ejd Posted April 12, 2008 Share #21 Posted April 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) A German ebay listing suggested that you could batch, provided you kept to the one roll per envelope rule, putting all the completed, fully addressed envelopes in a larger one... Has anyone tried this approach with Switzerland? I've done it once with no problem. Six (I think it was) films, processing pre-paid, each in its own mailing envelope, the whole lot in one large envelope and sent off to the Kodak address in Switzerland. I've just sent another six rolls off to Switzerland from Tokyo -- to be returned to my address in the UK, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chuck Albertson Posted April 13, 2008 Share #22 Posted April 13, 2008 After getting interested in Kodachrome reading posts about it here on this forum a friend gave me a few rolls that should have been developed in 2000. Do you guys think it's worth the effort taking pictures? I guess I can expect a pink colour-cast? It depends on how it has been stored. If your friend kept it in the freezer or the refrigerator, the color shift (towards warm) may not be too noticeable. I just got a couple of rolls of K25 back from Dwayne's that I shot in Arizona last month---they had a 2003 expiry date, and the slides look beautiful. No color shift, no loss of speed. Keep in mind that Kodachrome is essentially a three-layer black-and-white film until it's processed. The color dyes aren't added until processing, so they don't have a chance to get funky in the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Olof Posted April 13, 2008 Share #23 Posted April 13, 2008 Did you buy your films from the US? All those sold round me come with mailers for inclusive developing. It could be that the second one is held up in customs. I am sure that the Home Security Officers, open each roll to check, if there could be a Taliban inside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share #24 Posted April 16, 2008 The second roll of K64 has just arrived home, so I am reliably informed. So, this one has taken a month to do its round trip. I'm looking forward to the next trip, now, not back to the last one IMHO, Kodachrome is really only a viable film in North America. I won't be buying any more when my current stock runs out, as I feel that a month is just too long Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_opel Posted April 16, 2008 Share #25 Posted April 16, 2008 A German ebay listing suggested that you could batch, provided you kept to the one roll per envelope rule, putting all the completed, fully addressed envelopes in a larger one... Has anyone tried this approach with Switzerland? I'm doing that regularly, and it works fine (I'm in Germany, and although some rolls/envelopes I bought in London were marked with the swiss address, they were all returned to me via Stuttgart). Also, as I always order development without cutting the rolls - and therefore no framing - the rolls are being returned in one large envelope. Turnaround time is usually no more than 10 work days which seems pretty acceptable to me. Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guywalder Posted April 16, 2008 Share #26 Posted April 16, 2008 as I feel that a month is just too long sounds like a service that is pefectly inline with Kodaks strategy for the digital age.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted April 16, 2008 Share #27 Posted April 16, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) IMHO, Kodachrome is really only a viable film in North America. Sadly, this in practice is likely correct. The crime is that it needn't be that way. A few minor changes to procedures could fix everthing. 1) No prepaid processing anywhere in the world. (Means you could deal with Dwayne's directly with a credit card - fill out the form, mail to Kansas). Interim - Dwayne's accepts pre-paid film and Kodak reimburses until PP stocks run out. 2) Dwayne's needs to make FedEx available to any reasonable destination in the world, for those who want to pay for fast service. Then the user could decide on his/her preferred speed/cost balance. Cheers, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted April 16, 2008 Share #28 Posted April 16, 2008 Sadly, this in practice is likely correct. The crime is that it needn't be that way. A few minor changes to procedures could fix everthing. 1) No prepaid processing anywhere in the world. (Means you could deal with Dwayne's directly with a credit card - fill out the form, mail to Kansas). Interim - Dwayne's accepts pre-paid film and Kodak reimburses until PP stocks run out. This is long overdue. Kodak had to split off processing from the film price in the US to settle an antitrust suit brought by the government (back in the 1950's, as I recall). They did all the Kodachrome processing themselves until the late 1980's, when some independent labs started K-14 processing. Since Kodak is no longer in the K-14 processing business, they ought to drop the processing cost built into the price of every roll of K64 sold outside the US---I can't imagine they're making much money on that end of the business, and they're obviously losing customers outside the US. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budrichard Posted April 17, 2008 Share #29 Posted April 17, 2008 As I remember how it went, Kodak sold the processing to Qualex and the processing went to the dogs. My K slides would come back so dirty, film scratches and film particulate, that i actually stopped using K. Then Kodak purchased the processing end back and quality somewhat returned. When Kodak completely got out of the business i don't know but when I found out that Dwaynes was only remaining Lab for K, I stopped purchasing K mailers (PK36) and started sending directly to Dwaynes and have been satisfied ever since.