[Leica] Kodachrome Blues

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

I have been noticing in the last couple of years that the local stores are
stocking less and less Kodachrome. I, unfortunately, really like the stuff
and use it as my main film. Processing turn around times went from one week
to two weeks three years or so back but now they have jumped to FIVE weeks!
The store I deal with said the two week time was due to it having to be sent
to the eastern USA. Canada lost both its plants a while ago. Now that it is
five weeks they speculated that it had to go to Europe! Is this the end of
Kodachrome. Are there no more plants in North America? If you have heard
anything I would be grateful for news.

John Collier