Its really amazing that people now are really seeking Era film. It used to be the film I used mainly years ago, when it was still available here in Manila.
Era was also a very cheap film. Being cheap myself, I used it almost exclusively. 😀
The snobs who shot with Kodak or Agfa often looked down on Era for being cheap. It cost about 4 times cheaper than an equivalent factory packed Kodak Tmax 100 film. People had the notion that its being cheap meant that the film was inferior. Kodak and Agfa were ahead in terms of resolution or grain, but the comparison was not quite fair. Era had an emulsion which had more in common with the Kodak, Agfa, or even Fuji emulsions from the 1950s.
Perhaps this demand is due to the dwindling stocks of the more orthodox brands? Or does it have something to do with a renewed interest in nostalgic-flavoured imaging as a reaction to the antiseptically clinical look of digital? 😀
Here is one photo from my Era days, dating from about 1994 or 1995: (yes, it was shot with a rangefinder- a Canon IIb with an Industar-61 lens! 🙂)
Jay
