Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Young wrote: > > >The downsides are the cost and time factors - 4 days and about $20.00 > >shipping expenses plus processing fees. I can't see using the film for a > >job and only rarely for myself given this situation. > > > >I can get E6 processed in 2 hours and only one block from my studio. > > > >Is Kodak trying to kill Kodachrome? > > -------- > > Not in Canada. Here, I take my Kodachrome to the local 1 hr C-41 shop, and > it's couriered to Kodak and back without charge. Turnaround time is about > 1 week. > > Processing by Kodak is included (as it is in most places outside the USA) > in the purchase price. > From what I see Kodak does not have Kodachrome on a back burner but is intelligently rallying it to the forefront with a new system of mini-labs to speed up turnaround and consistency and I think there are environmental pluses. Mark Rabiner