Ektachrome in 120, on the Way

[Mackinaw]

Maybe in April:

https://kosmofoto.com/2019/01/ektac...N5YQ-dfFII4jZ_h5btBkozqPnCbARq_L7QosHORUQ3Vg0

Jim B.

 

[wyofilm]

Maybe in April:

https://kosmofoto.com/2019/01/ektac...N5YQ-dfFII4jZ_h5btBkozqPnCbARq_L7QosHORUQ3Vg0

Jim B.

Very good news! Sheet film also?

 

[MattKing]

The information available to me includes the pleasant fact that one of the things that is getting in the way of new film size availability for Ektachrome is the gratifyingly high demand for the 35mm product.

 

[WilmarcoImaging]

Good news, thanks for posting. Also in the article was a comment about TMZ in 120.

 

[wyofilm]

The information available to me includes the pleasant fact that one of the things that is getting in the way of new film size availability for Ektachrome is the gratifyingly high demand for the 35mm product.

I am definitely ok with this!

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Ektachrome in 120 sounds promising, chromes look great editing on a light box. Perhaps I will have to start listening to these photography podcasts, it all seems to have become very trendy recently.

 

[Lachlan Young]

The TMZ in 120 will be interesting too - & they're taking the correct approach in getting it right before going to market. I recall there were quite specific technical issues (possibly to do with the backing paper?) that dissuaded Kodak from making it in 120 in the past, but if that's solvable, it'll be an exciting new option.

 

[Europan]

Yeah, naturally the right steps. New Ektachrome has wonderful colours, they simply must bring it on as roll and sheet film.

 

[warden]

Sweet. I’ve been shooting the new ektachrome and really like the colors. In 120 it’ll be so gratifying.

 

[Trail Images]

This is excellent news. Although I'm a long time Velvia 50 shooter in 120 & 4x5, I used a lot of Kodak products years ago too. Looking forward to trying it in 4x5.

 

[1kgcoffee]

Fantastic news. Slide film shines in larger formats and I hope we can keep Kodak as well as Fuji slide alive for the forseeable future. I am amazed every time I look at transparencies on a light box. Digital simply can't replicate it.

 

[mshchem]

120 Ektachrome, Hasselblad, flowers, my old manual Kindermann slide projector =

 

[Sirius Glass]

120 Ektachrome rocks, even though I will not be using it.

 

[railwayman3]

Great news....35mm slides look great, but 120 slides are something else !

 

[C Jensen]

I heard April first.

 

[mshchem]

I heard April first.

Easy, with the current state of political hijinks, any glimmer of hope should be embraced

 

[wyofilm]

I heard April first.

I believe you are joking.

 

[trendland]

120 Ektachrome rocks, even though I will not be using it.

Sirius Glass - let me state in short : I have the feeling from several posts you made - that Kodak
should present you a bundle of Ektachromes with the addition of 2 hassi lenses from your choise.
And THEN you would decide : OK I will try Ektachrome - right ?

with regards

 

[trendland]

I believe you are joking.

3. quarter 2019 !

with greetings

 

[ME Super]

Although I probably won't be using E100 in 120 as I have no way to project it (my 120 camera loves its Ektar 100, Portra 800, and HP5+), I think bringing it to market for medium and large format is a win for EK/KA. What I'd really like to see is something along the lines of Ektachrome 400, though. A lot less pushing needed to take photos hand held under daylight-balanced LED lights than E100 (although pushing E100 3 stops is doable, without too much of a kick in contrast under artificial light). Others are thinking the same thing, here's the Kosmo Photo article: https://kosmofoto.com/2019/01/kodak-new-films/

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sirius Glass - let me state in short : I have the feeling from several posts you made - that Kodak
should present you a bundle of Ektachromes with the addition of 2 hassi lenses from your choise.
And THEN you would decide : OK I will try Ektachrome - right ?

with regards

1. I think Ektachrome is a superior product for slides.
2. I have a Kodak Carousel slide projector but no 6x6 slide projector.
3. I have not taken slides since the early 1980's.
   
4. Ektachrome does not meet my needs:
   1. It does not have enough exposure latitude for me.
   2. It does not print as well as color print film.
   3. I cannot make prints from Ektachrome in my darkroom.
5. I have all the Hasselblad lenses I need. If I were to add two more Hasselblad lenses to my backpack, I would not be able to stand up.
6. I would enjoy a large bundles of 120 Portra or UltraColor film, thank you.
7. You could send a working Bausch & Lomb slide projector or better quality 6x6 slide projector and dozens of slide trays.

 

[1kgcoffee]

What about ND grads? Colour print film will continue to be my mainstay as well but slide has superior colour and resolution. And it can technically be reversal processed on ra-4.

 

[AgX]

Reversal film has inherent colour defeciency against negative film, more so when printed.

 

[Rudeofus]

Reversal film has inherent colour defeciency against negative film, more so when printed.

Many decades ago Kodak determined through scientific tests, that nobody cared for accurate colors. People always wanted "beautiful colors", and Ektachrome does this - in spades. "Beautiful colors" (not to be confused with the HDR kitsch imposed on us by dSLR folks a decade ago) are quite a bit off of accurate colors. This obsession with accurate colors was brought about by digital sensor technology (fully embraced by the late Kodak), and now that most people have ditched their dSLRs for smart phone cameras, we're finally heading back to "beautiful colors".

PS: I agree that is has become a bit difficult (call it impossible if you will) to print optically from color slides, but the scans on my computer are still very nice, and look very different from my Portra/Ektar scans.

 

[pentaxuser]

I take it we can rely that these are the equivalent of verbatim "quotes" from Mr Mooney? I wonder why we seem to hear it first from Kosmo Foto and not from a KA source?

April it would seem is an outsider's interpretation of what is a much vaguer timescale in reality.

There was way back in the mists of time the Kodak' exec's "promise" to bring back Kodachrome wasn't there?

Some suggestion that Kodak is looking at P3200 in 120 but the timeline on that is very vague indeed.

There might just be a case for keeping our feet on the ground for the time being

pentaxuser