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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by sherman:
so is it true. does wal mart in fact process super 8. ive heard that they do and that they dont. inform me, guys.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you shoot Kodachrome your better off just using Kodak. Even though they send it all the way over to Switzerland, you risk dealing with folks who either don't know or don't care at Walmart.
If you do go to Walmart, just make sure that the service is offered in their catalog at the desk. Check off the special handling instructions box and write in that it is super 8 movie film for processing. Or spend a couple more bucks and send it to Dwaynes yourself.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by sherman:
so is it true. does wal mart in fact process super 8. ive heard that they do and that they dont. inform me, guys.</font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, Wal-Mart does process the Kodachrome, and the results were fine. It only costs 4.88 a roll, and I believe they send it to Dwaynes and you get it back in 2 weeks. Now here's where I don't trust them :
First of all, the employees at Wal-Mart photo center are illiterate and incompetent. DO NOT ask them if they process super-8, because they will say "I don't think so". Even the photo manager whom I know from the past told me that they do process super-8 film but then he called Fuji (Wal-Mart's outlab) and Fuji said they don't do that. So, I just threw my roll in the envelope, wrote "super 8 movie film" on the special instructions and dropped it in the box. I got it back 2 weeks later, and the results were very good.
But, the next roll was an issue. Not a film issue, just an incompetance issue which made me cease my Wal-Mart processing adventure. When I got my film back it had a sticker on the front saying "Unprocessed Film - Service Not Available". The price: FREE. i opened up my envelope scared to death that I waited 2 weeks to get back a frikkin cartridge, and I pulled out the little box with the super-8 reel loaded with my film. IT WAS PROCESSED! I scored a free roll of film but will not risk another one because god knows now what the next problem might be.
I figured this - It goes to Dwaynes for processing, but first, I think it goes to Fuji outlab and they send it to Dwaynes. Then, Dwaynes sends it back to fuji and then they send it to Wal-Mart. The only thing here is that Fuji offers video transfers thru wal-mart, and they must've gotton my roll of film back from Dwaynes after it had been processed and was about to do a video transfer of it, realizing the machinery was down and sending me back my film. what they don't know is that it was just processed and I got it for nothing.
so I will no longer risk my rolls of film because of that reason only. Plus, I know they do Kodachrome, but what if you did Tri-X or 7240? what happens then? good luck to you, sherman, because the quality is quite good and the service is convenient, but I don't trust it being in that many hands anymore.
(pus if you really wanna be a schtick, you can easily walk out of wal-mart without paying for your film. Though 4.88 a roll isn't breaking the bank)
~M
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You can drop film off at wal-greens drugstore if you have one in your area. They send it to qualex who sends it to switzerland and back. I just processed two rolls and the results were fine. I got them back in 3 weeks the first time and 2 weeks the second time.
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eMail from Kodak
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We received your email regarding Kodachrome film for processing and
appreciate the opportunity to be of assistance.
Movie film mailers carry the designation of PK59. PK59 mailers should
be sent to the Fair Lawn, NJ, lab. They would then forward this
overseas. (Return postage is covered.) Please contact them directly
for more information:
Kodak Picture Processing
Fair Lawn, NJ
(800) 345-6973
It may be of interest to learn that the lab in Switzerland no longer
processes this film. The overseas labs that work with Kodachrome films
follow:
Kodak Photo Services
30 Heathcote Road
Moorebank, 2270
New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Phone: (61) (2) 8778-1300
F A X : (61) (2) 8778-1360
Horiuchi Color Lab, Co, Ltd.
1-6-7, Wada Suginami-Ku
Tokyo 166
JAPAN
Phone: (81) 03-3383-3321
Fax: (81) 03-3382-7493
KODAK IMAGEX
~lP:561-0841
1-9-1 Meishinguchi, Toyonaki-shi
Osaka, JAPAN
Phone: (81) (06) 6864-9453
Fax: (81) (06) 6864-9457
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><font size=2 face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by c_77:
If you shoot Kodachrome your better off just using Kodak. Even though they send it all the way over to Switzerland, you risk dealing with folks who either don't know or don't care at Walmart.
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First off, I'm convinced Wal-Mart is trying to take over the world. If they ever team with Disney, Microsoft, and Home Depot we're all in trouble. Second, I recently sent 11 rolls with mailers off to Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Two weeks later I got six of them back. I waited another couple weeks and finally called Kodak. They were super-cool about transferring me to the right people--one of whom seemed to make it her personal mission to find my precious film (which was for a project we're doing on the other discussion board). She called me to give me updates on their search. It turns out it was the post office's fault, but her efforts at least made me feel like I was dealing with an intelligent, caring person (good luck with WalMart).
Finally, when you talk with a real person at Kodak, don't pass up the chance to tell them you love super 8 and they shouldn't ever discontinue the format.
