What Films Would You Like To See Kodak Re-Introduce Again? And why?

[John Wiegerink]

And since we have wandered so far from B&W films, I want Cibachrome back too.

The only color process I enjoyed doing in my darkroom. I still have a stash of Cibachrome paper. I don't know why I kept it, but I did.

 

[wiltw]

EPN was the gold standard for accurate, neutral color!

Film in Readyload...easy to take what was needed for a specific shoot on location, and very easy to transport to the lab for processing!

 

[wiltw]

The only color process I enjoyed doing in my darkroom. I still have a stash of Cibachrome paper.

Me too!!! a pack of 16x20 paper, and a kit of chemistry, both recently rediscovered.
Oh, the absolute joy of coming out of a printing session with Cibachrome prints of carefully selected transparencies! And the satisfaction of dozens of prints that were absolutely identical, printed for a holiday group print exchange.

 

[MARTIE]

Anything... as long as it's affordable.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Cibachrome had a rather unrealistic color palette, and it was quite stubborn, requiring heavy masking. But the results could be stunning. Different kinds of chrome films often led to substantially different results. I've switched over to Fujiflex Supergloss, and now Fuji Maxima. An even better product than Ciba, but RA4 instead. Right now, I'm working with a few precision internegs generated from 8x10 chrome originals for sake of that. But it's obviously easier to start with a color neg to begin with. Otherwise, best repro quality from chromes I've ever gotten.

But at today's steep 8x10 color sheet film prices, the interneg route is becoming quite unrealistic going forward, at least in that film size. I do have enough 8X10 Ektar color neg film in the freezer to keep me going until I'm 80 or so, in terms of direct RA4 enlargement. But as I get older, I'm using smaller formats more and more anyway.

 

[drpsilver]

29 May 2026

Plus-X in any format, but preferably 4x5. Plus-X was a wonderful film for landscape work because of its large tonal range. Unfortunately, I only had the opportunity to shoot PX in 35mm - it would be magical in 4x5.

Regards,
Darwin

 

[DREW WILEY]

Not really that versatile outdoors at all. The 4x5 version was Plus X Pan, which had a very long toe, and was marketed as a high-key studio Caucasian portrait and white wedding film, favoring highlight detail at the expense of shadow gradation. I fooled with it for awhile.