Best I know is that the process-payment is valid whatever the "procees by"
date might be. The quality of the processed images might be degraded, but
they won't charge you extra. Send to thesual Lausanne address, they will
trans-ship to Parsons, KS, and you will get a nice cardboard box back, full
of the unforgettable aroma of Kodachrome in card mounts! Based on sending
(from UK) an out-of-date roll for process-paid processing in September 2009
But movie processing, as with 120 processing, is not available at all, not
even if you pay extra, the processing lines are long-ago dismantled (I think
the last 120 line in the world was in UK, perhaps Wimbledon).
Better not wait too long, as the processing will be available only until the
end of this year.
Piers
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From: CyberSimian [mailto:OlySimian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 January 2010 13:03
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: [OM] Is Pre-Paid Kodachrome Processing Still Valid?
I have some process-paid Kodachrome films that are beyond their "process by"
dates, and I was wondering whether anyone has had processing refused
recently for such films (or been required to pay for processing again)?
Process-paid films were the norm for Kodachrome in the UK.
The reason I ask this is that I was looking at the Kodachrome processing
FAQs on the Kodak web site, where is says this with regard to Kodachrome
MOVIE film:
Q: I have a Kodachrome Super 8 Movie for processing?
A: The last ever Kodachrome Super 8 movie film manufacture by Kodak had a
process before date of March 2006. Pre-paid processing is no longer valid.
The films that I have (three exposed, quite a few not yet exposed) are
standard 35mm transparency films, but all are beyond their "process by"
dates. Is Kodak going to charge me further processing fees? Anyone in the
UK/Europe have any experience of this? Thanks for any info.
-- from CyberSimian in the UK
PS: All of my unexposed films are kept in the freezer, so I am fairly
confident that they are all still usable, even though beyond their "process
by" dates.
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