is kodak U.S. still processing k40?

[clement]

hello. My dealer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada who usually sends my k40 away for me has stopped accepting it, as of last month. I was instructed to phone Kodak directly, where a woman informed me to my great surprise, that they only accept k14 now, and "would not risk contaminating a run of k14 with k40". I was left with only the option to send it to Dwayne's in Kansas(and re-pay the processing fee), or have it processed as a black & white negative at Film Rescue in Indian Head, Saskatchewan.
Could anyone please clarify this situation? If this is true, then why is Kodak still selling a film stock that they are not processing? And does anyone know of a place in Canada that processes k40? I'm confused.

[nik-super8]

Hello clement,

this is a typical example of untrained and misinformed Kodak employees.
All KODACHROME films (the motion picture film K-40 and the 2 slide films Kodachrome 64 and 200 and the now discontinued Kodachrome 25 (motion picture and slide)) manufactured by Kodak today require the developing process K-14.
K-14 describes only the name of the process.
Kodachrome 40 (short: K-40) describes the name of the emulsion.
Somehow the woman at Kodak confused the name of the emulsion with the name of the required process.
Why should K-40 ruin a run of a K-14 processor?
It is the right process for this film!
But not every K-14 processor can handle the motion picture film sizes 16mm and 8mm.
What type of Kodachrome 40 cartridge do you have?
If the label on the cartridge says: "Price includes processing by Kodak" you are the lucky owner of the prepaid Kodak processing cartridge type.
You can send this cartridge to:

Kodak Lab
Box 1400
Station W
Toronto, Ontario M6M 5C8
Canada

without any additional processing fees.

If your Kodachrome 40 cartridge does not have this hint on the label you can send it to any independent lab but you have to re-pay the processing fees then.
It is absolutely inconceiveable to me to say you should develop Kodachrome 40 as b&w negative film. This only applies to the former Kodachrome II films which required process K-12. But this is a different topic.

Niklas

[Jeffery]

I live in Canada and wasn't sure of where to send my Kodacrhome 40.
I hear that the film is only processed in Switzerland. So the lab in Toronto will send the film to Switzerland?

How long does one usually have to wait during this whole procedure?

Thanks

Jeffery

[clement]

hello, Niklas.
Thank you very much, you've saved me a bit of money and a lot of grief. Now I only have to call Kodak in Toronto and find out how to deal with the shipping costs. And thank you Andreas, for maintaining this site that so many have found so useful. :lol: