P3D Re: Kodak/Realist processing

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:07 AM 3/28/98 -0700, Boris Starosta wrote:
>I'm looking for the latest news on where to send the film I am taking with
>my Realist, that will process and mount for a reasonable cost.
>
>For those of you who know me as an advocate of the 2x2x2 format and a twin
>rig user - Yes, it's true, I've started using a Realist (just for fun, of
>course).  And the unmounted film is already piling up, just as I feared it
>would.
>
>I realize this has been discussed on P3D many times before, but that is
>partly why I need a concise answer - the digests are too full of this
>topic!
>
>I seem to recall that you can still get processing/mounting for $4 - $5
>from Kodak.  I also recall that this service may have been terminated, or
>moved to a new location.

You can still get stereo processing and mounting from Kodak/Kodalux/Qualex
or whatever name they're doing business under today.  They've just moved
this service form Dallas, TX for Fair Lawn, NJ, so be sure to send it to
the Fair Lawn plant.  The cost is about $12.something for a 36 exposure
roll (about 29 Realist pairs), but you can also buy prepaid mailers for
about $4 (from B&H, among others) and just add $4.20 for stereo mounting.

I've been using them for years, and have found them to be pretty quick and
reliable.  Others have had complaints, but I've had no problems.

I would like to see everyone concentrate on one or two processors, so that
those two get enough business to justify keeping and building up the stereo
processing service.  If we fragment among a bunch of places, they will
continue to neglect this segment of their market as being too small to
consider.

-pd


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