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Kodak Kodachrome 25 vs Kodak Kodachrome 64

Which Kodachrome?

The same photograph, same exposure, both looks at full strength. See the untouched original.

The difference

Kodachrome 25 is the sharper, finer-grained film with denser blacks and marginally more restrained reds — photographers who used it describe a resolution nothing later matched. Kodachrome 64 is two-thirds of a stop faster with slightly more saturated reds, and that practical difference is why it outsold the 25 and became the Kodachrome most people picture.

Which to use

Kodachrome 25

Maximum sharpness and density. The connoisseur's choice.

Kodachrome 64

The iconic one. Warmer reds, more usable, the National Geographic look.

Side by side

Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 64
Typeslideslide
MakerKodakKodak
SpeedISO 25ISO 64
Produced1974–20021974–2009
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