Kodak Reintroduces Ektachrome.

Helge · Aug 14, 2018

jtk said:
I'd shoot E6 if reliable same day or next day processing was available within an hour's drive, just as it had been in most midsized US cities before Kodak effectively killed E6.

I live in Copenhagen - Frederiksberg and within a three mile radius there is at least three places that can handle E6, two of them within a day.
Those two are not obvious from the street and don't exactly have a huge public profile. Maybe you should try digging on google and ask around. There are many small labs that have survived on professionals and enthusiasts.

New Mexico and suburban Copenhagen is about the same population size and Albuquerque is also about the same size as central Copenhagen. I doubt there isn't anyone doing E6. They might not have a big store front but still.

AgX · Aug 14, 2018

Kodak Alaris:
"We give consumers what they want before they know they want it."

AgX · Aug 14, 2018

macfred said:
But both methods can be important and effective in judging the -overall- quality of the slide. But I'll gladly let you have the last word ...

Thank you!
A slide is made for projection. As such it should be checked in projection. A light table only can simulate a very specific projecting situation.
(I hope the engineer in me is not bothering you too much).)

BrianShaw · Aug 14, 2018

ME Super said:
Sarcasm is good. Defuses tense situations, it does.

it worked for me.

AgX · Aug 14, 2018

Something different:

Kodak has at least at certain markets tried to promote film cinematography.

Did Kodak Alaris promote slide projectionso far? (A serious question, as I do not remember, but maybe I missed something.)

abruzzi · Aug 14, 2018

Helge said:
New Mexico and suburban Copenhagen is about the same population size and Albuquerque is also about the same size as central Copenhagen. I doubt there isn't anyone doing E6. They might not have a big store front but still.

I don't live in Albuquerque, but this place claims no one in NM processes E6 anymore.

http://www.camera-darkroom.com/photolab.html

I live in the second largest city in the state, and as far as I know no one processes any film in town. The next city south, El Paso, Texas doesn't seem to have any businesses either. Not that I've found at least.

Cholentpot · Aug 14, 2018

ME Super said:
Sarcasm is good. Defuses tense situations, it does.

Mama didn't agree...

Poisson Du Jour · Aug 14, 2018

AgX said:
Thank you!
A slide is made for projection. As such it should be checked in projection. A light table only can simulate a very specific projecting situation.
(I hope the engineer in me is not bothering you too much).)

No possibility of projecting slides here. All the walls are covered with framed prints, produced from slides...

Helge · Aug 14, 2018

abruzzi said:
I don't live in Albuquerque, but this place claims no one in NM processes E6 anymore.

http://www.camera-darkroom.com/photolab.html

I live in the second largest city in the state, and as far as I know no one processes any film in town. The next city south, El Paso, Texas doesn't seem to have any businesses either. Not that I've found at least.

Well I know one man who might know. Our own Joe Van Cleave.

Nzoomed · Aug 14, 2018

ME Super said:
The above should've read:

Kodak announces possible re-release of slide film

YAYYY!

Kodak announces Ektachrome

WOOHOO!

Kodak begins testing

AWESOME!

Kodak has a tentative release quarter

COOL!

Kodak sends out rolls to beta testers

BOOYAH!

Kodak posts results from testers showing a viable film

WHEN CAN I BUY THIS ALREADY?!

At least that's my take on it. All y'all can be downers about Kodak reintroducing a film if you want (not talking about any specific APUG/Photrio user, but the tone overall), but I'm positively giddy with excitement.

The lab I've been using does an E-6 run weekly. The only downer is that they're talking about cutting that back to monthly. If/when they do that, I'll be resorting to mail order. I live in Illinois, and have received film back from The Darkroom in California about a week after I mailed it to them. That's still an acceptable turn-around time to me.

Oh, and this Ektachrome looks a lot like how I remember it. I don't need super-saturated and amped-up contrast all the time, it'll be nice to have a more normal contrast slide film available from Kodak. Especially if the contrast is a touch lower than that of the Provia 100F, which is a great slide film in its own right.

I COMPLETELY AGREE!
If we see similar results to the last E100G, i dont have any issues, if its lower saturation that would not bother me either.

Cholentpot · Aug 14, 2018

Nzoomed said:
I COMPLETELY AGREE!
If we see similar results to the last E100G, i dont have any issues, if its lower saturation that would not bother me either.

