wogears Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>Yup. Kodak Alaris <a href="http://www.kodakalaris.com/en-us/about/press-releases/2016/kodak-alaris-reintroduces-iconic-ektachrome-still-film">has/have announced</a> that Ektachrome E100 (probably the 'G' version) will be re-introduced in Q4 2017! This was my favorite chrome of all time, even including K64. No word on whether Kodak will resume production of E-6 chemicals, but those are still available. Although many labs have ceased to offer E-6 processing, any facility with a "dip-and-dunk" system like Refrema could simply buy chemistry and set up a line.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_withers Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>Great news! I've missed Ektachrome and have been saving my last 5-pack of the 35mm Extra Color version in the freezer for a few years now.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>Good news indeed. Anyone who hasn't shot a roll of slide film should do so, at least once in their life.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iosif_astrukov Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>AMAZING!!!!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>I hope this is not another cruel joke...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogears Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>JDM: It's not. It will also be available as motion picture stock.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_watson1 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 <p>Never mind that the collapse of demand for E-6 materials also took down many labs' processing lines. Refrema-based E-6 lines depended on volume to be profitable. Today's tiny residual film market isn't capable of supporting more than a handful of quality pro labs in N. America. Just be prepared for higher film and processing prices when Ektachrome arrives later this year. I'm hoping I'm wrong but can't imagine we'll see the clock turned back.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>It will be interesting to see if it will stick around. I do know a place that is still developing E-6 one day a week. However I am not going to buy any. After the death of film and labs and all I started developing B/W film at home and I am going to stick with that. I do hope Ektachrome makes a go of it and if they use it in the movie industry then it will be awesome. It would be so cool if Ektachrome was in National Geographic again. To much to hope for but I would buy a copy for sure. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iosif_astrukov Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>So so so amazing… I was hoping to revive it<br> this was one of the best films EVER!<br> I am interested now which one will be - the G, GX or VS - VS was superior! <br> And lets hope the price wind't be so high...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_withers Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>Hopefully the Super 8 stock version of Ektachrome will also come back.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_calhoun Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>According to Kodak Alaris's recent press release, the Super 8 version will be sold as well.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>Personally I am glad to hear this. I have hit a point with digital where I am bored with it quite often. I've run miles of Ektachrome in the past and would enjoy having it available again. One more thing to add to my darkroom.</p> <p>Rick H.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Good news. Hope it is successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Cloven Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 <p>How does it compare to Provia 100?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m42dave Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>That's exciting news as I shoot mostly color. Ferrania is working to bring back film production as well.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno_giordan Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>Yes, indeed great news, I still remember the ektachrome 64 professional I used to develop at home in the nineties. Great film, with pull processing I obtained some incredible results in terms of delicate colours and tonal range, with minimal grain.<br> <br />Now I just hope that Ferrania be able to actually come to light but that's just a six people team working on the project so it will take some more time, I guess.<br> My hope is that some camera producer will revive a little analog line of camera, on m part I could appreciate a new Zeiss contax.<br> I have never felt at ease with digital, in the end because I felt results to be somehow perfect but sounding subtly artificial, if not using expensive cameras.<br> Something very similar to the vinyl versus digital question in the hi-end sound reproduction. At very high level some digital machines can have stellar performance but I'm speaking of some thousands of euros/dolalrs/pound class machines, in the average hi-fi field vinyl sounds warmer and more natural.<br> With film I feel a "warm" sensation that digital simply doesn't give. As of prints made out of digital cameras, even speaking of very professional prints I see at good level exhibitions, I would say they satisfy me to a great but not surely full extent.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>The cool (but also frustrating) aspect of using slide film is that you have to put in the effort and care before exposing. After exposure, there is nothing more to do. If you want to scan the film, the film is its own reference for how the scan should look.</p> <p>Sadly it's expensive to process so I'm not sure if it will ever be as popular as negative film, even among professionals.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>Actually I want to shoot slide film now more than before. I started out in late 70's shooting slides but changed to negative film in the 80's because I have more control on the process. But now darkroom is difficult, I can't get chemicals, so it's better for me to shoot slides and the process is still under my control. E6 processing is fixed.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>Karim I always thought that the nice part of slide films was that they are more demanding of proper exposure and less tolerant of error. It makes me work harder to get the result I want. If there is no more to do after the exposure, so what. There never was and I kept on moving to the next photo. Most photographers get to a point that they know what the image will look like and know when they have gotten exactly what they wanted. In the news business I always knew when I had gotten what I was after and that the technical side was correct. I have had to work hard in digital to keep myself paying attention to what is going on and not wasting time looking at what I have already done. I am glad I'll have a little less distraction when I shoot film.</p> <p>Rick H.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>Karim, I want to shoot slides now because I don't do darkroom work no more. My exposure controls are all the things I can do for the slides. If I shoot negative now and without a darkroom it would be so bad for me having to rely on the labs to make lots of decision for me.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 <p>Last I knew, Kodak was still making E6 chemistry, but not film. </p> <p>I am glad to see it back. Not that I shoot much, but I will probably buy some.</p> <p>There is a nearby lab that does a 36 exp. roll for about $12. Not so bad. I hope that they stay in business, along with KodakAlaris.</p> <p>Yes reversal films are a little harder to get the exposure right, but mostly cameras with built-in meters meant not worrying much about that.</p> -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_calhoun Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 <p>Chrome film does not have the dynamic range of negative film and is why one must be more precise with exposure, to preserve highlight and shadow detail. I don't see how anyone considers that a nice thing. Negative film is more forgiving, therefore one can get a quality image over a wider range of exposure. Not that I am against chrome film, it is great for projection, its intended purpose.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 <p>Color negative films capture a higher dynamic range but a range that you can't see all. Projecting a slide or especially viewing a slide on the light table allows you to see all the dynamic range the slide has.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_calhoun Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 <p>Negatives are intended to be printed. If you print a negative and use masking, or dodging and burning techniques, all the higher dynamic range that the negative has recorded can be transferred to the print.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_watson1 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Anyone actually consider why pros dropped transparency materials for digital over a decade ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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