The problem with that is I often use a polarizer and would therefore have to stack filters. Stacking filters does not work well with wide angle lenses. I could spend a few hundred dollars and pick up some moose filters.
Elitechrome 100 or E100G with Skylight 1A or 1B filter (deeper blues as with a warming filter) are probably very good alternatives for E100GX users.
Why don't we respond with the same loyalty that Kodak has show us. I will no longer purchase any Kodak product. They do not seem to want my money so I will help them out.
Steve,
I ahve been a Kodak user for over 30 years. Everytime I find a film that I love they cease production, and I am forced to find a different film that is almost as good. I feel that at this point Kodak feels that if I want their respect then I should switch to digital. I moved to ILford paper as the Kodak paper disappeared. I have moved to Ilford B&W film as I find them reliable. I am now testing Fuji chrome as a replacement for Kodak. I am not happy at all with this situation, I would continue to shoot E100GX if it were an option. If all film shooters move away from Kodak they might begin to see that while we are a minority, we do affect their bottom line. To Kodak: if you want are respect and our dollars, then treat us with respect. Short production runs will supply are need, and keep us loyal. If you feel that we are too small a group to respect, then fuji and Ilford here is you opportunity to win our hearts and wallets.
James
Your logic is suspect. Short production runs are not economically viable. This has been discussed over and over and over again on these forums; it just can't be made to work if the production infrastructure is too large. E-6 film sales have fallen more than 95% in the past 10 years and are continuing to deteriorate. Kodak invested a huge amount of money 5, 6, 7 years ago to downsize its film production infrastructure to cope with lower demand. Unfortunately, demand quickly plunged far below even the most pessimistic predictions and shows no signs of leveling off. The company is bleedng cash at an accelerated rate and unprofitable products simply have to be discarded quickly.
If all film shooters move away from Kodak they will discontinue all their fim products. Fuji is also discontinuing products (e.g. Acros Quickloads) and even a cursory search of this site will show that Ilford has been dumping products from its Kentmere line up one after another. This is a necessity when demand falls or constituents in a product become very costly or unavailable altogether due to environmental concerns or the collapse of a supplier.
There's no sugar-coating it; product availability will continue to diminish as long as demand continues to erode.
I think the way that this is sorting out in the long term is that people will look to Fuji for transparency films, and perhaps keep shooting Kodak color negative films.
To a point you are correct. However by your logic Kodak needs to end all production now. If these facilities are being run at less than 100% capacity then the rule, as long as marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost then production should continue. Every additional unit of production contributes to fixed cost there by increasing profit. I do however see Kodak discontinue production within the next couple years. As the numbers of producers shrink, the remaining producers will have an increasing market share allowing them to use the economies of scale to decrease costs and increase profits. Unless in the long-term they see that they are only getting an increasing share of a decreasing market, i.e. the economies of scale at a future point are no longer a possibility. Then we will all be shooting digital unless we start making our own film. In that case I will simply stop shooting at all. I will give my business to film producers that I believe will try to stay in business the longest, they are the ones that we all be using in the long term, I plan to shoot film as long as possible. OMG maybe someday we will all be shooting Lucky Film.
James
4 total posts, 3 in this thread, all bashing Kodak.
Begone, troll!
Pat,
What about E200 and Elitechrome 200? Did you ask?
For now, they are safe.
I don't get the above post. Astia is nothing like E-100 GX. Did I miss something?
Not really, but I read your negative report on several Fuji slide films and as Astia wasn't among them, I posted a sample. Astia is my favorite slide film and it's a sleeper that many people don't know about.
I'll give you a negative report on fuji's films.
I have tried them and I have looked over many scans of them. Perhaps I should try a couple.
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