At last - Ektachrome!

[MattKing]

Some appropriate musical accompaniment for this thread:

 

[FoidPoosening]

Very cool to see this finally being released and shipment starting soon.

 

[peoplemerge]

Datasheet here! https://www.freestylephoto.biz/static/pdf/product_pdf/kodak/Technical-data-7294-EKTACHROME-100D.pdf

 

[MattKing]

Datasheet here! https://www.freestylephoto.biz/static/pdf/product_pdf/kodak/Technical-data-7294-EKTACHROME-100D.pdf

Fascinating - this motion picture film data sheet differs from the still film data sheet on the Kodak Alaris site - see the Reciprocity failure info.

 

[cmacd123]

Fascinating - this motion picture film data sheet differs from the still film data sheet on the Kodak Alaris site - see the Reciprocity failure info.

e4000_ektachrome_100.pdf sheet is for still film.

http://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites/prod/files/files/products/e4000_ektachrome_100.pdf

while the "still" sheet reflects longer exposure times, it is quite possible that the movie folks just don't consider any time over 1 second to be relevant in their business.

 

[MultiFormat Shooter]

I'm hoping FPP lists it soon....

You can pre-order it from them now. Ektachrome at FPP

 

[Europan]

movie folks just don't consider any time over 1 second to be relevant in their business.

Depends. Sometimes we expose longer, say, with a macro setup or for a night shoot. I am just now planning for a macro short where I need to stop irises down heavily to obtain at least some depth of field. But it will be black and white.

 

[Ste_S]

Firstcall have it listed in the new products section of their website at £13.99 per roll, cheaper than velvia which is £16.99, and the same price as Provia
Richard

While I'm not surprised the pricing matches Fuji, it is a little disappointing.
Shooting E6 is a niche within a niche, mainly due to pricing. For Kodak to make a big deal of it I would of hoped for something a bit cheaper to expand it's usage.

As it is i'll shoot it as much as Provia - once or twice a year in the summer.

 

[Agulliver]

Firstcall have it listed in the new products section of their website at £13.99 per roll, cheaper than velvia which is £16.99, and the same price as Provia
Richard

That's a shame, the print catalogue has it at £9.99. I fully understand they now know things they didn't when that catalogue was put together.....but still a shame. I'll buy some, but would have bought more at £9.99

 

[R.Gould]

I agree it is a shame, I might have bought a gew rolls to try it, Ektachrome was my prefered slide film, personally I never truly liked the current Fuji offering,
Richard

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Some appropriate musical accompaniment for this thread:

"At Last". One of the great ones. Makes you want to fall in love all over again.

 

[Angarian]

E6 has never been a cheap path to follow (NB: the real cost is the film + processing), and cost will follow the expense of production.

I have to disagree: The first reason I started using reversal film was that it is cheaper than using negative film. As a 13 year old boy my budget was very limited.
With reversal film you have already a finished, perfect picture after processing.
But not with colour negative film: After processing you have to make prints and / or scans. And quality prints / scans are expensive.
The cost per shot for a final image is higher with negative film compared to reversal film.
That was the case when I started, and it is still valid today: My total costs for my reversal film shots are lower than my total costs for my colour negative shots.

 

[faberryman]

Yeah, 1"x1.5" prints were never an option.

 

[Angarian]

Yeah, 1"x1.5" prints were never an option.

I get outstanding quality with my 4x or 5x Schneider and Leica slide loupes with 35mm film (so images about 10x15cm to 12x18cm). Sharpness, colour brillance and 3D effect much better than any print.
So not only lower costs per shot with reversal film, but also better quality.
Same is valid for medium format with my unsurpassed 3x Schneider loupe.
And slides offer the possibility to project them: Huge pictures in unsurpassed quality at tiny, negligible costs.

 

[keenmaster486]

It is true that slides give a better bang for your buck in terms of "wow" image quality right out of the box without having to make big professional real silver prints to see the full potential of the film.

 

[faberryman]

I get outstanding quality with my 4x or 5x Schneider and Leica slide loupes with 35mm film (so images about 10x15cm to 12x18cm). Sharpness, colour brillance and 3D effect much better than any print.
So not only lower costs per shot with reversal film, but also better quality.
Same is valid for medium format with my unsurpassed 3x Schneider loupe.
And slides offer the possibility to project them: Huge pictures in unsurpassed quality at tiny, negligible costs.

How much did your Schneider and Leica loupes cost?

 

[faberryman]

It is true that slides give a better bang for your buck in terms of "wow" image quality right out of the box without having to make big professional real silver prints to see the full potential of the film.

If you are talking about Angarian's 4 and 5x Schneider and Leica loupes, you are talking about 4x6 and 5x7 prints. Not sure how much of the "real potential of the film" you can see.

 

[Angarian]

How much did your Schneider and Leica loupes cost?

Less than 100€. I am using them for a very long time now. Excellent quality, I will never give them away. An excellent loupe is a once in a lifetime purchase. They don't brake. Even our grandchildren will be able to use them decades after we passed away.
The Rodenstock loupes are also excellent, as is the Peak Anastigmat 4x.
The Leica loupe was optically identical to the EMO Makromax 5x, and the EMO can currently be found at lower prices as the Leica version.

 

[dutchsteammachine]

Ektachrome 100D now available in Super-8 cassette from Kodak, 39,99 USD per cartridge. 5-unit limit per costumer.

https://www.kodak.com/US/en/web/product/index?id=5233761800