FYI Kodak has discontinued EPP and EPY

[not_in_good_order]

I've never shot EPY, but EPP produces nice color rendition, albeit with significantly more grain than modern e-6 films. Such is the way of things, I suppose.


http://www.kodak.com/global/en/prof...ssionalFilmEPP.jhtml?pq-path=13319/1229/13392


http://www.kodak.com/global/en/prof...ssionalFilmEPY.jhtml?pq-path=13319/1229/13393

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Not good news... Seems like the yellow giant wants us to go green (with Fuji film). Thanks for posting anyway.

 

[hans voralberg]

Never shot Ektachrome before, I like Elitechrome though. Still, not a good sign

 

[not_in_good_order]

Never shot Ektachrome before, I like Elitechrome though. Still, not a good sign

Elitechrome 100 is a great film and is priced very reasonably. I hope Kodak keeps it around.

 

[ZeissFan]

It didn't make sense for Kodak to have two 100-speed Ektachrome films. I don't have a problem with this. Now, when they eliminate all transparency film, I'll have a problem with that.

The last roll of tungsten Ektachrome that I shot was in 1980.

 

[Mackinaw]

Not good news... Seems like the yellow giant wants us to go green (with Fuji film). Thanks for posting anyway.

EPY is the Ektachrome tungsten film. Fuji discontinued their version of EPY earlier this year.

Jim B.

 

[sevo]

EPY is the Ektachrome tungsten film. Fuji discontinued their version of EPY earlier this year.

With better reasons than Kodak though - Fuji have a daylight film (Astia) with reciprocity characteristics better than any tungsten film ever made.

EPY may have come under Astia pressure - but nonetheless, withdrawing from one of the few speciality sectors where digital will never match colour film even in purely technical performance (namely long term exposure) is either poorly considered or a sign of panic.

 

[sevo]

I've never shot EPY, but EPP produces nice color rendition, albeit with significantly more grain than modern e-6 films.

Well, it was their "vivid colour" film for the eighties - Ektachrome 64 was the classic, and more of a loss, being positively weird and beyond merely desaturated. E100G is considerably superior to EPP in colour rendition and just about every other aspect - very formulaic pros (which do only one signature shot, and have teamed up with one make-up artist and stylist for ages) may grumble, and some libraries archiving to EPP may curse Kodak for the recalibration effort that will mean, but overall few people will care.

 

[not_in_good_order]

Well, it was their "vivid colour" film for the eighties - Ektachrome 64 was the classic, and more of a loss, being positively weird and beyond merely desaturated. E100G is considerably superior to EPP in colour rendition and just about every other aspect - very formulaic pros (which do only one signature shot, and have teamed up with one make-up artist and stylist for ages) may grumble, and some libraries archiving to EPP may curse Kodak for the recalibration effort that will mean, but overall few people will care.

I just see it as one less option being available, which is sort of unfortunate.