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Date: 02 Nov 2006 20:01:23
From: Starlord
Subject: Off Topic: Film Lab
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I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a lab
to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know of
a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
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Date: 02 Nov 2006 21:01:54
From: laura halliday
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Starlord wrote:
> I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a lab
> to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know of
> a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
There are, according to Kodak's web site, only three labs
on the entire planet that still process Kodachrome. Sounds
like you're SOL.
Kodachrome is an interesting process, with each layer
developed and dyed separately. But it also means that
you need very specialized equipment to process it, and
you can't do it yourself. Quite a contrast to E6, which
is dead easy to do yourself...
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "That's a totally illegal,
Grid: CN89mg madcap scheme. I like it!"
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - H. Pearce
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 09:05:42
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Hi Dennis:
Pay the 25 and be happy. Even in 2001 when I was doing my last book
where I shot Kodachrome, it was becoming harder to get it processed.
Starlord wrote:
> I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a lab
> to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know of
> a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
>
>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> Sidewalk Astronomy
> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> The Church of Eternity
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 09:32:52
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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A user from SAA gave me the web address of a lab and I'll be mailing off the
film on monday and they do my 24 shot roll of $6.00 plus $5 for
shipping/handling. That's a whole lot better than $25.00 and having to wait
for an unknown time until they get enough to do a batch. And that lab even
said it could be up to 2 to 3 weeks or more.
It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of my
photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of my
slides where shot using that film.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"RMOLLISE" <rmollise@hotmail.com > wrote in message
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> Hi Dennis:
>
> Pay the 25 and be happy. Even in 2001 when I was doing my last book
> where I shot Kodachrome, it was becoming harder to get it processed.
>
>
> Starlord wrote:
>> I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a
>> lab
>> to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know
>> of
>> a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
>>
>>
>> --
>> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>>
>> Telescope Buyers FAQ
>> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
>> Sidewalk Astronomy
>> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
>> The Church of Eternity
>> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
>
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 19:18:17
From: lal_truckee
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Starlord wrote:
>
> It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of my
> photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of my
> slides where shot using that film.
Lucky you - Kodachrome slides actually will last for awhile - all other
color photos, slides, prints, and negatives, have a short lifetime.
Digital has the disadvantage that one has to constantly be moving it to
newer media ahead obsolescence.
I've got B&W photos of great grandparents and Kodachrome from later
generations that survived being dumped into boxes and stashed away in
the garage or attic with no special care.
Who out there thinks their descendants will repeatedly transfer digital
memorabilia to new formats religiously over the next century? For a few
decades we had the possibility that pictorial family history would be
preserved indefinitely - now we have reverted to possessing over the
long term only oral and written family history just as previous
centuries. And it was purely by unforeseen accident of technology that
the public hasn't even noticed.
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 13:22:41
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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I'll go digital after they pry my film camera (1930 Exacta/1954 Exa/1968
Topcon Super D) out of my cold dead hands. ;}
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"lal_truckee" <lal_truckee@yahoo.com > wrote in message
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> Starlord wrote:
>>
>> It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of
>> my photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of
>> my slides where shot using that film.
>
> Lucky you - Kodachrome slides actually will last for awhile - all other
> color photos, slides, prints, and negatives, have a short lifetime.
> Digital has the disadvantage that one has to constantly be moving it to
> newer media ahead obsolescence.
>
> I've got B&W photos of great grandparents and Kodachrome from later
> generations that survived being dumped into boxes and stashed away in the
> garage or attic with no special care.
>
> Who out there thinks their descendants will repeatedly transfer digital
> memorabilia to new formats religiously over the next century? For a few
> decades we had the possibility that pictorial family history would be
> preserved indefinitely - now we have reverted to possessing over the long
> term only oral and written family history just as previous centuries. And
> it was purely by unforeseen accident of technology that the public hasn't
> even noticed.
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 13:23:52
From: Mike Simmons
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:18:17 GMT, lal_truckee wrote:
> Lucky you - Kodachrome slides actually will last for awhile - all other
> color photos, slides, prints, and negatives, have a short lifetime.
> Digital has the disadvantage that one has to constantly be moving it to
> newer media ahead obsolescence.
You can still take the same route as our ancestors -- print your digital
images and pass the prints on. Some papers and ink are now available that
should last longer than most previous technology. Time will tell but it
seems promising.
I recently inherited photos and albums of ancestors going back a very long
time. Some haven't fared well but many did. We're scanning many and
printing them for the kids and grandkids.
