Exactly. I know it's important. I just think we have enough threads on it, and one of those was already created by merging two others. Maybe the mods can merge this in too.
Roger meant there are already a couple of threads here on this subject, you were a little late(5 days) to the party.
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Exactly. I know it's important. I just think we have enough threads on it, and one of those was already created by merging two others. Maybe the mods can merge this in too.
Oh God, another film killed, another 20 rolls on their way here
I missed the Kodachrome thing at least I can try the ugly step-sister before she's gone too.
I don't know that I'd call it the ugly step sister. That's a bit harsh.
Hang on if it can make economic sense for someone to produce Precisa again, how does making Ektachrome not make sense, I bed Ektrachrome sells much more than Pricisa.
But for the reasons that I believe many of the "pros" used reversal films years ago, and I do not profess to be an expert here, a digital process covers those needs with less cost and higher productivity.
It could be much better now for Agfa or Rollei transparency films since they may do very well with Kodak out of the market.
It could be much better now for Agfa or Rollei transparency films since they may do very well with Kodak out of the market.
What "market?" Aside from the possibility they couldn't afford to make another run, Kodak just wasn't selling enough of this stuff. Not to revisit the $hitstorm threads of last week, it's plain that demand for transparency materials is a shadow of what it once was. Not good news re: the survival of Fuji E6 films. Quality E6 processing is just a memory in many markets in N. America. The end of Ektachrome can't help but spook the surviving labs with E6 lines.
You say that you don't want to revisit the shitstorm (why bother with the prissy $ sign), yet you just repeat the same views over-and-over again. What you say is perfectly obvious to anyone, we're not children, but we are surely allowed to express our disappointment and concern with the way things are going.
I love steam engines, but I don't spend time on steam enthusiasts forums pointing out the obvious facts that changing economics, lack of demand, costs, inconvenience, and safety and cleanliness issues, have lead to replacement by electric and diesel locos.
What "market?" Aside from the possibility they couldn't afford to make another run, Kodak just wasn't selling enough of this stuff. Not to revisit the $hitstorm threads of last week, it's plain that demand for transparency materials is a shadow of what it once was. Not good news re: the survival of Fuji E6 films. Quality E6 processing is just a memory in many markets in N. America. The end of Ektachrome can't help but spook the surviving labs with E6 lines.
What you say may be true north of the US/Canadian border, and where I live in the U.S. processing is generally available by send-out and mail-order only. However, I pass by THREE Wal-Mart stores on my way home from work, and there's a Meijer's (it's a northern mid-west department store chain kind of like Wal-Mart) about 5 miles from work. All four of them are willing to send film (that's B&W, C-41, and E-6) out to be processed. Pickups are Tuesday and Friday mornings. C-41 picked up on Tuesday morning is ready on Friday afternoon, and C-41 picked up on Friday morning is ready on Tuesday afternoon. My experience has been to add a week onto those times for E-6. Not sure about turn-around for B&W as I haven't sent any out that way recently, but suspect it is about the same as for E-6. Processing is handled by Fuji/Dwayne's, and slides come back with no scratches in cardboard mounts. If I want a print of a particularly good slide, I sc*n myself and upl**d for printing.
Last I checked the USPS is more than happy to deliver your E-6 to Dwayne's for a small fee. I would assume Canada Post would do the same. Fuji pre-paid mailers for E-6 can be bought from B&H with Dwayne's address on them.
But, you say, it takes two weeks to get slides back from processing if it's not done locally. Big deal! 20 years ago it took two weeks to get slides back from send-out processing. The wait gives me more time to forget what was on the roll, and when I get it back and toss 'em in the projector, I get to see 36 never-before seen images (no chimping!). It's like being a kid again on Christmas morning!
ME Super, aka The Slide Curmudgeon
Indeed. If you have fast, affordable, local E-6 processing, use it! If you don't, don't stop shooting E-6. Continue to shoot it and then send it out.
I don't live in a large metro area. My nearest E-6 lab is at least an hour and a half drive (Champaign, IL). I have no reason to drive to Champaign other than for E-6 processing. Much more convenient to drop it off somewhere and then pick it up in a couple weeks (actually if I drop it off on a Tuesday morning, it's back on Friday of the following week, so it's more like 10 days, not 2 weeks).
ME Super
wblynch,
I see you have listed yourself as a 127 shooter. Do you shoot E-6 in 127? Where do you get slide mounts for those? I thought about snagging a 127 camera and some film but don't see anywhere to get the mounts.
ME Super
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