getting film to Kodalux

[P3D Greg Dinkins <dinkins@xxxxxxxx>]

>> Has anyone actually visited them?  I ask this because I live in Garland
>> Texas which is North Dallas. I was wondering if they had a faster turn
>> around if I dropped my film off by hand and picked it up.

>You might save a couple of days of mailing time by dropping off
>directly, but call first to make sure they even have a drop off
>service. 

I mount my own Realist pairs so I don't know about the Dallas operation. But
I have a neat way of getting my Kodachrome across the river to the Kodalux
plant in Fair Lawn NJ for uncut processing. My local photo shop has a
messenger pickup every day to take their film to the Kodalux plant. They are
happy to drop my film mailers in their pouch, so I save the postage and the
2-3 days it would take the USPS to get my film mailer to it's destination.
The photo shop has no liability. They don't check the film into their
tracking system, but neither does the post office. They just take longer and
cost more. I often drop a roll on the way to work Monday and receive the
processed roll in Friday's mail. That makes for a happy weekend of mounting
new pictures!
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Greg Dinkins
Micropaleontology Press
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, New York 10024


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