Sure scratching Ektachromese we will never see! But from production scales Kodak have done till today I would not be so sure if I were you....nevertheless in 6month this will be no issue any more.I doubt Kodak, who has a full production line for manufacturing and packaging film is anything like Ferrania who were rebooting a process from scratch and had lots of hurdles like their building being shut down for repairs and everything else. Its certainly possible that Kodak underestimated demand and there may be some scarcity, but it seems to me more likely that stock will be generally available at this point.
if kodak are having to keep up with demand it can only be a good thing, remember many people are needing to stock up so the inrush will be huge, then settle down.
Some may just be trying it for the curosity and not necessarily keep shooting, but good news to see high sales.
Although I am excited about shooting Ektachrome again, B&H has had so many good deals on Velvia and Provia in the last 9 months that I'm not sure when I can actually get around to shooting Ektachrome. I went to the B&H site a few days ago and Ektachrome was on back-order, but they had recently expired Velvia for $6.99 a roll and I couldn't help but order 5 rolls.
I shoot mostly B&W and only shoot 5-10 rolls of E-6 a year. I am set for several years - maybe I need to go on an exotic tropical vacation so I can shoot more E-6.
if kodak are having to keep up with demand it can only be a good thing, remember many people are needing to stock up so the inrush will be huge, then settle down.
Some may just be trying it for the curosity and not necessarily keep shooting, but good news to see high sales.
There is a down side, as it seems Kodak's timing on its last two film introductions has been frustratingly missing the mark a bit.
When I heard of the first places to pre-order, I scurried off to the Find Lab site, and ordered a couple of rolls, since they advertised expected shipping October 5th.
Then that date moved back a bit, and then they updated last week to say that all the first batch they received were being sent out that day. I got no shipment confirmation and nothing showed up in the mail.
Soooo, apparently I wasn't in the first set, and now they're saying early November. The result is a bit of frustration.
Meanwhile, the intended first subject for this film, fall foliage, is quite likely to vanish before I ever get my hands on this film. So it will sit through the winter as I await Spring, and I'd gather many others in chillier northern climes won't be ordering a whole lot of it until Spring. I'd presume most places have a waiting list for it to pre-order, so I doubt I'll source any before the cold kicks in.
P3200 had a similar timing, showing up just after daylight savings time took effect, and while I did use most of it, my chances to do low light photography were much fewer and farther between given the longer days.
There is a down side, as it seems Kodak's timing on its last two film introductions has been frustratingly missing the mark a bit.
When I heard of the first places to pre-order, I scurried off to the Find Lab site, and ordered a couple of rolls, since they advertised expected shipping October 5th.
Then that date moved back a bit, and then they updated last week to say that all the first batch they received were being sent out that day. I got no shipment confirmation and nothing showed up in the mail.
Soooo, apparently I wasn't in the first set, and now they're saying early November. The result is a bit of frustration.
Meanwhile, the intended first subject for this film, fall foliage, is quite likely to vanish before I ever get my hands on this film. So it will sit through the winter as I await Spring, and I'd gather many others in chillier northern climes won't be ordering a whole lot of it until Spring. I'd presume most places have a waiting list for it to pre-order, so I doubt I'll source any before the cold kicks in.
P3200 had a similar timing, showing up just after daylight savings time took effect, and while I did use most of it, my chances to do low light photography were much fewer and farther between given the longer days.
Has Kodak marketing department become ~that~ inept?
Eastman Kodak doesn't have a marketing department for still film.Has Kodak marketing department become ~that~ inept?
Then that date moved back a bit, and then they updated last week to say that all the first batch they received were being sent out that day. I got no shipment confirmation and nothing showed up in the mail.
Soooo, apparently I wasn't in the first set, and now they're saying early November. The result is a bit of frustration.
Meanwhile, the intended first subject for this film, fall foliage, is quite likely to vanish before I ever get my hands on this film. So it will sit through the winter as I await Spring, and I'd gather many others in chillier northern climes won't be ordering a whole lot of it until Spring. I'd presume most places have a waiting list for it to pre-order, so I doubt I'll source any before the cold kicks in.
Well that explains it...Eastman Kodak doesn't have a marketing department for still film.
Kodak Alaris' marketing department is a tiny remnant of what once existed amongst Eastman Kodak and all of its international subsidiaries.
Inept should mean they've done their job not in the best way? Possible the much higher demand is a result of best marketing.
The P3200 timing issue would have never occurred to me, and I've been using it steadily all summer. It gets dark every day after all.
But I hear you about fall colors. I hope the deliveries happen soon, and until then I'll plow through my backlog of Provia.
"Best Marketing" would extend to go beyond customer interest and would involve customer satisfaction. And that would involve having enough of the product on hand to get it into the customers' hands, get them using it, get them excited about it, and get the repeat business quickly.
Making an exciting announcement, and then having interested customers come forth, pay in advance as soon as soon as outlets for that product are announced, then having those same customers get irritated as they watch the first pass of distribution passes them by as the topical matter they intended to use the product on grows scarcer with each passing day, increasing the likelihood that the product will arrive too late for the use for which the customer had eagerly intended, and relegating it to sit for months, until it can be optimally used again, this slowing the pace of repeat orders, is not what I'd consider "Best Marketing."
The one thing Kodak may have going for them is the uncertainty with Fuji's future in the world of E6 Time will tell.
When I get in from my work day, I have family concerns to tend to into the evening, so my commute and lunch hours are generally the windows of opportunity. I get that this nuance is more of a thing for me than it is for most people, and many if not most likely found the warmer weather made it easier to get outside after dark and take photos, where I tended to avail more on the expanded hours of darkness in the winter months to do low light shooting. I did at least discover that P3200 is a great "rainy downpour" film and my Pentax Zoom 90WR was a trooper in the summer deluges.
By end of week, I'll likely consign the camera I'd been saving for my first roll of new Ektachrome to use my last roll of Precisa CT instead.
It’s not Meyer’s problem, it’s THE problem. There are likely many who simply won’t bother because the hype isn’t being fulfilled. I, for one, did not put money out for a promise of an eventual product delivery and I’ve almost entirely lost interest. Slides don’t have much utility except as nostalgia... so my current attitude is, “why bother”.Aha - yes now I understand your problem. It is more worste indeed. You'll had to pay in advance and from that you have to wait more and more? Correct ?
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