old Kodachrome slides from the 60s. The color is still perfect, almost BETTER than perfect, like they were taken in a better world.

I have all my grandparents' old slides. Kodachrome and otherwise. I've been digitizing them, but I also really enjoy projecting them. I've also been using Ektachrome in the last couple years. Slides have to be my favorite picture format for capturing and presenting images. After your comments about Ektachrome's issues, I'm curious if you've used the more recent Ektachrome formulation after Kodak reintroduced it back in 2018 and how it compares to the old. I know it has to be right on the money in terms of exposure, but that seems to be the case with all the slides films.