The Kodachrome process was very complicated. While you can develop E-6 with just 3 baths you need several development and exposure steps to do K-14. Here's an

The Kodachrome process was very complicated. While you can develop E-6 with just 3 baths you need several development and exposure steps to do K-14. Here's an illustration: https://miro.medium.com/proxy/1*w0fPDTcXMkMzSsVHQgGWrw.gif https://miro.medium.com/proxy/1*w0fPDTcXMkMzSsVHQgGWrw.gif The chemistry is apparently quite complicated and unstable as well with film labs requiring a dedicated chemist to keep everything in check. It's not one set-and-mostly-forget developing machine in your back room like with C-41 color negatives.