Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/02
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I'm afraid that you're probably right, sadly. I only use Kodachrome except
in very unusual circumstances, but the 10 days for processing is a pain.
BTW - I recently aquired about 1500 stereo slides dating as far back as
1953, all on Kodachrome and none exhibiting any fading problems.
kw
>dwp@deltanet.com wrote:
>I doubt if there will be many local labs doing it. Even E-6 isn't a
>very large percentage of normal processing anymore. The big factor is
>that Kodak "owns" the process as Polaroid "owns" the instant picture and
>one must be licensed to use it. If Kodak does release the technology to
>support it's exclusive film there probably won't be enough consumer
>interest to support it in other than a commercial lab.
>Most consumers will choose E-6 if it's 50 cents cheaper and the lab
>won't have to buy another $50,000+ machine.
>
>I think Kodachrome is the greatest slide film ever, but I usually feel
>cynical about Kodak's marketing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Colin
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