I agree, once it is in the mail the distance does not matter.
Kodak Reintroduces Ektachrome.
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I agree, once it is in the mail the distance does not matter.
Agreed. I like to give the "local" guys a chance - the camera store I drop my film off at has their lab in St. Louis, Missouri. If it's a service they don't offer, I can have it back in a week through the mail, and that's going halfway across the country (Illinois to California)!
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Thank you for that information. That's pretty amusing. I stopped in at Camera & Darkroom in Santa Fe while on a trip to New Mexico in summer of 2017, just curious to see whether they carried any E6 (and if Velvia in 120 format, I was going to buy some to supplement the dwindling stock I was travelling with). The fellow behind the counter assured me that not only did they not carry any slide film, but there was nowhere in New Mexico to process it - just as we can see that their web site still says.
And meanwhile, Visions Photo in Santa Fe, barely 1.5 miles from Camera & Darkroom by car (according to Google Maps), clearly does process E6. And according to their home page, they have been "Developing visions for Santa Fe's professional photographers and hobbyists for the past 15 years" - I assume that includes E6 the whole time as well. It seems Camera & Darkroom doesn't know what's going on at one of their only competitors in town barely a mile-and-a-half away.
Just goes to show in general - ask around, and don't take a single answer as THE answer.
Well this film looks absolutely stunning in the studio!
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Yep looks great. I’m in.
Is it me or do the colors look muted in that scan of the lady with flowers?
Not muted... natural.
The film looks more like Astia then E100G. Even RDPIII has more color then that. I'll blame it on the scan, but it still looks muted to me. Natural maybe, but E100G had more punch then that.
Yes, the colours and tone are muted -- a little pasty, but may be interpreted as natural (the effect can be varied through exposure). I would reserve judgement by ideally directly viewing the transparencies, not on various online sources (and definitely not Instagram. We are seeing a steady roll-out of finished E100 rolls here in Melbourne with stepped exposures and both studio/outdoor settings. The film is predictably blunt in bright sun/shadows, but is impressive (on a par with RDPIII) in diffuse light. Studio use is not up to the high standard of Sandra Coan's work.
I will go along with 'natural'. We have become so used to over saturated, over contrasty images since 'D' reared it's ugly head we now think it is the norm. Some electronic images appear like Velvia 50 on steroids and appear very un-natural. Even Velvia in some circumstances is a bit over the top.
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As someone who never shot or even looked at much slide,
What are you looking for? To my untrained-in-slide eyes it looks amazing.
Seems pretty much like I remember Ektachrome 100. Bet the first shot is just a tweaked scan.
Seems dare I say it, leaning a little bit towards the Kodachrome palette from the few examples, if anything.
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Not that one can determine much from a screen, but, if it looks like Astia, Kodak has used the finest transparency film ever manufactured as its performance target.
With Fuji still appearing to make Velvia, I'm estatic for Kodak to start off its return to E6 with an Astia-like emulsion. I bet this will shoot fantastic in the winter. Of course, I won't be able to make my own 100% inferences as to how this film looks until I have my own processed rolls in front of me. Regardless, these results look fantastic and have me thinking that I'll be replacing Provia 100F with this stuff.
i think that "muted" colors are what the emulsion is geared for, primarily 8mm and 16mm movie cameras, not landscape still shots. I think it is a good fit for that. now using it as a astia replacement, it actually fills a much needed hole in the slide film arsenal. hopefully we will get it in 120 and maybe even 4x5.
That and it makes it a more flexible film in the digital era. You can't print from slides anymore. Makes sense to make a film that is quite flexible in the digital darkroom.
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Now we have high def slides that look pretty darn good. What's the next complaint? 'I bet it doesn't project' or 'I bet it fades real fast...'
I can't wait to get my grubby fingers on a roll of this stuff, it looks amazing.
I can't wait to get my grubby fingers on a roll of this stuff, it looks amazing.
+1. Me too, and all that stuff. But until it's released, I've got some Velvia 50 and Provia 100F in the freezer to tide me over.
It will be a sad day in the photography world when Velvia 50 disappears again. But this stuff looks like an amazing portrait film that also works well for landscapes.
Ektachrome is released, you get your first roll, make 36 images, send it off for processing, and it is returned. Now what? Are you planning on just looking at the slides on a light table? Projecting them? Scanning them? Scan and print? How will Ektachrome fit into your workflow?
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I'll be doing the same thing with the Ektachrome as I do with the Fujichrome and the B&W positives I get back from DR5. That something is scan for sharing online or printing, and projection for myself and family. I picked up a Leitz Pradovit Color 250 projector off of the big auction site for USD $25, plus another USD $25 for shipping. The thing is built like a tank, so I get why they charged $25 to ship. The bulb was burned out, so I spent $10 to have another bulb sent to me. This beast has been going strong ever since.
It will be too expensive here in Brazil and not available in 120 format (both are true, but I’m just joking)!
Me neither. Specially if the colors are anything like the pictures posted on Instagram. Overly saturated chromes are hard to scan — yes, Velvia, I’m looking at you!
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I might sidle it into my business flow.
I shoot digital with B&W offerings on the side for those that want. I might offer slide too. Never used it though. Can you order duplicates? Is that a thing? Say I like frame 4 can I go and order three slides of frame 4? Is this done?
Why weren't you this upset when Kodak UltraColor was removed from the market?
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