Mike Simmons
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 15:17:01
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Back in the 1970's I picked up an old folding camera at a yard sale, it had
a film pack in it that dated back to 1918. I shot up the last few shots,
then had a lab do them for me and make prints. This was B/W film. I took a
look at the WW1 photos and was able to sell them and the negs to a guy who
said he was archiving photos from that war. He paid me a very good price for
them too. Out of the 12 shots I had used 3.
That camera was lost in the great 1987 ripoff.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Mike Simmons" <mikes@nospam.mtwilson.edu > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:18:17 GMT, lal_truckee wrote:
>
>> Lucky you - Kodachrome slides actually will last for awhile - all other
>> color photos, slides, prints, and negatives, have a short lifetime.
>> Digital has the disadvantage that one has to constantly be moving it to
>> newer media ahead obsolescence.
>
> You can still take the same route as our ancestors -- print your digital
> images and pass the prints on. Some papers and ink are now available that
> should last longer than most previous technology. Time will tell but it
> seems promising.
>
> I recently inherited photos and albums of ancestors going back a very long
> time. Some haven't fared well but many did. We're scanning many and
> printing them for the kids and grandkids.
>
> Mike Simmons
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 12:51:40
From: Howard Lester
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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"lal_truckee" wrote
> I've got B&W photos of great grandparents and Kodachrome from later
> generations that survived being dumped into boxes and stashed away in the
> garage or attic with no special care.
Yes, good film and prints do have real lasting value. Even my Ektachromes
have lasted well over 30 - 40 years.
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 00:59:50
From: Ameri-Sleaze
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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lal_truckee wrote:
> Starlord wrote:
> >
> > It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of my
> > photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of my
> > slides where shot using that film.
>
> Lucky you - Kodachrome slides actually will last for awhile - all other
> color photos, slides, prints, and negatives, have a short lifetime.
> Digital has the disadvantage that one has to constantly be moving it to
> newer media ahead obsolescence.
not to mention the fact that all modes of digital storage are far shorter
lifetime than paper! Ask any archivist.
>
>
> I've got B&W photos of great grandparents and Kodachrome from later
> generations that survived being dumped into boxes and stashed away in
> the garage or attic with no special care.
>
> Who out there thinks their descendants will repeatedly transfer digital
> memorabilia to new formats religiously over the next century? For a few
> decades we had the possibility that pictorial family history would be
> preserved indefinitely - now we have reverted to possessing over the
> long term only oral and written family history just as previous
> centuries. And it was purely by unforeseen accident of technology that
> the public hasn't even noticed.
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Date: 04 Nov 2006 00:58:27
From: Ameri-Sleaze
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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thats what Univ Camera would have charged -
Starlord wrote:
> A user from SAA gave me the web address of a lab and I'll be mailing off the
> film on monday and they do my 24 shot roll of $6.00 plus $5 for
> shipping/handling. That's a whole lot better than $25.00 and having to wait
> for an unknown time until they get enough to do a batch. And that lab even
> said it could be up to 2 to 3 weeks or more.
>
> It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of my
> photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of my
> slides where shot using that film.
>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> Sidewalk Astronomy
> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> The Church of Eternity
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
>
> "RMOLLISE" <rmollise@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1162573541.976681.296920@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi Dennis:
> >
> > Pay the 25 and be happy. Even in 2001 when I was doing my last book
> > where I shot Kodachrome, it was becoming harder to get it processed.
> >
> >
> > Starlord wrote:
> >> I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a
> >> lab
> >> to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know
> >> of
> >> a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
> >>
> >> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> >> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> >> Sidewalk Astronomy
> >> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> >> The Church of Eternity
> >> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
> >
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Date: 05 Nov 2006 23:31:11
From: Richard Amirault
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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"Starlord" wrote ...
>A user from SAA gave me the web address of a lab and I'll be mailing off
>the film on monday and they do my 24 shot roll of $6.00 plus $5 for
>shipping/handling. That's a whole lot better than $25.00 and having to wait
>for an unknown time until they get enough to do a batch. And that lab even
>said it could be up to 2 to 3 weeks or more.
(snip)
With *that* much difference in price .. I'd be *very* cautious about sending
important film to them. A cheap price is NOTHING if they ruin the film ..
what are they going to do .. give you your $6.00 back?
