Re: Fuji Processing Mailers

[P3D Tim Smith <n1btq@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jim...reports are consistant!  I'm going to give them a shot.

thanks again,

Tim

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> From: P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Fuji Processing Mailers
> Date: Wednesday, August 21, 1996 12:57 PM
> 
> 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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