Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/01

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Subject: Re: kodachrome processing
From: "Charles E. Albertson" <chucko@ricochet.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 14:14:08 -0800

At 02:04 PM 2/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Stephen Kobrin wrote:
>
>> There is an article in a recent _Economist_ (London) which claims
>> development of a new Kodachrome processing system that costs one tenth of
>> the price of the old one, can be run by one technician, fit into a 60
square
>> meter room and process a roll of film in under 40 minutes. This should lead
>> to Kodachrome processing by local photo finishers with a reasonable "turn
>> around."  Has anyone else heard anything about this new process or, better
>> yet, heard of a commercial application?
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>Yes, Kodak announced it a few weeks ago. Ed Meyers
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>
	This is good to hear, as it seems to put to rest those rumors that crop up
periodically that Kodak is planning to discontinue Kodachrome. If local
labs can turn it around as quickly as they now do the E-6 films, there's
hope for the survival of that line.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.