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<p>Douglas,</p>

<p>Me too I shot neg and slide into 2002 and resisted the change all the way. In my last year I dual mounted a Canon T-70 and a Canon D-10 together on several events and rigged a dual shutter button so I could do a side by side comparison of the same image from each camera. After that I never looked back and have shot digital since.</p>

<p>The EBX <strong>ELITE Chrome Extra Color 100 </strong>was also marketed under these names.</p>

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<td>KODAK EKTACHROME 100 High Color</td>

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<td>KODAK EKTACHROME ELITE Extracolor 100</td>

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<td>KODAK Professional ELITE Chrome Extra Color 100</td>

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<p>Kevin<br /></p>

<p>Thanks Colin O,</p>

<p>Hey thanks for that product directory. That one didn't turn up on my emulation search. I see that publication date, that has me downright confused. So much so I also looked up the kodak directory for those pages in the Wayback Machine | <a href="http://archive.org/"><strong><em>http://archive.org</em></strong></a> | I did this because I found an EBX slide I dis-mounted and it was dated 11/94 so the introduction date of this film stock becomes more bizarre.</p>

<p>The Wayback Machine first crawled this product page in September 2, 2000 but Kodak began publishing this part of their website in 1999 using the surrounding directories and dating the results. The e126 HTML you posted was started 1998-09-02 from what I read in the metadata page header. Colin if you have a index page for kodak's film emulsion pages let me know and I'll look over the other linked product pages for other creation dates. It may tell us something, perhaps nothing.</p>

<p>As I look over the other Kodak Emulsions. . . here is another good resource to bookmark see URL | <a href="http://www.quadrumedia.com/film/135-kodak"><strong><em>http://www.quadrumedia.com/film/135-kodak</em></strong></a> . . . You'll find some are cross-referenced with older film codes as if the actual introduction dates predated the more current references. </p>

<p>What I find interesting is the early EKTACHROME line which the EBX is derived from. It originates from the <strong>KODAK EKTACHROME Film, Type F and Type B</strong> at least from what I can tell in this incomplete list and it originally needed E2 processing. <a href="http://www.quadrumedia.com/film/135-kodak"><strong><em>http://www.quadrumedia.com/film/135-kodak</em></strong></a><br>

<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-Kodak-Ektachrome-Type-F-Color-Reversal-Film-Dated-1-61-/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/$(KGrHqV,!rcF!98RgYFrBQlwiPFJTg~~60_35.JPG" alt="$(KGrHqV,!rcF!98RgYFrBQlwiPFJTg~~60_35.JPG.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><br>

This early EKTACHROME line rendered move vivid saturated colors but less accurate and repeatable colors from what I read.</p>

<p>What I'm getting from everyones posts so far coupled with the reference materials, Kodak seems to have slowly ramped its product releases. Possibly offering some retail channels access to its new releases to gain feedback, momentum and word of mouth recommendations. At this point I have no doubt EBX began circulating in 1991 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films#ELITE_Chrome_Extra_Color_100"><strong><em>as this URL link suggests</em></strong></a> <em>(I'd really like to know the wikipedia date source)</em> but didn't really gain a foothold until the end of the 90's when Kodak began active marketing the<strong> ELITE Chrome Extra Color 100</strong> product name.</p>

<p>I believe Douglas Vitello is correct also on the Kodak Elite advertisements. I remember a whole slew of ASA choices starting around 1993-94. </p>

<p>As far as comparison to the the E100VS line. I think it was a much more evolved product for the professional market. Looking back on the EKTACHROME T-Grain stocks they seem to have begun towards the end of the 1980's. The EBX caught my attention because of its vibrant colors however the E100VS seemed to maintain a neutral gray scale that the EBX didn't. The EBX would also sometimes disappoint me towards the magic hour just before sunset with color shifts. Other times it would give me magical unexpected results. The E100VS was just more consistent without the surprise's.</p>

<p>This is getting interesting, I didn't think this thread would take us in this direction. Thanks for everyones candor, specially Douglas Vitello for all the invested time looking up the old Elite advertisements. I look forward to reading more and hope someone finds the 1991 EBX introduction reference someone failed to include in wikipedia.<br>

Regards,<br>

Kevin</p>

<p>Thanks JDM von Weinberg,</p>

<p>It was under Elite Chrome Extra Color 100</p>

<table title="Kodak Film Number or Code to Common Name Table" dir="ltr" summary="This cross-reference table lists most Kodak film numbers, code letters and the normal name they are known by to allow determination of a film by seeing the number printed along the edge of a piece of film." width="770" border="3" frame="box" rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center" bgcolor="yellow">

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<td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" width="95">5084</td>

<td valign="bottom" width="502">Elite Chrome Extra Color 100</td>

<td valign="bottom" width="75">EBX</td>

<td valign="bottom" width="87">E-6</td>

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<p><a href="http://www.taphilo.com/Photo/kodakfilmnumxref.shtml">http://www.taphilo.com/Photo/kodakfilmnumxref.shtml</a></p>

<p>Thanks<br>

Kevin</p>

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<p>C Watson<br /> What did you find on those emulsions? The link I found suggested a manufacturing run from 1991 - 2012 which fit some of my early recollections. Can you post a link of what you found on your 7-8 year run?<br /> Kevin</p>

<p>You can still buy it although at a premium now.</p>

<p>Thanks John H.<br /> I've shot many a roll of the EBX in the past 10-20 years. It "was" a great format.<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films#ELITE_Chrome_Extra_Color_100">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films#ELITE_Chrome_Extra_Color_100</a><br /> In fact now that I found this link I remember shooting my first roll back in 1991. Now I can put some of those first unmarked/uncut slides in the proper year context.<br /> If anyone finds something to the contrary let me know but 1991 sounds about right.</p>

<p>Kevin</p>

<p>Thanks JDM von Weinberg but as you might have noticed they don't give a date for the EBX. I had already found this page the other day. You would think we could infer a date from the "Film Code Number's" surrounding the EBX, but sadly they didn't assign those film code numbers sequentially by introduction date, If you move up or down the chart and compare FIlm Code Numbers and dates they differ wildly. </p>

<p>Does anyone know the history on this product? I believe the slide film went under the name of:<br>

Kodak Elite Chrome Extra Color EBX 100</p>

<p>The slides have the letters EBX along-side the film perforations. </p>

<p>Kodak publishes some data on the product however there is nothing about the date range of its manufacture? <a href="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/a9/0900688a80316ba9/e126e.pdf">http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/a9/0900688a80316ba9/e126e.pdf</a></p>

<p>I've contacted kodak with this question and they've side stepped the question by saying they no longer support this product. </p>

<p>Does anyone know the history of this product, when they began manufacturing it through its discontinuation date?</p>

<p>Any historical links on this product would be helpful.</p>

<p>Regards,<br>

Kevin</p>