If they sell it in bulk rolls for .50 a foot I'll eat my hat.

zowno · Aug 15, 2018

Can I just add to this long thread. I wasn't at all interested in shooting slide until Kodak announced this new ektachrome, but since then my peak excitement levels have jumped! I've bought so many old expired rolls. I may even move from shooting negs to slide for the most part.

Nuts to this pastel trend, I want bold real colours!

RattyMouse · Aug 15, 2018

zowno said:
Can I just add to this long thread. I wasn't at all interested in shooting slide until Kodak announced this new ektachrome, but since then my peak excitement levels have jumped! I've bought so many old expired rolls. I may even move from shooting negs to slide for the most part.

Nuts to this pastel trend, I want bold real colours!

You already have your best option for bold colors: Velvia.

zen_zanon · Aug 15, 2018

Cholentpot said:
If they sell it in bulk rolls for .50 a foot I'll eat my hat.

There's no way considering their 100' bw prices...but if that happened I'd buy four 100' rolls right away.

Here's another update photo from another beta tester. Colors are poppin' after all. Those skies are reminiscent of E100VS imo.

BrianShaw · Aug 15, 2018

zen_zanon said:
There's no way considering their 100' bw prices...but if that happened I'd buy four 100' rolls right away.

Here's another update photo from another beta tester. Colors are poppin' after all. Those skies are reminiscent of E100VS imo.

View attachment 205950

In the first example you posted, I was interested.

In this example, not so much.

Can't wait to see more.

Even moreso, can't wait to get some of that film for personal experience.

Sal Santamaura · Aug 15, 2018

zowno said:
...I want bold real colours!

Which one of those two do you desire?

Cholentpot · Aug 15, 2018

zen_zanon said:
There's no way considering their 100' bw prices...but if that happened I'd buy four 100' rolls right away.

Here's another update photo from another beta tester. Colors are poppin' after all. Those skies are reminiscent of E100VS imo.

View attachment 205950

Looks like its got range.

Photo Engineer · Aug 15, 2018

Bold colors and real colors should not be in the same sentence describing the real world.

PE

richyd · Aug 15, 2018

"I don't live in Albuquerque, but this place claims no one in NM processes E6 anymore.

http://www.camera-darkroom.com/photolab.html

I live in the second largest city in the state, and as far as I know no one processes any film in town. The next city south, El Paso, Texas doesn't seem to have any businesses either. Not that I've found at least."

How about this:
http://www.visionsphotolab.com/e6.html

Hatchetman · Aug 15, 2018

Who cares if it is 20 miles or 2000 miles away? I would send it via mail anyway.

Ai Print · Aug 15, 2018

Lionel1972 said:
Do anyone here remember what a piece of slide film on a light table looks like? That first glimse through the loupe seems to have been captured with a mobile device, this washed out look is typical of the auto exposure / corrections such a device does when you try to take a pic in these conditions. A simple PS levels treatments gives us a better idea of what that slide really looks like. Looks very promicing to me.

Hi Lionel, please remove the photo which does not even credit the photographer Micheal Turek from this post and just provide a link to this via his instagram feed.

Thanks a bunch!

zen_zanon · Aug 15, 2018

Just process it yourself. I get 30 rolls of E6 done out of 1L of Tetenal E-6.

abruzzi · Aug 15, 2018

richyd said:
How about this:
http://www.visionsphotolab.com/e6.html

Cool! It’s nice to see someone in the state is doing it.

Hatchetman said:
Who cares if it is 20 miles or 2000 miles away? I would send it via mail anyway.

This is really where I stand, I send out everything color. I’ve thought about developing myself, but being colorblind, I can enjoy color photos, but don’t ask me to be critical about color reproduction.

Lionel1972 · Aug 15, 2018

Ai Print said:
Hi Lionel, please remove the photo which does not even credit the photographer Micheal Turek from this post and just provide a link to this via his instagram feed.

Thanks a bunch!

I removed my post, sorry I got carried away.

Ai Print · Aug 15, 2018

Lionel1972 said:
I removed my post, sorry I got carried away.

No worries, it is easy to get excited, Kodak is kicking butt!

Kodak Reintroduces Ektachrome.

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