Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/02
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Kodachrome is available at my local Walmart. Have you tried there?
kw
>In a message dated 1/1/98 1:11:14 PM, you wrote:
>
>>Charlie:
>>I do the film ordering for a small independent camera shop in South
>>Florida. We have a fair sized professional market and are a pickup point
>>for BWC, the only independent kodachrome lab in this part of the
>>country(they are excellent). If anyone is selling kodachrome, it should be
>>us.
>>
>>I recently re-ordered, with some trepidation, PKR (professional kodachrome
>>64), even though the only regular customer for it has not been coming in
>>recently. At one time we stocked all kodachrome speeds, pro and amateur,
>>but I cannot even sell one brick before it goes out of date. We get only a
>>few rolls a month to process.
>>
>>Why? well, there are a substantial number of customers who just won't use
>>anything but Fuji. Because of our 2-day turnaround with a good lab, speed
>>and bad processing havn't been a major factor; but most people don't think
>>kodachrome, last revised in the 1980's, is as good as current Ektachromes.
>>Please understand that I have shot lots of kodachrome and I love it; but we
>>can't aford to watch it gather dust until it is sold off below cost out of
>>date. It breaks my heart.
>>
>>Nick Hunter
>
>
>Once again a most informative thread..
>I too have been on the look out for the chrome films and for the most part
>seems you have to go to the higher end photographers shops.. where I might add
>- you pay a premium price... and forget finding it anywhere else.. used to be
>the you could get the multi paks at Costco, but not for a couple of years
>now..and even Longs Drugs or the other big druggers dont seem to stock it
>anymore.. soo.. as an amature enthusiast who is sometimes frugal to a fault
>->it seems that chrome film is kinda headed to the sidelines ( can you tell Im
>watching football...?)
>Gary
>PS... go Michigan!!!
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