Kodacolor 100. New

halfaman · 2025-10-01T09:16:24-0400

arturo_rs said:
The owner of Kodacolor trademark is Eastman Kodak. Clearly, Kodak Alaris is out of this.

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A quick search in the same page shows that Ektar, Ultramax, Tri-X, Gold and Ektachrome are trademarks owned also by Eastman Kodak. I didn't find any film trademarks owned by Kodak Alaris.

Kodak Alaris is the exclusive distributor of some photographic films, they own nothing.

koraks · 2025-10-01T09:27:16-0400

arturo_rs said:
What did I say?

You were right on the money!

BrianShaw · 2025-10-01T09:46:18-0400

Freestyle sent me an email saying that Kodacolor 100 is available.

Kino · 2025-10-01T11:52:02-0400

Kodak Is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade

Kodak announced two new types of film that it will sell directly to photography stores, sidestepping a bizarre distribution agreement that has been in place since its bankruptcy.

www.404media.co

blee1996 · 2025-10-01T11:56:04-0400

Am I wrong with the below?

Kodacolor 100 = Gold 100
Kodacolor 200 = Gold 200

arturo_rs · 2025-10-01T11:58:00-0400

blee1996 said:
Am I wrong with the below?

Kodacolor 100 = Gold 100
Kodacolor 200 = Gold 200

Maybe Pro Image 100 and Color Plus 200

Daniël - Tech&Music · 2025-10-01T12:03:35-0400

I think this should also be the final nail in the coffin for the argument that Eastman putting the kibosh on motion picture film sales to stills photographers, was all due to Alaris.
Clearly, if Alaris had enough sway to make EK enforce stricter terms on motion picture film sales, they would have never let Eastman do this.

Respoolers being too much of a drain to EK and their then more limited production capacity, while presumably being seen as "leeches" by EK themselves, seems good enough of a reason for them to put a stop to it, even if individual photographers got caught in the crossfire.
And even then, it doesn't seem like this is being enforced all that strictly as new respoolers still pop up, like Filmriss just recently.

koraks · 2025-10-01T12:30:25-0400

blee1996 said:
Am I wrong with the below?

Kodacolor 100 = Gold 100
Kodacolor 200 = Gold 200

I don't think anyone who is in a position to confirm, will do so.

Daniël - Tech&Music said:
it doesn't seem like this is being enforced all that strictly

Small-scale respooling is virtually impossible to restrict.

Cholentpot · 2025-10-01T12:59:55-0400

The big news that is slipping past is Eastman Kodak is selling stills directly to distributors and consumers for the first time in over a decade.

Daniël - Tech&Music said:
I think this should also be the final nail in the coffin for the argument that Eastman putting the kibosh on motion picture film sales to stills photographers, was all due to Alaris.
Clearly, if Alaris had enough sway to make EK enforce stricter terms on motion picture film sales, they would have never let Eastman do this.

Respoolers being too much of a drain to EK and their then more limited production capacity, while presumably being seen as "leeches" by EK themselves, seems good enough of a reason for them to put a stop to it, even if individual photographers got caught in the crossfire.
And even then, it doesn't seem like this is being enforced all that strictly as new respoolers still pop up, like Filmriss just recently.

Alaris was sold a little while ago and maybe the new owners don't care much anymore.

blee1996 · 2025-10-01T13:17:41-0400

I wish EK can still have the 4-digit number to specify the emulsion. Otherwise all these marketing names make it very confusing which actual film characteristics we should be expecting.

Daniël - Tech&Music · 2025-10-01T14:41:36-0400

Cholentpot said:
Alaris was sold a little while ago and maybe the new owners don't care much anymore.

Private equity generally wants to squeeze as much out of their purchases as they can, so I doubt that.
And in any case, Ektachrome 100D had the crackdown before the buyout, and Vision3 after it.

MattKing · 2025-10-01T15:42:35-0400

As we are musing, I wonder if EK has bought back some of the licensing from KA.
Or perhaps they have worked out a deal to supply certain consumer products to the USA, leaving the rest of the line - including all Professional films - to KA.
I wonder who EK are using for distribution and customer support?
Perhaps KA, or Freestyle, maybe even CineStill, as they are providing their services for that to Photo Systems.
Unless they've done a lot of recent hiring, EK has little/no staff or infrastructure for that.

loccdor · 2025-10-01T15:50:42-0400

ColorPlus 200 has had "Kodacolor 200" branding on the 35mm cassette (though not the box) for a while now so it's likely the same as that.

arturo_rs said:
Maybe Pro Image 100 and Color Plus 200

Most likely.

loccdor · 2025-10-01T15:59:50-0400

Eastman Kodak has a new trademark filed for Kodacolor May 30, 2025. ColorPlus 200 has Kodak Alaris on the box. Perhaps others more knowledgeable about recent Kodak events can make something from that.

benderscameracorner · 2025-10-01T19:52:47-0400

That Eastman Kodak is 'able' to sell stills film directly without Alaris' input/blessing, it does make one wonder if there's such a bother over photographers getting their hands on rolls of Vision3 anymore?

Either way, I'll reserve my excitement until they start selling Kodacolor in bulk rolls... ;-)

Also: much LOL at Kodak 'proving' their commitment to film longterm by releasing the new Super 8 Camera. Would be very curious how many they've sold full price - if it's a three-figure number I'd be highly surprised. If they were serious about lifting Super 8's popularity with newer generations and selling a heap more film, they'd be making a modern under-US$500 reincarnation of the original M2, which should be perfectly achievable. Just give a C-mount for lots of manual lens option (light metering via an app, keep it simple), a pistol hand grip and a usable viewfinder (the original is like looking through a straw).

Wallendo · 2025-10-01T20:02:20-0400

Has anyone actually seen the box?

For all we know, EK has licensed this, or bought back rights, from KA.

The fine print on the back of the box would tell us a lot.

thinkbrown · 2025-10-01T20:05:42-0400

Wallendo said:
Has anyone actually seen the box?

For all we know, EK has licensed this, or bought back rights, from KA.

The fine print on the back of the box would tell us a lot.

It's missing any mention of Alaris

mshchem · 2025-10-01T20:20:16-0400

I'm holding out for more information. I'm not really a consumer of this, for now.

MattKing · 2025-10-01T20:26:46-0400

Until this week, there has been no category for Still Film on the Eastman Kodak website - just motion picture film.
This is what is there now:

And this is all you find in the way of information:

It is essentially the same for the 200 ISO version.
Here is the link to the part of their website that deals with film: https://www.kodak.com/en/film/home/

mshchem · 2025-10-01T21:28:58-0400

I suspect that this involves Cinestill, at least in North America. I'll be interested if there's a low cost version of other products. It's not inconceivable that there could be black and white offerings. Verichrome

Minolta93 · 2025-10-01T22:02:01-0400

Could this have to do with the recent debt restructuring that was mentioned on the forum recently?

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