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Subject: [OM] ( OM ) Film - Kodachrome procesing in Australia ends
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:43:42 +1200
Hi folks.
Here's a very recent posting from the Kodachrome list. I just had a box of 
slides back after 3 weeks; maybe one of their last processed. Quite 
disappointed with it - a magenta cast over most slides. I wonder if X-ray 
exposure during mailing would do that?

Brian
> 
> BAD NEWS for Kodachrome users in Australia!
> 
> I just finished talking with a Kodak customer service representative in 
> Sydney, Australia. She confirms that the K-14 lab in the Melbourne area 
> was CLOSED DOWN approximately two weeks ago. Apparently the volume was 
> so low, it wasn't economically possible to keep it open.
> 
> She confirms that it now takes approximately THREE weeks from the time 
> you post your film to the address on the mailer or leave at a dealer, 
> before it is returned from Swiss processing.
> 
> She also said that they were getting many complaints, mainly from 
> "academic circles" about the closing of this lab. I guess those affected 
> on this list in Australia might want to add you name to the complaint 
> list!  I'm not sure of the number in Australia, but from the US, it 
> would be 011-61-2-8778-1300.  Rep I spoke with was named Julie.   She 
> was helpful, but since she was in Sydney and the lab is in the suburbs 
> of Melbourne, she didn't have all the details.  
> 
> One good point, she DID know of the other K-14 labs still open for 
> business. That would be the Kodak Swiss lab, Kodak Fairlawn, NJ USA lab, 
> the two labs in Japan and Dwaynes in Parsons, KS USA.
> 
> For those wanting to read the thread on Photo.Net, please go to this URL:
> 
> http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007uis
> 
> I guess the bottom line bad news is that there are now only five K-14 
> labs left.  The good news is, there are five STILL open!


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