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Kodachromeguy said:
Durability: amazing. Some of my dad's 1949 Kodachrome slides from Mexico and Hawaii:

https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-grand-tour-01-kodachrome-slides.html
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I've got all my Dad's Kodachrome slides starting in 1949 up through about 1978, everything well labeled thanks to my Dad, I transferred everything from old Airequipt trays to Carousels a few years ago. Amazing perfect shape. Everything processed by Eastman Kodak, mostly in Chicago lab. We used the mailers purchased at a Drug store. Good stuff!
I have some Cibachrome prints I made, boy I wish I could still make Cibachromes!
 
Why not resurrect the name Kodachrome, not as a transparency film but as C41?

Totally crazy, I know, but it could work.

Yes I know chrome means slides but Kodak used the name in Verichrome pan for B&W film before.
 
foc said:
Why not resurrect the name Kodachrome, not as a transparency film but as C41?

Totally crazy, I know, but it could work.

Yes I know chrome means slides but Kodak used the name in Verichrome pan for B&W film before.
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Not as crazy as it sounds - most younger folks don't understand the difference between negative and reversal film - and it has nothing to do with a label on the box.

Cause a lot of ruckus here though.
 
Cholentpot said:
....... Not everyone drinks but everyone knows what a Budweiser is. ...

Sometimes you gonna make a buck. With film these days your selling an idea more than a product.
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But they don't ... they think "Budweiser" is that cold fizzy drink made and marketed in the US whereas the original recipe is still produced in Czechia. (I had the good fortune to sample it in 1975 on a visit there.) In most EU countries, the US fizzy drink has to be labelled "Bud" to distinguish it from the real thing.

Let's be honest and keep Ektachrome as Ektachrome. Kodachrome is dead.
 
gbroadbridge said:
Sounds like Animal House.
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Simple things in life.

foc said:
Why not resurrect the name Kodachrome, not as a transparency film but as C41?

Totally crazy, I know, but it could work.

Yes I know chrome means slides but Kodak used the name in Verichrome pan for B&W film before.
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Don't disagree. Just get the name out there. The main purchaser of film these days doesn't care much about the history.

ChrisGalway said:
But they don't ... they think "Budweiser" is that cold fizzy drink made and marketed in the US whereas the original recipe is still produced in Czechia. (I had the good fortune to sample it in 1975 on a visit there.) In most EU countries, the US fizzy drink has to be labelled "Bud" to distinguish it from the real thing.

Let's be honest and keep Ektachrome as Ektachrome. Kodachrome is dead.
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Are you getting snooty about beer with me bud(wiser)? I can out snoot the snoot for snootyness. And after my beer adventures I just want a cold fizzy drink that gets me a little fuzzy.

Currently the USA has the most innovative and best beer out there. You need to make some effort sometimes but we got gud beers brother. Budweiser is what it is and doesn't pretend to be anything else.
 
Kodachrome from 1967, my father-in-law's.
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Family - 35mm Kodachrome

1967-1971 Abraham and Tess Kodachrome 35mm scanned on Epson V600. Taken by my in-laws Abraham and Tess.
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brbo said:
What's wrong with Kodak film availability?
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Nothing, as far as I know.

When it comes to colour transparency film, Ektachrome has good availability, especially when compared with Provia and Velvia. The problem, if any, is the price. Ektachrome in the EU averages around €115 for a pack of 5 (FotoImpex is an outlier, it's closer to €94 and in stock now).
 
Cholentpot said:
It's not relevant because it's not out there. Anyone getting into the hobby knows a few things. They know Kodak, Nikon, Leica and Kodachrome.
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I think you're probably very out of touch with the average film user now. Go into a camera store and talk to them and you'll see.
 
Cholentpot said:
Kodachrome has a national park named after it. Paul Simon wrote a #1 extremely popular hit song about it and everyone knows of the name. Outside of film photographers no one even heard of Portra. No one is singing 'Mama don't take my Portra 160VC away'

Kodachrome rolls off the tongue. It's as classic as saying Kodak Film. Not everyone drinks but everyone knows what a Budweiser is. Not everyone drives but everyone has heard of the Ford Mustang.
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I have to think they will eventually bring the name back as a c41 or e6 product and hope they do. It was a great product and they really should not sit on this valuable product name. If you do a Google search for Kodachrome merch you’ll find plenty of stuff (probably unlicensed), so people certainly do remember the name and the product fondly.
 
