I traded all my old slide film last year for a few cups of coffee and a beer. After working at a lab which got rid of its E-6 processing and knowing the ins and outs of the machines, i just couldn't find anyone locally I trusted to develop the film. Lab QC just isn't there anymore, unfortunately. There are a very select few labs in the US that will still do a good job on E-6. A few on the west coast, Dwayne's in the midwest and a few on the east coast. The independents who still offer E-6 have, more often than not, returned film with scratches, stains even wrinkles in the base. It's really sad because I loved Velvia and Ektachrome.
Phil Forrest