Long Live Kodachrome...Now what?

[35mmdelux]

Suggestions for E-6 with the stability and colors comparable to Kodachrome please?

TKS.

 

[venchka]

I'm trying to get a handle on 35mm PanF+ and Efke R25 in Xtol.

I do have some ancient 120 Ektachrome 64T. I'm going to hunt up some incandescent signage in Houston. I have some equally ancient 220 Ektachrome 200.

Scanning might be the only answer for stability.

 

[gb hill]

Buy Ektar 100 so it won't go out. Kodak heard our cry for the film in 120 so buy it. I'm through with slide film.

 

[aad]

All the E6 I ever shot, going back to the mid-70's, looks fine.

So I recommend any current E6 as having stability indistinguishable from Kodachrome.

 

[benmacphoto]

I always like Velvia for its color saturation. Does not have the look of kodachrome, but it still a great slide film.

 

[hans voralberg]

Velvia or Provia probably come closest and at least are easy to find.

 

[sanmich]

I think I've read somewhere that E6 is slightly better than C41, but both are far, very far from K14 for long term conservation.

 

[BillBingham2]

Not a lot of the market looking at long term anything these days to care. I like digital because it feels more like slide film than print. Even though I know there is a lot of stuff going on in-camera I tell myself there is less fiddling around with the end result. I really like the purity of slides.

Part of me thinks it's time to start drinking heavily again. World-wide recession, no more Kodachrome, I'm afraid to ask what's next?!?!?#>@$@!!?????

B2 (;-?

 

[Chuck Albertson]

I shoot E100G in 120 because to my eye it closely resembles Kodachrome's color pallette. As for stability, ask me in 50 years. E-6 films seem to be holding up better than E-1 through E-4 films, but the jury's out for a while.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

I'd say my slide/E6 needs are met. I'll miss Kodachrome, but I won't lose any sleep over it.

/quote] Thank goodness for a reasureing post! - I was begining to fear for the North American suicide statistics! 🙂
Dave.

 

[Chuck Albertson]

Not a lot of the market looking at long term anything these days to care. I like digital because it feels more like slide film than print. Even though I know there is a lot of stuff going on in-camera I tell myself there is less fiddling around with the end result. I really like the purity of slides.

Part of me thinks it's time to start drinking heavily again. World-wide recession, no more Kodachrome, I'm afraid to ask what's next?!?!?#>@$@!!?????

B2 (;-?

Tri-X? (gulp)

It's too bad "the market" isn't thinking long-term. The Zapruder film should be around for decades. All the cell-phone-cam shots and tweets from Tehran the past couple of weeks, unfortunately, will not.

 

[BillBingham2]

Tri-X? (gulp)......

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

B2 (;->