On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Scott Loveless<[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/23/09, Adam Maas <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Scott Loveless<[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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. >> >> Wasn't any more hassle? I repeat. 3 hours and $10 for E-6. 4 weeks and >> $20 for Kodachrome. > > I used to get E-6 done in 2 hours for $8. But then I moved to a > slightly larger city and the "pro" shop here doesn't do anything in > house other than C-41. And yes, dropping my film in the send-out bin > at Wally World is the path of least resistance anymore. What I don't > quite understand is why it takes 20 days to get your film from Toronto > to Parsons back to Toronto, and that's why I said I wouldn't shoot the > stuff if I lived outside the US. The only thing I can imagine is that > it has something to do with crossing a border. From a Wal-mart store > near Harrisburg it goes to Fuji, Fuji sends it to Dwayne's, Dwayne's > sends it back to Fuji, Fuji returns it to Wal-mart. Roughly 10 days, > as little as 6 one time. > > Ironically, Target stores are set up with Kodak C-41 hardware. When > Qualex (owned by Kodak) was still handling their send-out film, Target > wouldn't accept Kodachrome. Go figure. > > -- > Scott Loveless
Scott, Apparently the turnaround for K-14 in the US is 3-4 weeks as well now. E-6 is much quicker. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
