Re: Fuji Processing Mailers

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2:14 PM 8/21/96, P3D Tim Smith wrote:

>Has anyone here tried the Fuji prepaid processing mailers available from
>B&H?  I bought a few just to try since they were only $3.22, a bargain if
>they are halfway decent.  The guy at B&H said they will accept custom
>instructions such as "don't cut/don't mount" but was wonder if anyone here
>wanted to share their experiences.
>

I've sent off 5 or 6 rolls (marked develop only, do not cut &
mount) using the Fuji mailer & a couple using the Kodalux
mailers (available from B&H for about a dollar more).

2 things I haven't liked about Fuji: out of the 5 or 6 rolls,
one roll was swapped with someone else's & it took about 6 weeks
for me to get my slides back; & they roll the film up & stick it
into a rectangular slide box, so that it isn't a cylinder & is
harder to counter-roll & flatten out for mounting.

With Kodalux the only thing I don't like is the fact that they
don't put the film in plastic, they just roll it up together
with a strip of paper.  On the other hand, someone else on the
list recently said that you can use their stereo mounting
services in conjunction with the mailers by including a check
for the difference (I don't remember how much that is).

-Jim C.


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