Ektachrome is back again !
Jan 8, 2017 22:28:46 #
Looks like at the end of this year, Kodak will be putting out its long gone Ektachrome 35 mm film because of a big increase in demand. The Rochester, New York plant will be the manufacture of it. I might have to dig out my old Olympus OM1 and give it a try. Anyone remember how this analog film looked? Was this a professional type of film?
Jan 8, 2017 22:47:52 #
The colors in Ektachrome looked like the crayola factory exploded. The reds seemed to drip off of the acetate. The prints I have made with Ciba/Ilfochrome still look outstanding. Home processing (E-6) is a piece of cake at home.
Jan 8, 2017 22:49:27 #
NIKONADDICT wrote:
The colors in Ektachrome looked like the crayola factory exploded. The reds seemed to drip off of the acetate. The prints I have made with Ciba/Ilfochrome still look outstanding. Home processing (E-6) is a piece of cake at home.
I will buy it. I still have film cameras, and I love the smell of it.
Jan 8, 2017 22:50:09 #
Beach_Bum_Bobby wrote:
They had both standard and "professional" formulations of Ektachrome.Looks like at the end of this year, Kodak will be putting out its long gone Ektachrome 35 mm film because of a big increase in demand. The Rochester, New York plant will be the manufacture of it. I might have to dig out my old Olympus OM1 and give it a try. Anyone remember how this analog film looked? Was this a professional type of film?
Jan 8, 2017 23:16:54 #
While the other Kodak slide film, Kodachrome® was zippier and really did reds and oranges to perfection, it was slow. Ektachrome® for me always provided more believable colors, especially the blues and purples, and came in faster ASA ratings. The chemistry for development was also simpler, I understand (and less finicky) but I never did my own developing so have no experience in that department. When I was using Ektachrome (in the 1960s through 1980s) they offered an ASA 64 and ASA 160 version; Kodachrome was limited to ASA 25 and something faster (don't remember what it was). Kodachrome was always the archival standard--positives made with it seemed to last forever, while other slide films faded over time. Although I still have several 35mm film cameras, I don't think I'll be going back to film photography--the immediacy and ease of using the results of the digital world is just too compelling for me.
Jan 8, 2017 23:24:30 #
David in Dallas wrote:
Kodachrome came in 25 and 64 variants - and then a 200 variant came out in later years. In later years, Ektachrome was available in 100, 200, and 400 variants - at least, those are the ones I remember using.While the other Kodak slide film, Kodachrome® was ... (show quote)
Jan 9, 2017 00:27:51 #
I remember Kodacolor® (negative film) in ASA 100, 200, 400, and 800, and I used the latter 2 in my 2 cameras when I traveled.
Jan 9, 2017 00:44:25 #
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Jan 9, 2017 05:05:32 #
Leicaflex wrote:
Kodachrome 25 was my favourite film.
Yep Kodachrome 25 was the best.
Jan 9, 2017 06:49:51 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Beach_Bum_Bobby wrote:
Looks like at the end of this year, Kodak will be putting out its long gone Ektachrome 35 mm film because of a big increase in demand. The Rochester, New York plant will be the manufacture of it. I might have to dig out my old Olympus OM1 and give it a try. Anyone remember how this analog film looked? Was this a professional type of film?
This was posted yesterday. I believe you can go back and read the responses.
Jan 9, 2017 07:23:45 #
Beach_Bum_Bobby wrote:
Looks like at the end of this year, Kodak will be putting out its long gone Ektachrome 35 mm film because of a big increase in demand. The Rochester, New York plant will be the manufacture of it. I might have to dig out my old Olympus OM1 and give it a try. Anyone remember how this analog film looked? Was this a professional type of film?
I shot with an Olympus OM10. I put new batteries in it recently just to see if the shutter still works. The last time I used it the film advance clutch was slipping. I had it repaired once back in the early 80's but they did a piss poor job fixing the film advance. I am going to have to figure out how to fix it on my own now. I'm also going to have to put a new seal around the camera back because the seal appears to be deteriorating.
Jan 9, 2017 09:15:37 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
I seem to remember using Kodachrome 32 back in 1969, maybe I am wrong. The old brain is definitely not what it use to be. I do know that I used many a roll of Kodachrome 25 in the 70's and 80's. I also used a lot of Ektachrome also. Did much of my own processing of the Ektachrome. Slide film was my choice of color films for my personal shooting. Used negative film for portrait work so I could retouch the negative if needed. Never tried to retouch slide film and don't know why. In those days I was big into trying all sorts of different things.
Jan 9, 2017 11:08:16 #
Funny thing, MOST people will have to convert the Ekta slide shot into a digital form in order to print it.
Jan 9, 2017 11:13:29 #
GENorkus wrote:
Funny thing, MOST people will have to convert the Ekta slide shot into a digital form in order to print it.
People did that even in the 80's. They called it laser print. Direct optical printing from slides never gave very good results.
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