Topic: New Kodak Color Film: Ektar 100

[tijeras]

This made my day!!!   
   
New Kodak Color Film: Ektar 100
Who says film is dead

Kodak Press Release
New KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 Film Provides Photographers with the World?s Finest-Grain Colour Negative Film
LONDON, September 9, 2008 ? Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) continues to champion professional photographers and set new standards in professional film with the new KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAR 100 (EKTAR 100) film. This new film, with ISO 100 speed, high saturation and ultra-vivid colour, offers the finest, smoothest grain of any colour negative film available today.


?Photography has always been about capturing a moment or story and sharing it, with just a few or with the world,? said Mary Jane Hellyar, president, Film, Photofinishing & Entertainment Group and executive vice president, Eastman Kodak Company. ?It is often the smallest details that mark the difference between a good photograph and one that stands out and becomes memorable. With our new EKTAR 100 film, we?ve created a film that helps the photographer capture unprecedented detail in remarkably vivid colour. This film continues a Kodak tradition of providing photographers with the highest quality films that expand the range over which they can create outstanding images.?


EKTAR 100 Film is the ideal choice for commercial photographers and advanced amateurs for applications such as nature, travel, fashion and product photography where the emphasis is often on colour. The new film incorporates KODAK VISION Motion Picture Film Technology to achieve its unparalleled fine grain. It?s perfect for photographers who prefer the ease of working with 35mm, and who look for extraordinary enlargement capability when scanning and printing.

more at...
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/kodak_professional_ektar_100_film/

[Fintan]

Is this only in 35mm, no 120/220 etc?? 

[Pete_R]

I think that link should be...

http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/kodak_professional_ektar_100_film/

I used to like the original Ektar 25 they had back in the early '90s. They also had a 125ASA version. This looks like a resurrection of that.

[tijeras]

Thanks Peter, I repaired the link.

I like having 100 speed for color pinhole work.
Can't wait to try it.


 

[rolo]

How can the release a "Professional" film without a 120 version?

 

Since it's based on Eastman cine film, maybe there's a 70mm version that they can cut down and roll up. . . .

[Skorj]

A brief review on Ektar (120 & 135 formats), can be found here:

http://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=2149.0

Hopefully, the distributed ProPack will come back from a few fellow photographers, and I can post some more examples... See ya! Skj.

[Skorj]

More results over in Articles:



Nice work Clemens! See ya. Skj.

[cmdrray]

The 120 size Ektar 100 is great for box cameras, too. These are from this past weekend, taken with an Ansco Shur-Flash
from the early 50s.

[Sorry, image deleted during forum software upgrade. Please re-upload if so inclined.]

[wavebeat]

Really love that last shot!

[Skorj]

Thanks Ray. Definitely on the higher contrast side here. Skj.

[cmdrray]

Thanks, guys These shots aren't too removed from the originals...just a touch of curves and/or levels. 100 speed film tends to be  saturated and contrasty in these older cameras, with their f/11 lenses and 1/30 shutters.

[fschifano]

"Since it's based on Eastman cine film, maybe there's a 70mm version that they can cut down and roll up. . . ."

Well not really.  Color negative cine films are different from color negative still camera films.  The chemistry to process it is slightly different, and so are the contrast curves.  That said, many of the improvements made to cine films over the years have filtered down to the still camera film market.

[Skorj]

More over in Articles now too from Brian.

[Skorj]

Brian's comments in the Ektar review also include some further comments on grain...