ultra8
Member
Oh yes, Henning, we love these Film too! Cold colors, fine to scan and best to develop. And the resolution is a dream.
BTW: My prefered lab is MeinFilmLab. A Fuji support Lab which works with best fuji chemicals for E6 and C41.
x-ray
Veteran
I shot some side by side with some Provia on a job and much prefered the color of Provia. The Kodachrome looked cold and had muted color compared to Provia. Ofcourse turnaround in processing was an even bigger issue with clients wanting film in 24 hours or less. I had my own lab in studio with an automated Colenta machine and three pro E6 labs within fifteen minutes of my studio. Even if color had been identical it was impractical to shoot Kodachrome.
I kept a few rolls of 120 Kodachrome for fun and somewheee I have the comparison transparencies. If I can locate them I'll scan and post them.
When i got into commercial work in the early 70's a fellow I worked with had some 4x5 Kodachrome he'd shot in the 40's that he brought to show me. It was amazing as you might imagine. Several years ago my wife and I were in Omaha at their art museum and they had a huge exhibit of letters, prints and 8x10 Kodachromes done by Edward Weston. These were images he sent to his sister and in the batch of images there were, as I recall, over 30 8x10 Kodachrome transparencies. Apparently Edward tested Kodachrome for Kodak at one time. Doing a little research I found that Kodak had made Kodachrome up to 11x14. Of course that asa 10 Kodachrome was a totally different product than the later films and imo much prettier although not as accurate as the later versions.
Mackinaw
Think Different
I lifted the following right off a Facebook post of a few days ago. A letter from Kodak to an independent lab that processes E-6 film. Interesting read:
" snuck a glimpse of a letter from KODAK while buying film at a local lab here. This is a huge step in the release of EKTACHROME.
"Thank you for agreeing to participate in this E-6 Trade Process test. This is an important step in the KODAK and KODAK ALARIS reintroduction of EKTACHROME film later this year.
Contained in this package is a light-tight metal canister containing four rolls of 35mm film. These are 5 feet in length, the same as a 36-exposure roll of film. They have already been removed from their cartridges.
Please handle these in total darkness as you load them onto your E-6 processing machine. You can identify the emulsion side of the film by the orientation of the notch as seen below.
We ask that you process these four films at your standard normal processing time the same day you receive them.
After processing, please sleeve the films and place them back into the metal can. Then return them to us via the prepaid mailer in this package.
After the data is collected and analyzed from all the participating labs, we will send you a copy of the test results, showing where you lab stands relative to the overall trade average. The lab identifications will be coded so no one would know the identities of the labs in the survey.
As we introduce this new EKTACHROME film we value your help in establishing how the film performs in high quality processing labs such as yours. Thank you!"
Jim B.
" snuck a glimpse of a letter from KODAK while buying film at a local lab here. This is a huge step in the release of EKTACHROME.
"Thank you for agreeing to participate in this E-6 Trade Process test. This is an important step in the KODAK and KODAK ALARIS reintroduction of EKTACHROME film later this year.
Contained in this package is a light-tight metal canister containing four rolls of 35mm film. These are 5 feet in length, the same as a 36-exposure roll of film. They have already been removed from their cartridges.
Please handle these in total darkness as you load them onto your E-6 processing machine. You can identify the emulsion side of the film by the orientation of the notch as seen below.
We ask that you process these four films at your standard normal processing time the same day you receive them.
After processing, please sleeve the films and place them back into the metal can. Then return them to us via the prepaid mailer in this package.
After the data is collected and analyzed from all the participating labs, we will send you a copy of the test results, showing where you lab stands relative to the overall trade average. The lab identifications will be coded so no one would know the identities of the labs in the survey.
As we introduce this new EKTACHROME film we value your help in establishing how the film performs in high quality processing labs such as yours. Thank you!"
Jim B.
bluesun267
Well-known
That's great to hear^^ Kodak is for real, just taking time to make sure all is right.