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Your input appreciated here.
The reformulation is indeed related to the availability of chemicals. Most probably it is due to the older couplers used in the Ektachrome line of products which required formalin in the process. It may also be that they intend to use couplers with better image stability. IDK.
PE
Ooh, while I enjoy Eastman Double-X and Tri-X, I really have an insatiable nostalgia for Quattro-X. I can't wait for Kodak to bring it back in 9.5mm motion picture, 616 autographic still film and 6x13 dry plate.If they were bringing back XXXX in some bizarre sheet format I've never used, I would still applaud the rebirth of a discontinued product
Sorry for the shameless proselytization, but I urge you to look at some stereo (3D) slides in a backlit handheld viewer. I love printing in the darkroom, but it's equivalently a tonne of fun to shoot stereo slides.Well I can't print it in the darkroom so this is about as exciting to me as a digital version of an analog photography magazine. Meh.
The idea that there is still work for photo engineers makes me positively giddy!Most probably it is due to the older couplers used in the Ektachrome line of products which required formalin in the process. It may also be that they intend to use couplers with better image stability.
Ooh, while I enjoy Eastman Double-X and Tri-X, I really have an insatiable nostalgia for Quattro-X. I can't wait for Kodak to bring it back in 9.5mm motion picture, 616 autographic still film and 6x13 dry plate.(Sorry I couldn't help myself).
6 last time I counted...
What will people do with their new Ektachome slides? I think my projector is somewhere in the attic, but I doubt I'll be shooting any for new slide shows? And I really wasn't all that happy with Cibachrome prints.
Not nearly enough! How many threads do think would be appropriate for such earth shattering news?
BTW, this is the only thread on the topic that I've run across. I will be more than happy to seek out and read them all. That would be a much better use of time than nit picking and criticizing the enthusiasm of folks.
Super-8 has survived despite, yes, video and digital video cameras having been available for decades.
Kodak is not targeting "ordinary" users when trying to promote Super-8. They are targeting to the enthusiasts, as explained above.
BTW, If Kodak scales down their whole still camera film production, and starts (finally) targeting we the enthusiasts, this could make all Kodak film products sustainable for the years to come.
Super8 cameras poised to skyrocket on eBay.Someone needs to tell Kodunk that the porn industry stopped using super 8 a long time ago. but seriously I doubt their move has anything to do with enthusiasts, it has to do with money.Go count up all the members in the photo forums ,figure there are many dupes and add for those who don't participate. You come up with a very small number. They are targeting the consumer just like always.
Put them in a projector, invite the kids and grand kids over, pop some popcorn and bore the crap out of them for a couple of hours like I used to do. It was fun 25 years ago, it will be even more fun now.What will people do with their new Ektachome slides? I think my projector is somewhere in the attic, but I doubt I'll be shooting any for new slide shows? And I really wasn't all that happy with Cibachrome prints.
It'll be interesting what they will come up with, perhaps applying some newer tech that Ektar and Portra incorporated in the last revision. There is the minimum 9-10 month time frame for R&D:The reformulation is indeed related to the availability of chemicals. Most probably it is due to the older couplers used in the Ektachrome line of products which required formalin in the process. It may also be that they intend to use couplers with better image stability. IDK.
PE
Source: http://filmsnotdead.com/TJ Mooney said:Well that is still TBD (to be discussed) which is part of the reason why the availability is set for later this year, in the fourth quarter. Bringing back a film is not as simple as you might think. There's a very significant R&D (Research & Development) that is necessary to re-formulate the product based on component availability and any equipment changes that have been made or any changes to environmental health and safety regulations. So the intent here is to bring back a daylight 100 speed Ektachrome film. Saturation levels and performance characteristics are still TBD at this point but in terms of the old Ektachrome it will certainly be along those same lines and we'll know more as we go along.
I participate in many internet forum and this is one of the most civilized forums out there in the web. I don't understand such claims of negativity, and if there is any negativity here, it is on your assesment of we forumers as "old" and "negative". I'm on my thirties, by the way. And I find APUG to be filled with people with great "vibes".
What will people do with their new Ektachome slides? I think my projector is somewhere in the attic, but I doubt I'll be shooting any for new slide shows? And I really wasn't all that happy with Cibachrome prints.
That is why you must make sure that your will is written properly .I bored the kids enough with my lith prints at Christmas. I hope they come back to visit.
What will people do with their new Ektachome slides? I think my projector is somewhere in the attic, but I doubt I'll be shooting any for new slide shows? And I really wasn't all that happy with Cibachrome prints.
Since I don't print color negative any more due to difficulty of getting both paper and especially paper. I think I will use slide film and view them with my slide projector. It's not much different from what I am doing with digital, viewing them on my monitor. I don't show my photograph to others so I don't invite people to slide show nor I post my digital photograph on social media.
I detect a little too much negativity in this thread...
Let's speculate, will the big retailers run pre-order campaigns? APUG should make a big statement and buy them out of all they've got! I'm in for 50 rolls.
Xmas, Ken Nadvornick...where are they now that Kodak has shocked the world with the re-introduction of E100?
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