[Leica] Testing the patience (and chemical supplies) of Dwayne's...

[mfsacca at sover.net (Michael Sacca)]

I too sent my last Kodachrome (3 rolls KPR and 3 rolls S8 movie film)  
overnight to arrive on the 30th.I spoke to a rep at Dwayne's around  
noon on the 30th and she said they stopped scanning the packages due  
to the sheer volume. It sounded like they were going to be on the  
lenient side regarding the deadline to get film in by the 30th. Now  
whether they run out of chemistry even if it was in on time is a scary  
thought...

Let's hope for the best,

Michael


On Dec 31, 2010, at 3:09 AM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:

> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Jeff
> Moore
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 4:48 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Testing the patience (and chemical supplies) of  
> Dwayne's...
>
> I'd already sent in a ragtag few hoarded Kodachrome rolls, but
> yesterday evening I got the urge to burn a last few frames and see if
> they'd be accepted for processing.  And I thought...  what might be
> fun, in this modern world of stitching together panoramas, would be
> seeing what digital image I could stitch together from multiple
> scanned Kodachrome frames.  And to keep it improbable, I figured I'd
> use Kodachrome 25.  At night.
>
> So I grabbed up my sturdy Gitzo carbon-fiber tripod, the R8, the 180mm
> Apo-Elmarit-R, two freshly conditioned and charged (but aging) battery
> packs for the R motor drive... and a very warm jacket and wooly hat.
> Off I went to a walkway on the Jersey City side of the Hudson to try
> shooting a New York night-time cityscape in many slightly-overlapping
> 180mm frames.
>
> I have no idea if they were properly exposed (I bracketed each at
> 16, 8 and 4 seconds at f/4), properly focused by my aging eyes (one
> reason I stopped down to f/4), if Dwayne's got the package on time and
> will process it... you know, the classic film uncertainties.
>
> What I was reminded of which is certain is what a magnificent and
> perfect film-shooting device the R8 with motor drive is.  I miss it,
> even while I don't miss most of dealing with film.
>
> I consumed two rolls in this kind-of-absurd project, then walked them
> to the nearby FedEx hut, sent them flying off for a promised December
> 30th AM delivery.  Which is worrying me some, because the most recent
> tracking info they're giving me shows the package having arrived at
> the Parsons, Kansas FedEx facility in good time, but no actual
> delivery confirmation yet.  I'm hoping it happened hours ago but just
> hasn't been logged into the system.
>
> Here's a little cenotaph:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/5307130879/in/set-72157621796358420/lightb
> ox/
>
> -Jeff