I've been keeping an eye on a few online retailers (primarily Cinestill and Freestyle) to see when Kodak's new 5-liter E6 kits will finally be available. The release date of these kits has been getting delayed -- and then delayed some more -- for the last several months, with the most recent update from Cinestill suggesting they might be available by the end of this month (January 2026). Still nothing yet, but interestingly: the price of Jobo's 2.5-liter E6 kits has just been slashed in half on Cinestill's website, which I think must have happened only in the last few days.
At first, I wondered if these were simply short-dated kits that Cinestill was looking to sell before they officially expired, but the website makes no mention of this. I also know the Jobo kits had only recently been restocked by Cinestill because I received a restocking email about it a few weeks ago, so that would seem to argue against the idea that these are just short-dated kits.
Given that the listed per-liter price of the Kodak kit (~$120/5 liters) is considerably less than the (former) price of the Jobo kit (~$130/2.5 liters), one is tempted to speculate that this might be a move to bring the Jobo pricing more in line with Kodak's. And if so, perhaps the Kodak kits will be available imminently?
At first, I wondered if these were simply short-dated kits that Cinestill was looking to sell before they officially expired, but the website makes no mention of this. I also know the Jobo kits had only recently been restocked by Cinestill because I received a restocking email about it a few weeks ago, so that would seem to argue against the idea that these are just short-dated kits.
Given that the listed per-liter price of the Kodak kit (~$120/5 liters) is considerably less than the (former) price of the Jobo kit (~$130/2.5 liters), one is tempted to speculate that this might be a move to bring the Jobo pricing more in line with Kodak's. And if so, perhaps the Kodak kits will be available imminently?
