Kodachrome -- How to Get It Developed Now?

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I have several rolls (outdated, but I don't think that's a concern) I would like to shoot. I even have a few nondated mailers -- will Dwayne's or whoever honor them?

The Kodak website isn't too informative.

Thanks for any assistance.
 
Dwayne's definitely processes Kodachrome (K-14), but I'm not sure about the mailers. Probably, though - give 'em a ring: 800-522-3940. Their customer service, I've found, is one of the most pleasant around.

They're the reason I've got a few piles of K-14 in the freezer.

Cheers,
--joe.
 
Walmart will develop and mount Kodachrome. Use the long term processing envelopes and mark the special instructions box as follows: "Color Slides Process K-14". It takes about two weeks and costs about $4, and the results are perfect. I've been doing it for about three years there now. You can also buy PK36 mailers on eBay - they tend to run $5-7 dollars or so.
 
spyder -- I was thinking of that, but the address on the mailer (New Jersey somewhere, I think?) is probably long stale. I suppose the worst that can happen is that it gets returned to me.

David, thanks for the tip about Wal-Mart. I may give that a try too; the price is certainly reasonable.
 
I tried Sam's Club (same as Wal-Mart) K-14 processing. About $4.50/roll + tax. It's ok. For 1 roll at a time it's cheaper than adding postage to Dwayn'e price. However, I don't have a scanner. So I had to pay Sam's Club $6+ for a crappy CD. Since I want mounted slides & a CD I will send my film directly to Dwayne's along with any other roll film I may have (120/220/135/C-41/B&W).
 
Call Dwayne's

Call Dwayne's

KoNickon said:
spyder -- I was thinking of that, but the address on the mailer (New Jersey somewhere, I think?) is probably long stale. I suppose the worst that can happen is that it gets returned to me.

David, thanks for the tip about Wal-Mart. I may give that a try too; the price is certainly reasonable.
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Ask for mailing instructions for mailers. They also handle the old Fuji E-6 mailers with a Phoenix address on them. Dwayne's will give you a special PO box number in Parsons, Kansas to send them to.
 
A followup -- I had mailed the film (outdated mailer, I noticed -- 2001) to the New Jersey address on Sept. 24. Got the slides back yesterday, a week and a half later. That's quite satisfactory! Included with them was a photocopy giving the address to use henceforth, which is the Dwayne's address in Kansas. The slides look great. They use just plain Kodak mounts; no longer do you get the mounts that are labeled Kodachrome. So I guess I'll be shooting more K14!
 
i have been thinking about trying kodachrome. so many of my favourite images (by other photographers) have been taken on it, i feel like i have to try it! i keep putting it off and i know one day i will read that it is no more. next overseas holiday, india, cuba, morocco...
 
Trius said:
I think (but am not sure), that Fuji mailers are for E-6 films only, not Kodachrome/K14.
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That's right - you send your KR to Dwayne's and do your E-6 at home 🙂

Nick - how did your out of date film turn out? What was the date on it? I may go to eBay and try to get some old stuff, but I never used old kodachrome. I'd like to know what a reasonable age is...
 
Fuji Mailers: For Fujichrome film only. Call Dwayne's Photo and ask them for the special P.O. Box number to use when mailing Fujichrome to Dwayne's for processing. The Fuji mailers go to a slightly different address in Parsons, KS.

All of this information is on the internet. GOOGLE knows.
 
terrafirmanada said:
Great shots Gdi, dwaynes has done a great job for me. easy as pie..
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There was some chatter over the past few weeks on "another network" that opined that the quality control at Dwayne's was slipping a bit, with reports of dirty slides, mismounted frames, etc.

I'm happy to report that the roll I got back last week (a couple are in the gallery) was just fine, clean, clear, properly mounted. 🙂
 
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