New E6 Kit from Kodak (Photosys?)

[Aidan Sciortino]

Was browsing Cinestill's site recently, and noticed that a line of Color Reversal chemistry is up from Kodak, including a full 6-bath E6 kit and individual concentrates for labs. It's currently all out of stock, but I'm excited to buy some when it comes in.

Color Reversal E-6 Slide Processing Kit To Make 5L (5 Liters)

Labs worldwide have long relied on Kodak chemicals for their extremely high quality, lower replenishment rates, and cost effectiveness. The Kodak Color Reversal E-6 Slide Processing Kit is specially designed for customers who process small batches of color reversal films in rotary-tube...

cinestillfilm.com

 

[mshchem]

I wonder if it's still, a coming attraction?

 

[koraks]

I wonder if it's still, a coming attraction?

It's long awaited, but it was suggested before that it'd arrive, yes. So I guess it will, 'soon'. What surprises me is the price. $120 for 5l is quite affordable indeed!

 

[ChrisGalway]

I wonder if this kit will be available outside the US? Time will tell. Actually in Europe we are spoilt for choice of good E6 chemicals.

 

[mshchem]

It's long awaited, but it was suggested before that it'd arrive, yes. So I guess it will, 'soon'. What surprises me is the price. $120 for 5l is quite affordable indeed!

Yes, I used the old Kodak 5 L kits, worked great. I have had great results with the old Tetenal 5L 3 bath kits too.

So hopefully before too long we will see the Kodak E6 kits return, and see more E6 films.

 

[MattKing]

From the horse's mouth, as it were: https://kodak.photosys.com/collections/color-re
As Cinestill is the international distributor and marketer for the Kodak branded chemicals made by PhotoSys, I would be surprised to see it linked through Cinestill before it was ready from PhotoSys.

 

[ChrisArslain]

Well that's gonna push me into an Ektachrome rabbit hole! Yes!

 

[mshchem]

I suspect that as long as the Fujifilm is alive and well from a color chemistry standpoint, and it is, Photosys and Cinestill is going to want to have a couple commercial accounts before they make a bunch of the Individual (not kits) components.
Anyway all we have currently are the graphics of labels. With shipping TBD.

Cinestill may be better at dealing with the smaller labs, be able to fill a niche. It looks like the Individual components are, like Fuji, will be sold by case/or shelf pack. 6/12 bottles of starter for mixing first developer, color developer, and bleach.

Anyway future can be bright for these items if film, chemistry and customers are all present.

 

[KyleMika]

Thank goodness, I was starting to get concerned that they would never release E-6. It disappeared from the website (the mention, anyway) the same time the C-41 started to appear a year ago. Chibachrome next??

 

[brbo]

Thank goodness, I was starting to get concerned that they would never release E-6.

Well, they haven't.

Yet(?).

 

[destroya]

I like how the larger sizes are being offered as well. When it becomes available to buy, that's another issue. Hoping in the next few months

 

[Tony-S]

From the horse's mouth, as it were: https://kodak.photosys.com/collections/color-re

Still not available. I wonder if it ever will be.

 

[Kino]

Still not available. I wonder if it ever will be.

Well, the Cinestil site says after 11/01/25. Guess we will see...

 

[destroya]

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Well, the Cinestil site says after 11/01/25. Guess we will see...

That's great news! going to have to re-supply my almost gone fuji chems. just hope the shipping is not crazy expensive. shipping the fuji chems cost me more then the chems cost. all the hazmat charges add up quickly!

john

 

[BMbikerider]

Was browsing Cinestill's site recently, and noticed that a line of Color Reversal chemistry is up from Kodak, including a full 6-bath E6 kit and individual concentrates for labs. It's currently all out of stock, but I'm excited to buy some when it comes in.

Color Reversal E-6 Slide Processing Kit To Make 5L (5 Liters)

Labs worldwide have long relied on Kodak chemicals for their extremely high quality, lower replenishment rates, and cost effectiveness. The Kodak Color Reversal E-6 Slide Processing Kit is specially designed for customers who process small batches of color reversal films in rotary-tube...

cinestillfilm.com

A few months ago they reintroduced a Kodak branded C41 developer in UK. The price is also very good being one of the cheapest available. Having used perhaps half of my 1st kit, it is very good but the amount of chemicals to make enough to process one film ends up with having to guess fractions of a CC. That said the results are very good and the colour balance when printing does not seem to have any deviations.#

My wish list also contains a reintroduction of Kodak colour paper, the previous when it was available was/is streets ahead of Fuji

 

[koraks]

reintroduction of Kodak colour paper

Not going to happen. At least not Kodak-made paper. That factory is gone.

was/is streets ahead of Fuji

Not objectively/technically. Subjectively/aesthetically there are differences between e.g. DPII/Maxima and Endura (in various finishes) that can easily swing someone's preference either way. From an objective viewpoint, the top-of-the-line products were roughly on par, but with an objective advantage to Fuji's products in terms of measurable parameters. Again, subjective preferences are a different story. For instance, many people preferred Endura's slightly off-white base even if this was objectively inferior (i.e. less white) than Fuji's whiter base.

 

[BMbikerider]

Off white base was it! I thought my paper was just old! No, just joking.

The Kodak paper also felt a little bit more substantial too, so I actually measured the thickness using an engineers micrometer and yes it was by about .010mm which is why I have always treated Fuji with care because I found it kinked so very easily. that difference doesn't sound a lot , but it did make handling a lot easier.#

I don't actually like a gloss surface or the stipple which Fuji has, it is good, but I much preferred the Endura semi gloss. (I cannot remember the exact description now).

I used to buy the Kodak Paper in bulk, 12" x 90Metrs rolls. which I fitted into a home made light tight aluminium box paper dispenser, with a light tight slot at the bottom so I could extract whatever length I wanted. That was a whole different ball game. It worked out, and this is from a 6 yr long memory, to be about 66% cheaper than cut sheets. But for some reason the dealers over here will only sell me 2 rolls of Fuji at a time when one will last me about a year and that is also just too much of a hit on my bank account at one time.

 

[koraks]

The Kodak paper also felt a little bit more substantial too, so I actually measured the thickness using an engineers micrometer and yes it was by about .010mm which is why I have always treated Fuji with care because I found it kinked so very easily. that difference doesn't sound a lot , but it did make handling a lot easier.#

You're probably comparing apples & oranges. The Fuji DPII and Maxima base is on par with Endura. The lesser Crystal Archive products are on thinner paper bases.

I don't actually like a gloss surface or the stipple which Fuji has, it is good, but I much preferred the Endura semi gloss. (I cannot remember the exact description now).

Absolutely; Endura's finishes I also found more pleasing, especially the 'matte' finish.

 

[Aidan Sciortino]

I use both Maxima and Endura extensively, and while I slightly prefer the feel of the kodak base, objectively maxima is 10 mil thick and endura 9 .

Speaking of RA-4, Kodak Branded RA-4 chemistry has returned to the photosys site as well.