-Dick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted April 17, 2008 Share #30 Posted April 17, 2008 As I remember how it went, Kodak sold the processing to Qualex and the processing went to the dogs. My K slides would come back so dirty, film scratches and film particulate, that i actually stopped using K. Then Kodak purchased the processing end back and quality somewhat returned. When Kodak completely got out of the business i don't know but when I found out that Dwaynes was only remaining Lab for K, I stopped purchasing K mailers (PK36) and started sending directly to Dwaynes and have been satisfied ever since.-Dick Around the same time as they started reversing out of the Qualex debacle, Kodak started licensing the K-14 process to some independent labs (The New Lab in SFO, and BWC in MIA were the ones I used) that could support it. The process was pretty expensive, and they had to keep an analytical chemist on the staff to monitor the chemistry. A lot of those labs dropped K-14 when the E-6 films were improved and people started switching to them. Eventually, Kodak developed the K-Lab, a brilliant piece of kit that automated a lot of the process, came with pre-mixed chemistry, cut costs, and delivered very good results. You could get push-processing of K200, for example, at a slight additional cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted April 17, 2008 Share #31 Posted April 17, 2008 You could get push-processing of K200, for example, at a slight additional cost. Dwayne's still offers push/pull processing. $10 extra. One week turn around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill k Posted April 17, 2008 Share #32 Posted April 17, 2008 Hi, for folks here in the USA....drop your Kodachrome off at Wal-Mart...stick it in an envelope and check special instructions...write 35mm slide film process K-14.. drop it in the box..it's sent to Dwayne's..I sent my test roll on the 9th of this month and it was back yesterday the 16th....cost $4.88 plus tax ...total $5.26 ....and no return shipping charges..nice and clean no scratching or dirt...(a bit off topic) I send my 120 neg film the same way.....regards,Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamey Posted April 17, 2008 Share #33 Posted April 17, 2008 I remember getting my Kodachrome back in the same day here in Melbourne back in the seventies. Drop it off in the morning, pick it up in the evening, otherwise it was two to three day turn around. Now I am getting my E6 BACK in under two hours if I take it to the Lab directly. But I do miss Kodachromes sometimes. It's called progress. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted April 18, 2008 Share #34 Posted April 18, 2008 The second roll of K64 has just arrived home, so I am reliably informed. So, this one has taken a month to do its round trip. I'm looking forward to the next trip, now, not back to the last one IMHO, Kodachrome is really only a viable film in North America. I won't be buying any more when my current stock runs out, as I feel that a month is just too long How would you like my remaining stock of Scala? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted April 18, 2008 Share #35 Posted April 18, 2008 How would you like my remaining stock of Scala? Arka Labaratoire in Paris (ARKA Laboratoire) still sells and processes Scala, so it is still possible to use it as intended. It makes beautiful black and white slides. Didn't Mike Richards on this forum also explain how it can be used perfectly well as a negative film and give characterful results? I have a few rolls (five, I think) that I mean to use up when a good opportunity comes up. Despite the baroque arrangements for getting it processed, Kodachrome in Britain seems cheap to use. It can be bought for just over six pounds a roll including pre-paid processing, the only extra cost being the postage of the film to Switzerland. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share #36 Posted April 18, 2008 Having been through the rolls from Venice, I've decided I don't like Kodachrome anyway - certainly when through the M2. Exposure is absolutely critical, of course, more so than with any other film I have experience of, and it's just far too easy to block out the shadows. The rolls I have will be my last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted April 18, 2008 Share #37 Posted April 18, 2008 How would you like my remaining stock of Scala? If you're looking for Scala processing, try Main Photo in LA: Agfa Scala Black & White Slide Film Processing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted April 19, 2008 Share #38 Posted April 19, 2008 John and Chuck--Thanks for the tips about Scala purchase and processing. There's another processor here in the US called .dr5, located in Colorado. Usually takes a couple of weeks to get the stuff turned around, however. It's nice to have the other options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted April 19, 2008 Share #39 Posted April 19, 2008 RE Scala - it can also be processed at home using Kodak's TMax100 Reversal processing kit. Sadly, no kit for K'chrome.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share #40 Posted April 20, 2008 Well, that's the lost roll shot. Yesterday, I put 4 rolls through my M7. One C41 Reala One K14 Kodachrome One E6 Astia One whatever I choose Delta 100 Just trying to do my bit I'm sticking with Astia from now on, for as long as it's available Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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