In article <326D0A46.2A0F@qmgate.dsccc.com>, jim_kostreva@qmgate.dsccc.com says...

>In anyone out there is considering using Kodalux to push process
>Kodachrome or Ektachrome, beware, they'll probably forget to do it.
>
>Awhile ago I used a local photo shop to send in a roll of Ektachrome for
>processing. When I told them I wanted it pushed, they wrote the
>instructions on the bottom portion of the processing envelope & used a
>highlighting pen to bring some attention it. They said they were doing
>this because they were having trouble with Kodalux forgetting to push
>the film. Sure enough, Kodalux didn't push the film.
>
>I tried again a few weeks later using a different photo shop. This
>time, at my request, the instructions for push processing the Kodachrome
>(1.3 stops) was done in bold marking pen lettering & highlighted. I did
>this on Saturday, then called Kodalux on Monday because I was sure
>they'd forget again. Kodalux said with processing 20,000 rolls of film
>a day they was no way they could insure special treatment unless I wrote
>in the instruction box the name of a particular Kodalux employee, who's
>name I can't recall. In any case it was too late to do that & yes the
>film was not pushed, again!
>
>I called Kodalux and talked to a friendly woman who suggested that she
>send me a roll of film & a processing mailer so I could participate in
>an experiment. I'd mail in the film and see if would get pushed if the
>mailer was used. Well, she forgot to include the special ESP mailer
>that needs to be used for pushing so, forget the experiment & forget
>Kodalux!!!!!

Did you enclose the film in an ESP-1 mailer? And I was not aware that
Kodalux would push Kodachrome at all, or that they would push any
film fractional stops.... Have I missed something?
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