Topic: Kodak discontinues all Color reversal films

[Randy B]

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/colorReversalIndex.jhtml?pq-path=13319/1229

Not much to say about this.  Just thought I'd post it.

[Mike (happyforest)]

Saw this on British Journal of Photography's site as well.

I've not used slides for a very long time but used Kodak products when I did.

Mike

[Francois]

The only time I used slide film was when I got two promotional rolls... something we don't see anymore.

[hookstrapped]

Must stock up.

 

[tkmedia]

buy a few ektachromes.. since they still support it buy some fuji too...

[LT]

sad news for the world of film. Any film being discontinued is a bad thing.

[reuben]

sad to see and more Kodak heritage disappearing   

[Francois]

Well, somehow I think this was to be expected considering the mess they got themselves into...
I don't think there are still many pros who use slide film... and the xpro crowd isn't big enough to keep the line going.

[Aki]

It's disappointing to see, but I have had a hard time justifying using Kodak reversals over Fuji because of prices and choices.    Though I must confess I hoarded a few, so I can at least pay proper tribute.

Slightly off topic, what's surprising is that BW400CN remains in production.   I see hundreds of rolls being dumped on fleabay.  I know it's C-41 so it must share production cost with Portra/Ektar, but is there that much demand for this film?

[Randy B]

I share most of your sentiment.  Always a little sad to see anything film die.  But I don't use a ton of slide film, and when I do it's Fuji since it's cheaper and I like the colors better.

Probably good news in the long run.  No more Kodak wasting money on a film that doesn't sell well.  No more competition for Fuji in the very small E6 market.  Maybe now I'll be able to score fresh Velvia for a few more years...

To be honest I only really buy Portra and Ektar from Kodak.  If they discontinued everything they make other than those I would pretty much be fine with that since Fuji has E6 and instant covered and Ilford has a great range of B&W.  I only ever get Tri-x because it's usually cheaper than HP5+, those films seem just about the same to me but I'm no expert.

[Benjamin J]

sad to see and more Kodak heritage disappearing   

Kodak: a company that used to make products, now they just discontinue them.

[tkmedia]

There dont seem to be much competition except for bw. fuji E6 slide Provia, velvia; they have 400 ISO E6! bw acros and instant. For Kodak I'll be buying mostly C41 color ektar portra. Ilford for bw delta, FP4, HP5, PanF, etc. efke maybe a few 127 film, R25, impossible   I doubt I'll be buying much of anything from them.

[moominsean]

seems like this has been in the works for awhile. the new ektar was made to rival the color and grain of slide film...

[hookstrapped]

I use Ektachrome 100VS for x-proc so will be stocking up.

[astrobeck]

I have a stash of E6 Kodak, but after it's gone, I'm not really worried.
Ektar is lush and what I like to use most of the time for color now.

Just kind of sad to see  so many films go by the wayside the past few years.....