Source for Kodak E100SW

Not a question, really. A few weeks ago I found an old roll of E100SW in my freezer, shot it

to test a new Nikon N75, and fell in love with it, only to find out it has been discontinued!

Some say Kodak E100GX is virtually the same, but I found a source of E100SW that has

been frozen:

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=&pid=787

 

I already ordered 10 rolls. If anyone else is looking for some, check the link above. Price is

quite good at Freestyle.

Russ, just curious, what do you love about it? I found it way too yellow especially when the conditions themselves were warm in the first place like late in the day. It's really nothing a standard decent slide film (like E100G, Sensia, Astia or Elite Chrome) couldn't do with an 81A or B on it, or even a weak warmish filter. And at $6.99 a roll?!

<cite>Some say Kodak E100GX is virtually the same</cite>

 

<p>I haven't tried these two films, but I think most would say that E100GX is better.</p>

Russ,

I have bought approx. 60 rolls (in 20 roll lots for about $25 each) on ebay from digitalelectronicsclub. As of right now they don't have any, but you may want to keep an eye out. Also, please tell Jan and Bob Kitt that I said hello. Was a student at Flo until this past semester when I moved to NW Indiana

 

 

Gary

SW was quite a nice film without the brown cast that GX has on landscapes. Also, while it was grainier, it was also sharper. GX has a strong brown cast and while it's ok projected I've had a hard time getting the colours right in scanning. Oh well, I guess it's time to abandon slide film in favour of digital.

 

But now they sell 400UC in Europe. Great! :-)

I found E100S and SW to be offensively grainy in 6x7, and the films to be overly contrasty and absurdly low tech. God knows what some of you like about it in 35mm.

 

I also don't get why you just don't shoot *any* slide film and put a specific warming filter over your camera to get the color shift you want in the first place. A very light amber will do the trick easily. Perhaps the mental effort of rotating a screw filter on your lens requires too many brain cells. I give up on you slide people.

 

Seriously, use E100G/X and push it a stop if you want to mimmick the look of E100S/W.

Thanks for the tips on cheaper E100SW. I will check it out.

As for film, you either like it or you don't, just like different types of wine, beer, cheeses,

etc. I loved the old Agfachrome from the '80s. It was very warm and grainy. Some of us

enjoy lurking in forums waiting for a chance to spew bombastic opinions. That's cool.

 

I will say "Hi" to Jan and Bob. It's always great to hear from former students.

Russ, I used that Agfachrome in the early 1980s, and now all my slides have faded to brownish-purple. Is that your experience?