Re: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues

[Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

Chuck, Thank You! For this post. Now I'll try some of the K-14 that's sitting in
the freezer.
Cheers Wilber GFE

Chuck Albertson wrote:

> I doubt if they're shipping it to Europe from Canada. Below is the link to
> Kodak's list of labs using the K-Lab processor (an automated Kodachrome
> processor they intro-ed a few years ago, and which seems to have supplanted
> the traditional K-14 processing line). I send my Kodachrome to either the
> Tukwila plant (down by SeaTac airport) for next-day service, or to A&I in
> Los Angeles through a local store (3-day turnaround, by FedEx). You can get
> mailers for both Kodak's labs and for A&I, which ought to give you better
> than 5-week turnaround.
>
> http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/klabs/dealers.shtml
>
> Chuck Albertson
> Seattle, Wash.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John
> > Collier
> > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 10:45 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome Blues
> >
> >
> > 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
> >