Minolta93 said:
I think you're probably very out of touch with the average film user now. Go into a camera store and talk to them and you'll see.
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I suppose average is C-41, cheapest print film, scans only, discard the negatives?? Kodak Gold at the high end? (Gold is actually a very nice film)

I won't disagree, with you.

Kodachrome is out of the ordinary.

Looking at how cookoo people went over the Harman Phoenix.🤔🤔
Maybe EK could bring out an ultra-high end reversal film, processing included, cardboard mounts, the whole nine yards. Charge $110/36exp. Limited availability, that would get the internet gurus to go nuts!!!🤣😊
 
mshchem said:
Maybe EK could bring out an ultra-high end reversal film, processing included, cardboard mounts, the whole nine yards. Charge $110/36exp. Limited availability, that would get the internet gurus to go nuts!!!🤣😊
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I think it would indeed - bargain at that price.
 
Minolta93 said:
I think you're probably very out of touch with the average film user now. Go into a camera store and talk to them and you'll see.
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Go watch the Analog Tubers or listen to the film podcasts. The average film shooters after the first few cameras and rolls of films knows what they want. I can boil it down.

A beginner slaps any film into any camera. Either they catch the bug or don't finish the roll.

A slightly experienced shooters gets a Canon AE-1, Pentax K1000 or a equivalent. Kodak Gold or Fuji 200

The next level is someone who's in it. Nikon F line, Tri-X, HP5+, a midlevel TLR occasional roll of Ektachrome or Portra. They might start home developing and scanning.

Group 2 is the core group. They shoot what looks interesting, they know enough and don't care. It's fun, it's hip, it's cool. Wolfman 64! Phoenix! Lucky 400! Hand rolled whoknowswhat flavor!

Kodak shouldn't let the name Kodachrome molder. Bring it back. Also bring back Panatomic-X only because it sounds awesome.
 
Cholentpot said:
Go watch the Analog Tubers or listen to the film podcasts. The average film shooters after the first few cameras and rolls of films knows what they want. I can boil it down.

A beginner slaps any film into any camera. Either they catch the bug or don't finish the roll.

A slightly experienced shooters gets a Canon AE-1, Pentax K1000 or a equivalent. Kodak Gold or Fuji 200

The next level is someone who's in it. Nikon F line, Tri-X, HP5+, a midlevel TLR occasional roll of Ektachrome or Portra. They might start home developing and scanning.

Group 2 is the core group. They shoot what looks interesting, they know enough and don't care. It's fun, it's hip, it's cool. Wolfman 64! Phoenix! Lucky 400! Hand rolled whoknowswhat flavor!

Kodak shouldn't let the name Kodachrome molder. Bring it back. Also bring back Panatomic-X only because it sounds awesome.
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PANATOMIC-X heck yeah man! And 1 qt. steel cans of Microdol-X!
 
I would still like for them to bring the name back, and I would be annoyed if it were not for slide film. I'd love it if they made a more saturated and slightly higher contrast version of E100 that had a warmer look and just called it Kodachrome.
 
Minolta93 said:
I would still like for them to bring the name back, and I would be annoyed if it were not for slide film. I'd love it if they made a more saturated and slightly higher contrast version of E100 that had a warmer look and just called it Kodachrome.
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A key distinction between Kodachrome (/Dynachrome) and all other slide films was that the colour couplers are in the developing solutions for Kodachrome, but in the film layers in the others (such as Ektachrome).

So this raises the question ... which maybe the chemists in this Forum can answer ... it is actually possible to get the "Kodachrome look" from an Ektachrome-style film? As a non-chemist, I would have guessed that there are more restrictions on the couplers that can be used in the case of Ektachrome-style films, so maybe it is not possible to find suitable couplers that result in a "Kodachrome look"?

I'm thinking from the perspective of someone who views slide film (stereo pairs) in an optical viewer ... so no scanning and no digital processing.
 
arturo_rs said:
Akil-Alparsian-KODAK-EKTAR-25.jpg


In some ways, it remembers (the box) like Ektar 25. Red, black and yellow.
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I miss this. It was so sharp and the saturation was just perfect!
 
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