--
Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
n1jdu.org "Go Fly A Kite"
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Date: 05 Nov 2006 20:59:19
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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That more than what you'd get back from other labs, I know, I've had other
labs lose my photos and never find them. That's why for my prints I use
snapfish.com and for this one roll of slides which seems I either pick a lab
that says they'll be done WHENEVER they have enough to do them (do time
limit for waiting for them to be done) and pay a fee that is something else.
Of pick the other lab which charges a lot less fee and does them overnight
and sends them out next day.
I'll go with the 2nd one.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Richard Amirault" <ramirault@verizon.net > wrote in message
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>
> With *that* much difference in price .. I'd be *very* cautious about
> sending important film to them. A cheap price is NOTHING if they ruin the
> film .. what are they going to do .. give you your $6.00 back?
>
> --
> Richard Amirault N1JDU
> Boston, MA, USA
> n1jdu.org "Go Fly A Kite"
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 02:45:55
From: jerry warner
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Unic Camera is as trustworthy as this group is long! The owner
has a ms in physics-astronomy, was Dr John Neff's res assistant,
and has a 30+ year history of astro photography which you will never
match! If thats not credential nuff for ya then go with 'Student Painters"
at www.Bush-Cheney.org.
Starlord wrote:
> That more than what you'd get back from other labs, I know, I've had other
> labs lose my photos and never find them. That's why for my prints I use
> snapfish.com and for this one roll of slides which seems I either pick a lab
> that says they'll be done WHENEVER they have enough to do them (do time
> limit for waiting for them to be done) and pay a fee that is something else.
> Of pick the other lab which charges a lot less fee and does them overnight
> and sends them out next day.
>
> I'll go with the 2nd one.
>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> Sidewalk Astronomy
> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> The Church of Eternity
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
>
> "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3vu3h.6241$sw6.3609@trndny08...
> >
> > With *that* much difference in price .. I'd be *very* cautious about
> > sending important film to them. A cheap price is NOTHING if they ruin the
> > film .. what are they going to do .. give you your $6.00 back?
> >
> > --
> > Richard Amirault N1JDU
> > Boston, MA, USA
> > n1jdu.org "Go Fly A Kite"
> >
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 02:17:47
From: Goshen
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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contact University Camera at Iowa City, IA and see of they will/
can. They process everything else at fair prices. Plus the owner is
an ex grad assist.in astronomy.
Jerry
Starlord wrote:
> I shot a roll of K14 Kodachome film and now I'm having trouble finding a lab
> to do the film. One I found chages $25.00 a roll, OUCH. Does anyone know of
> a lab that does this slide film for a fair price?
>
> --
> The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
>
> Telescope Buyers FAQ
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord
> Sidewalk Astronomy
> www.sidewalkastronomy.info
> The Church of Eternity
> http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
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Date: 03 Nov 2006 11:47:25
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Starlord wrote:
> A user from SAA gave me the web address of a lab and I'll be mailing off the
> film on monday and they do my 24 shot roll of $6.00 plus $5 for
> shipping/handling. That's a whole lot better than $25.00 and having to wait
> for an unknown time until they get enough to do a batch. And that lab even
> said it could be up to 2 to 3 weeks or more.
>
> It's a shame, I used to shoot that film almost 100% of the time, all of my
> photos from Vietnam where shot using that slide film. at lest 75% of my
> slides where shot using that film.
>
>
> --
Hi Dennis:
It was great film. However, I did the images for my last book with a
digital camera rather than shooting Kodachrome transparencies. I would
never, ever want to go back!
Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of:
Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope
and
The Urban Astronomer's Guide
<http://skywatch.brainiac.com/astroland >
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 08:37:41
From: laura halliday
Subject: Re: Off Topic: Film Lab
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Richard Amirault wrote:
> "Starlord" wrote ...
> >A user from SAA gave me the web address of a lab and I'll be mailing off
> >the film on monday and they do my 24 shot roll of $6.00 plus $5 for
> >shipping/handling. That's a whole lot better than $25.00 and having to wait
> >for an unknown time until they get enough to do a batch. And that lab even
> >said it could be up to 2 to 3 weeks or more.
> (snip)
>
> With *that* much difference in price .. I'd be *very* cautious about sending
> important film to them. A cheap price is NOTHING if they ruin the film ..
> what are they going to do .. give you your $6.00 back?
That's exactly what Dwayne's charge. If you go to
Kodak's web page and type in "Kodachrome", the
first hit is a list of the three labs in the world who still
do Kodachrome.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte
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