Kodak Reintroduces Ektachrome.

BrianShaw · Jun 1, 2018

You really need to plug in your phone!

keenmaster486 · Jun 1, 2018

Wow, a real person answered your message! One would expect a robot blabbing on about how much they care about customer input while conveniently not answering your question.

Theo Sulphate · Jun 2, 2018

I notice that was May 8th... what's the news?

BrianShaw · Jun 2, 2018

I interpreted that as: question asked on May 8; Question answered June 1 at 5-ish.

RattyMouse · Jun 2, 2018

BrianShaw said:
I interpreted that as: question asked on May 8; Question answered June 1 at 5-ish.

Past June 1st...no news.

Helios 1984 · Jun 2, 2018

Theo Sulphate said:
I notice that was May 8th... what's the news?

There will be no Ektachrome... it was a ruse, in fact, they’re re-launching Kodachrome! hahaha HAHAHA

bvy · Jun 2, 2018

Response was received yesterday evening.

macfred · Jun 2, 2018

Helios 1984 said:
There will be no Ektachrome... it was a ruse, in fact, they’re re-launching Kodachrome! hahaha ...

That's too bad - I would prefer the Ektachrome ...

mshchem · Jun 2, 2018

I believe!

If we are sincere and believe The Great Yellow Box will come bearing a lovely 100 speed Ektachrome film, by Halloween AT THE LATEST!

And if we continue to be sincere and good, The Great Yellow Box will bring us 120, cut sheets, 400 speed, VS, S, G, and RSVP.

Negative Nellies ,GET THEE BEHIND ME!

WE ALL NEED TO BE POSITIVE (wink, wink, say no more!)

Sincerely Mike

macfred · Jun 2, 2018

mshchem said:
... I believe!...

WE ALL NEED TO BE POSITIVE (wink, wink, say no more!)

Hear ye, hear ye !! That's a remarkable attitude.

Prest_400 · Jun 3, 2018

I recalled seeing a brighter response somewhere and found the screenshot. Sourced from a post in RFF.
Let's see this upcoming week what brings.

keenmaster486 · Jun 3, 2018

I bet that guy felt great about receiving the dreaded "Oh." Almost as bad as "K".

NJH · Jun 3, 2018

No reason to rush it other than it irritating a small very vocal crowd on the internet. From a commercial point of view the ideal time for market penetration is when Fuji do their to be expected exit around 2020, so any time between now and then will not make much difference to me personally. With a load of Provia100f in my fridge I would much rather Kodak took their time to make sure that new Ektachrome is the best E6 film yet. My only concern right now for Kodak is their short term financial survival.

RattyMouse · Jun 3, 2018

NJH said:
No reason to rush it other than it irritating a small very vocal crowd on the internet. From a commercial point of view the ideal time for market penetration is when Fuji do their to be expected exit around 2020, so any time between now and then will not make much difference to me personally. With a load of Provia100f in my fridge I would much rather Kodak took their time to make sure that new Ektachrome is the best E6 film yet. My only concern right now for Kodak is their short term financial survival.

Rush? We are now three quarters of a year past Kodak's previously announced release time frame. Hardly rushed. Once again, if a company decides to not provide information, the gap WILL be filled by others.

Will at E6 labs be left by 2020?

bvy · Jun 3, 2018

I really think the next update is going to be a product availability update. There's really no other (positive) update left for them to give us.

bvy · Jun 3, 2018

NJH said:
No reason to rush it other than it irritating a small very vocal crowd on the internet. From a commercial point of view the ideal time for market penetration is when Fuji do their to be expected exit around 2020, so any time between now and then will not make much difference to me personally. With a load of Provia100f in my fridge I would much rather Kodak took their time to make sure that new Ektachrome is the best E6 film yet. My only concern right now for Kodak is their short term financial survival.

Totally agree. No need to rush it.

mshchem · Jun 3, 2018

If the bottleneck is the super 8 camera, we could be waiting for a while.

BrianShaw · Jun 3, 2018

bvy said:
I really think the next update is going to be a product availability update. There's really no other (positive) update left for them to give us.

Is that a guess, hypothesis, or some sort of sacred prophesy?

bvy · Jun 3, 2018

BrianShaw said:
Is that a guess, hypothesis, or some sort of sacred prophesy?

All of the above. I'm as ignorant as the rest of you.

Theo Sulphate · Jun 3, 2018

mshchem said:
If the bottleneck is the super 8 camera, we could be waiting for a while.

At $3000, the only thing that could make that super-8 camera attractive is if it could print $20 bills.

faberryman · Jun 3, 2018

Theo Sulphate said:
At $3000, the only thing that could make that super-8 camera attractive is if it could print $20 bills.

You mean like the Kodak crypto currency miners?

RattyMouse · Jun 3, 2018

faberryman said:
You mean like the Kodak crypto currency miners?

Brutal, but spot on.

I noticed that none of the usual Kodak fans here are all that interested in the Kodak Kash Miner. Kodak guarantees a monthly income, so why not?

I also noticed, lurking in a few pro photographer forums, that none seem even remotely interested in Kodak's new cryptocurrency for photographers. None want to be paid in this new "bitcoin", instead still preferring real money. The cretins.

Theo Sulphate · Jun 3, 2018

Heh. Until this moment, I didn't even know Kodak had anything to do with cryptocurrency.

All these side ventures... makes me truly wonder who is going to be producing film 10, 20 years from now.

Helios 1984 · Jun 3, 2018

I checked my facebook, just a moment ago, and Kodak answered a question I asked 3 weeks ago.

Me - Hi Kodak, I was wondering if you had any news concerning Ektachrome? Will we see it soon or is it on the ice?
Kodak Professional - Hi - it's not on ice. In testing. We've seen the pictures. Expect updates in the next couple of days.

The reply was posted 2 days ago.

Arklatexian · Jun 3, 2018

Theo Sulphate said:
Yes, I think he did - because when I saw the Contax I bought, I said "Jesus Christ!"

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And then, what did HE say? That had to be some time before the 1830s was it not?......Regards!

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