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Subject: [OM] Re: The death of film?
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:01:34 -0400
I don't know about "dead".  Perhaps "further consolidated" better describes it?

ScottGee1

On 3/19/07, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today I got back a box of Fujichrome slides I sent off to the Fuji's 
> processing plant in Arizona, where I've sent stuff for years. The slides came 
> back with this surprising -- at least to me -- notice in the envelope:
>
> "IMPORTANT NOTICE:
>
> "Effective July 1, 2006, all E-6 slide mailers will need to be mailed to the 
> following address for processing:
>
> "VIA US Mail:
> Fujicolor Processing
> P.O. Box 837
> Parsons, KS 67357
>
> "VIA FED EX OR UPS:
> Dwayne's Photo
> 415 S. 32nd St.
> Dept. 837
> Parsons, KS 67357"
>
> Shows to go you how long it's been since I've sent anything to Fuji for 
> processing. At least, it was the last Fuji mailer I had, so I won't have to 
> change the address on a bunch of them. Is Dwayne's going to be the last one 
> standing?
>
> But I also got back today slides from A&I. They seem to still be breathing 
> out there in Hollyweird. I hope they hang on, 'cause I've got over two dozen 
> E-6 mailers of theirs.
>
> It's all the Leica's fault; it got me off digitial for a while.
>
> Is film getting this close to being dead?
>
> Walt

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