It's Official--Ektachrome is back

Kodak has now confirmed E100 is coming in 120 and 4x5

 

Hallelujah! (especially since, as I just posted a minute ago, I may have a lead on a local E-6 d&d lab that will hopefully be able to do 4x5).

 

I'm not surprised given how strong sales apparently are-I'm judging this on the fact that B&H seems to still intermittently go out of stock on 35mm. It's not being bought to sit in freezers, either, if what my local lab tells me is correct(they've been running E-6 7-8 hours a day 5 days a week since the end of November, and most of it is E100).

 

Now that the hard work of actually getting a viable emulsion is done, hopefully it won't take as long for Kodak to figure out how to coat it on a slightly thinner piece of acetate rolled with backing paper(120) and a sheet of polyester(4x5) as it did to get 35mm in the first place.

 

IIRC, Ektar 100 followed a similar path when it was first introduced.

Ektachome is my favourite slide film since 60s.

 

I order 2 rolls from Kodak Alaris, and 2 rolls from Adorama

Just picked up a brick at the local camera store this afternoon.

 

Looks like this is the second run production, with an expiration date of 1/21, lot 0141. The first rolls I got were 10/20 expiration, lot 0041.

I got my 36-exposure cassette of Ektachrome a couple of days ago. Now eagerly waiting out the clouds, wind, and rain. This is will be the first Kodak slide film I've shot since 2004.

I missed this article in January .. link - Kodak Ektachrome Will Soon Come in Large Format in Addition to 120 Probably everyone has already read it but me

 

".... the company has decided to bring Ektachrome E100 to Medium Format 120 film, and Large Format sheets"

 

"Kodak Alaris have been been stunned with the response from the photography community in regards to the launch of Ektachrome E100 film. The launch of Ektachrome 135 late last year made the company realize that demand for film was stronger than ever, with stocks of Ektachrome E100 selling out immediately. Because of the growing demand and need for film, Kodak Alaris has decided to go ahead and produce Ektachrome E100 for both Medium Format cameras, and Large Format cameras that use sheet film."

I'd love to get some 120 E100

I have shot three rolls of the new Ektachrome and am very pleased with the results.

I've shot a handful also, and am having fun "relearning" this emulsion-it's pretty similar to the E100 I remember.

 

I can't wait for 120 and 4x5. I have a partial box of 220 E100GX and a partial box of 120 E100G -it's time for some fresh. 220 would be heavenly, but I know that's not going to happen.

I've shot a handful also, and am having fun "relearning" this emulsion-it's pretty similar to the E100 I remember.

 

I can't wait for 120 and 4x5. I have a partial box of 220 E100GX and a partial box of 120 E100G -it's time for some fresh. 220 would be heavenly, but I know that's not going to happen.

 

Are you finding slightly contrasty scenes OK rated at box, or are you rating -1/3?

Are you finding slightly contrasty scenes OK rated at box, or are you rating -1/3?

 

I do box speeds and just accept the fact that in a high contrast scene, I'm not going to get everything. It's still a lot more tame than Velvia, which I shoot more of than anything else.

I do box speeds and just accept the fact that in a high contrast scene, I'm not going to get everything. It's still a lot more tame than Velvia, which I shoot more of than anything else.

 

I was curious as most of the rolls so far for me were not in contrasty scenes. I'll have to change that.

I have been checking for the last few weeks and it seems that they are out of stock.

Recently there was some advice on safedoom and safety.

I have shot three rolls of the new Ektachrome and am very pleased with the results.

 

Was looking at E100 today, but n 120 format. Man the Kodak Price increases sure have hit. I'd like to know how the "new" (not so new any more) E100 compares to Ektar100.

Was looking at E100 today, but n 120 format. Man the Kodak Price increases sure have hit. I'd like to know how the "new" (not so new any more) E100 compares to Ektar100.

 

For all intents and purposes, I really don't see any difference between the new E100 and the old E100G.

 

It's a nice, clean, predictable film with a moderate amount of "pop"(maybe a tiny bit more than Provia, less than Velvia) and probably a tiny bit less contrast that Provia(but not as little as Astia). The grain is tight and smooth.

 

Overall, it's just a good, predictable slide film and I actually prefer it to Provia as a general purpose any situation film.

 

It does still have the annoying Ektachrome Blues in the shadows. E100GX fixed that, but it's not likely to come back. I just got a 220 roll of E100GX back from processing yesterday that I'd shot last summer and forgotten about. E100GX to me is as close to a perfect slide film as exists...