Ektachrome is Back!

[BluYote]

I wonder if this will be an all new "E100" emulsion like the current Portra 400, or just E100G resurrected?

The interviews with Kodak higher-ups seems to indicate that it will depend on chemical availability/production line changes. They probably would just reproduce E100G if they can to save R&D but I bet they will be forced to change some chemicals and thus it will be a reformulation like Portra 400

 

[Huss]

Ektachrome was always hard to scan..

Never had any issue, but that is with my labs using Noritsu or Frontier scanners. Maybe it's hard with consumer scanners?

 

[Jake Mongey]

I'll be really excited if pricing comes in decently. It's just good in general for the film community. Hopefully they'll bring it in 120 shortly after as well.

I reckon its unlikely as Kodak is mainly targeting the cine market, especially with the release of their super 8 cameras. The stills version seems to be a side product from their development of the move film. However, if we do see Ektachrome in a 70mm format we will probably see some 3rd party re-spooling to 120.

Of course I could be wrong - Kodak has already surprised us maybe we`ll see it again

 

[hp6350hp]

I would like to pay $6.41.

 

[unixrevolution]

Once they start shipping this slide film those of us that went all in on digital many years ago may need one of these:

Kodak Slide Projector

I have one of the lesser well known Slide projectors that use cubes. VERY compact, and I love it. I'd take it over a carousel projector anyday.

I would like to pay $6.41.

The hilarious part is that this is Ektachrome 64. The Ektachrome 100 will likely be $10.00 based on the price of other 100-speed slide films, so this essentially corroborates the idea that slide film averages 10 cents per ISO number.😀

 

[Samuel D]

The price increase from an effective $6.41 to ~$10 sounds reasonable enough, given the market context (especially since that’s a 20-exposure roll). It is the price of development that sounds less reasonable.

 

[lynnb]

The formula for Australian film prices is US price x 2. Velvia is USD$21.65 here (AUD$29.70). Presumably Ektachrome will be in the same ball park.

Processing is a rip-off here too.. add another USD$15. So a roll of 35mm Velvia 36exp costs $1 a shot, which makes medium format C41 an attractive alternative for not all that much more.

 

[Finglas]

Australia seems to mirror Ireland.
There is only one E6 lab here for us and D&P starts at €15
The slide/transparencies film usually starts at €19 (when you can find it)
So that too is almost €1 per slide.

Buying slide film abroad and sending E6 to the UK can with 4 rolls bring the costs down to about €28 per roll or roughly €0.80c each per slide.

The things we have to do and pay to keep our E6 going......

John

 

[Samuel D]

What about home development of E-6? Does that work out a lot cheaper these days? I’ve done this in the past and am currently setting myself up for black and white home developing, so the question occurred.

 

[tunalegs]

Kodachrome was discontinued because it was too environmentally polluting. It's not likely to come back. But how about an E6 film with the warm Kodachrome balance?

I don't know where this myth got started. It was entirely because it was extremely expensive to produce and nobody was buying it anymore. This was Kodak's own explanation.

 

[aizan]

ektachrome is ok, but they should have brought back kodachrome. after all, people actually want it.

 

[unixrevolution]

ektachrome is ok, but they should have brought back kodachrome. after all, people actually want it.

Kodak knows what their own demand looks like, im sure. and Kodachrome was a different process, so thats prohibitive. at the time it was discontinued there was only one lab in the world developing it.

The slide they brought back had to be E-6. Ektachrome was the obvious choice, and i am happy that its nack and happy for what this means for film as a whole.

 

[benlees]

What about home development of E-6? Does that work out a lot cheaper these days? I’ve done this in the past and am currently setting myself up for black and white home developing, so the question occurred.

there are definitely home kits. Freestyle in the US has them. Unfortunately, they are liquid so cannot be shipped beyond the border. There is a place in Germany (Maco? something like that...) that used to have kits as well. My memory is poor!

I wish for a powder kit; that can be shipped airmail.

 

[brbo]

What about home development of E-6? Does that work out a lot cheaper these days?

For me it's about 3EUR/roll using Tetenal or FujiHunt kit.

ektachrome is ok, but they should have brought back kodachrome. after all, people actually want it.

As opposed to "people actually don't really want Ektachrome"?

I'm sure bringing back Kodachrome would be fantastic, but really, how realistic is that? With no home processing possible, one or two K-14 labs in the world would probably be the best we could hope for. How much are people prepared to pay to have Kodachrome back? How many photographers can afford it?

I'll take Ektachrome if that is the best Kodak can do about their slide film. If they really come through with Ektachrome I don't think I will be buying much Fuji slide film in 135 format (seem with 400X Fuji dropped the wrong film). I was ecstatic when I learned about Ektachrome comeback, but now reading interviews with Kodak managers I'm just cautiously optimistic. Too many TBDs. Can they really get first rolls in our hands in 2017 if they still don't know what and how are they going to make the film?

 

[Samuel D]

For me it's about 3EUR/roll using Tetenal or FujiHunt kit.

That sounds pretty good. Around €13 is a decent price in my book for 38 gleaming chromes! I’ll have to look into E-6 development when I get my black and white processing sorted out.

(seem with 400X Fuji dropped the wrong film)

Yeah, that was a strange one. I do miss that film.

Fujifilm’s remaining E-6 products are fine, but Kodak’s return will provide both greater choice and some price competition, good things both. It’s also a sign the market can support more products and lower prices while allowing Kodak to make a profit – things I would have doubted before this news.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I used the Tetanal kit for a while, and it was not as hard as I expected. I recommend giving it a try! I developed a fair amount of Velvia with it and never got a bum roll.

 

[Moto-Uno]

^^^^ Try Argentix.ca in Canada for E-6 & C-41 . Peter

 

[______]

How are you going to display your new Ektachromes? Slide shows? Scans? Prints?

 

[joeswe]

Australia seems to mirror Ireland.
There is only one E6 lab here for us and D&P starts at €15
The slide/transparencies film usually starts at €19 (when you can find it)
So that too is almost €1 per slide.

Buying slide film abroad and sending E6 to the UK can with 4 rolls bring the costs down to about €28 per roll or roughly €0.80c each per slide.

The things we have to do and pay to keep our E6 going......

John

How much do you pay for processing in the UK? If you send your film abroad anyhow, you could as well send it to Eurocolor/Fuji in Gera, Germany. It's the official Fuji lab. They charge a modest € 1.95 (135) or €2.95 (120)/roll plus return postage (letter) and the quality is very good, so it is very good value.

 

[Finglas]

If I send the slide film to the UK it works out at €9.22 each
compared to €15 in Dublin. But the postage costs add up
too - so it is only cost effective when sending minimum of 4 x rolls.

At the moment I have 2 new rolls exposed but I am not sure
I want to wait to use up 2 more rolls of slide film
(can't imagine I'd get thru 2 more rolls in the short to mid-term).

One of the shops in Dublin (very good for film and print developing)
said that I should learn E6 home development, they can get the kits
from Germany, reading what our colleagues say here - perhaps it is
worth investigating.