Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:40 PM 7/24/01 +0200, you wrote: >At least two labs in Paris provide 48-hour turnaround on Kodachrome >development. >It used to be 24-hour, but it was recently increased to 48-hour (working days >only). This is only for pro Kodachrome film. For the "amateur" >Kodachrome, the >delay is 14 days unless you pay a few euros extra for expedited service. There is no difference between amateur and professional Kodachrome. Same film. Simply aged differently before sending it to the store. Professional labeled film, E6 or K14, is aged at the factory to an exact point, then shipped. Refrigeration at the store maintains this "age" so professional photographers are buying a known color rendition/balance. Amateur labeled film is not aged by the factory. It is sent directly to the store and ages while it sits on the shelf, or not if it is used right away. The color rendition/balance is not a stable factor. So why would someone separate out film "labeled" professional from that "labeled" amateur and process them at vastly different times? Many many professional photographers buy and use amateur labeled film. There are many photo jobs that do not require an exact color rendition over time. Amateur labeled film is cheaper. But exactly the same film. Off the same manufacturing machine. At the same time. You are paying for Kodak/Fuji/Agfa/etc. to "hold" the film when you buy "pro" labeled film. Jim