Kodachrome vs Ektachrome, a.k.a. the bitter-funny facts about 21th century slide dev

[Pherdinand]

Two weeks ago i took my bycicle and went to downtown (fifteen minutes). I dropped off two ektachrome 100GX films at my usual lab for development.
The same saturday i put two rolls of Kodachrome in their mailers, wrote my address on them, packed them together in a bubblewrap envelope, went to the post office, and sent them to Switzerland for 2 euro and some change.
They went to Lausanne to the Kodak "lab". Then they were transported to Kansas, US for development and mounting by Dwayne's, this being the only place on Earth where they still do it. Dwayne's sent them back to Lausanne. Lausanne packed them separately in cardboard boxes, wrapped a plastic bag around them with customs form and franco and all that, scotchtaped my address on them and sent them back to me.

After two weeks, here's the result:
I got back the two Kodachromes, all fine and beautiful done slides. (At least from their side.)
I tried to pick up my "easy" E6 rolls...one of them is lost on the "long way". After four calls and three tries of picking it up, it is still not known where it could be.

Isn't it ironic.

 

[JPSuisse]

That's an ironic story. But it brings up a question I've had for a while:

Can you have Kodachrome developed without being mounted? Since I bought my Nikon 5000 scanner, I'll I do is scan slide film anymore...

JP

 

[SolaresLarrave]

You probably can, JO. Just go to the Dwayne's site, dowload their order form, print it and especify that you want your slides unmounted. Of course, you may try the same when dropping your film at Wally World. Or wherever you leave it. I'm sure they'll comply!

Pherdi... that's the irony of mail! 🙂

 

[bob338]

That's an ironic story. But it brings up a question I've had for a while:

Can you have Kodachrome developed without being mounted? Since I bought my Nikon 5000 scanner, I'll I do is scan slide film anymore...

JP

yes, they will send it back unmounted, i do it for stereo slides all the time. just write on the mailer 'DO NOT MOUNT' and you'll get a roll of uncut film back in a little blue cardboard tube.

bob

 

[charjohncarter]

Yikes, I'm starting to have these problems with my C-41, too. I feel like I'm going to be in a darkroom every night and nobody will care.

 

[CorreCaminos]

That's an ironic story. But it brings up a question I've had for a while:

Can you have Kodachrome developed without being mounted? Since I bought my Nikon 5000 scanner, I'll I do is scan slide film anymore...

JP

Yes. I've had Dwayne's develop K64 rolls and return the film uncut several times. Just write in in the instructions and they'll return the film coiled inside a cardboard cylinder.