Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know if this will help or not but the Fairlawn NJ operation closed (at least on the east coast). The Kodachrome development is now being processed in Beltsville Maryland at District Photo. Maybe this only has to do with the Kodachrome mailers? FWIW, the address is: Kodak Slide Processing P.O. Box 3022 Beltsville, MD 20705 Phone # is 800-345-6973 -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+akroehle=peoplepc.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+akroehle=peoplepc.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 11:28 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Blue Grouse now KODACHROME WOES on 9/5/05 6:47 PM, Aram Langhans at dnaplasmid@compwrx.com wrote: > Doug. What film processing hastles? I just got more KChrome back from > Costco and it is scratched. It seems like all my KChrome I send in through > them comes back scratched. The E6 stuff is just fine, so I know it is not > my camera. What gives? Are you having that problem. Is there any place > else that will develop Kodachrome? > > Aram > Aram, the retailer I'd been using decided to drop their E6 and K14 processing to concentrate on C-41 in-house... of course I didn't hear about this until I'd sent another few rolls out (one K-chrome, 2 E6). So.. the time comes to return the slides and the contract with the retailer has expired. Nowhere to send 'em. A few phone calls back and forth between Qualex and myself, and we find another nearby retailer they're supposed to be sent to. Trouble is Qualex dropped the ball and forgot to tell the shipping dudes where the slides are supposed to go. This I don't find out until a week later, when I call again. These three rolls are supposed to be delivered this week, four weeks after I dropped 'em off. I'll believe it when I see it. (they're more Blue Grouse photos along with a few other things.) The new retailer is now saying their send-out business is so slim they only get deliveries a few times a week. I'll use up my stock of k-chrome and I'll always back it up with E6, processed locally. I cut my photographic teeth on K-chromes but I'm not buying any more of it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com NO ARCHINVE _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information