Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] kodachrome query
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 19:38:21 -0700

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