[Tig] Semi-OT? Kodak ends Kodak Kodachrome processing

Fri Jul 7 16:00:02 PDT 2006

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Ted Langdell
Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
Marysville, CA
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Semi-OT perhaps... but thought that it might be of interest/use for 
folks who either have unexposed or unprocessed Kodachrome stock, or 
work with people who might.

Ted.

from Cinematographer.com
http://www.uemedia.net/CPC/cinematographer/articles/article_15090.shtml

Kodak Announces End Dates for Kodachrome Motion Picture Film Processing
  By Myrna Tobisoo
  Jul 6, 2006, 09:10

Eastman Kodak Company announced that it will consolidate the processing 
of Kodachrome film for North America and Europe at a Kodak-certified 
third party facility in the United States. Effective September 30, 
2006, Kodak will discontinue all Kodachrome processing activities at 
its photo processing lab in Renens, Switzerland due to low volumes.

  Kodachrome Super 8 film must be received by Kodak's lab in Renens, 
Switzerland by September 25, 2006 in order for that film to obtain 
Kodak-certified processing. No Kodak-certified processing for Super 8 
film will be available after that date. This extends the previously 
announced final processing date by approximately two months, in order 
to give customers adequate time to process their Super 8 images through 
Kodak's certified facility.

  For 16mm customers who have paid for processing within the purchase 
price of their Kodachrome film, Kodak will continue to offer processing 
by shipping orders to Dwayne's Photo of Parsons, Kansas. This will be 
at no additional cost to the customer through December 31, 2006. After 
that date, Kodachrome 16mm film processing costs, as well as the 
responsibility for shipping that
  product to Dwayne's, must be borne by the customer.

  More detail on the processing of Kodak's Kodachrome 35mm slide film 
can be found under a separate press release specific to that 
marketplace.

  Kodak also announced that manufacture of Kodachrome 16mm film (cat 
#1402494) has been discontinued. Final sales of this product -- sold 
predominantly in North America -- will be based on product availability 
over the coming months. Sales of the European-based Kodachrome 16mm 
film with processing costs included (cat #5053327) were discontinued 
earlier this year. Kodak exited Kodachrome Super 8 in May of 2005.

  Kodak now offers the new KODAK EKTACHROME Film 64T (film code 7280) in 
Super 8 format, as well as KODAK EKTACHROME 100D as an alternative for 
its Kodachrome 16mm users. This 100-speed color reversal motion picture 
film (film code 7285) is designed for daylight, and also delivers very 
saturated color, a neutral gray scale and accurate skin tones. Both 
films require E6 processing.

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