----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless"
Subject: Re: Kodak retires Kodachrome
For those of us in the US, getting Kodachrome processed wasn't any more hassle than any other film. Either send it directly to Dwayne's or drop it off pretty much anywhere that sends film to Fuji or Kodak. Wal-Mart usually took about a week and a half and ran about $5. I don't think I'd even consider shooting the stuff if I lived outside the US, though.
I was talking to a couple of the guys at my local pusher's yesterday. Since the demise of the Qualex subsidiary of Kodak, they no longer have a supply chain for Kodachrome processing. The sales guy told me that the customer is pretty much hung on the line regarding getting the film to Dwayne's for processing, and as it wasn't going through the Kodak food chain, the prepaid processing that Canadian Kodachrome customers were forced into buying would likely not be honoured. I was thinking about digging out an LX and shooting the last of my Kodachrome this summer, but if it's going to be this much hassle to get processing for, and if I have to pay twice for processing, I'll probably just bin the stuff and write it off.
William Robb
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