Kodak to re-introduce Ektachrome in 4Q2017

[jmowreader]

For those of us who love working with slide film, this is great news:

http://www.kodak.com/us/en/corp/press_center/kodak_brings_back_a_classic_with_ektachrome_film/default.htm

Kodak will produce EKTACHROME at its film factory in Rochester, N.Y., and will market and distribute the Super 8 motion picture film version of EKTACHROME Film directly.

Kodak Alaris, an independent company since 2013, also plans to offer a still format KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Film for photographers in 135-36x format.

[alfredo]

1. It is easy to develop at home too.

I used to push it to ISO 800 with good results.

[Major Nikon]

2. I never was a big fan of Ektachrome and rarely used it

I preferred Kodachrome and Fujichrome.

[jmowreader]

3. I never shot any Kodachrome

This year's photo trip will use 40 rolls of 120 Velvia 50 and 20 rolls of 35mm Provia 100F. I would do the whole thing on 120 but there are places I want to go where I can't take the big camera, so I spent a couple of bucks and bought a small 35 for them.

[flamin lib]

4. Kodachrome processing is a mixture of science and witchcraft.

Has to exposed to R,G and B light and developed for each exposure. Kodak hated the stuff and I believe only marketed it because they stole the process from Germany in WWII (Agfachrome).

[ManiacJoe]

5. The process may have been black magic, but

the results were fabulous!

[flamin lib]

6. Yeah, it was THE standard for 35mm publishing.

Made a heck of a lot of exposures with that stuff.

[jmowreader]

8. Agfa didn't invent Kodachrome

The process that got stolen from Agfa became Ektachrome. Kodachrome was invented by two musicians (Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes) who made the first batches in their bathroom and brought it to the attention of one Kenneth Mees, who was head of the Kodak Research Laboratory, when they ran out of money and their mothers ran out of patience with all the foul-smelling chemicals in the bathroom.

[alfredo]

7. I just bought 4 rolls of film. Inspired

[jmowreader]

9. Excellent!

[alfredo]

10. Fujifilm color ASA 400

[jmowreader]

11. Thats good film

If you see "Agfa Vista" film in the stores or online, try that too. AgfaPhoto buys it from Fuji, so it's the same stuff as Fujicolor...except that it's a little less expensive, for some reason.