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Wondering Where Kodak Ektachrome is? Here’s an Update (Sort of)

Chris Gampat
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11/14/2017
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Ektachrome 2017

So many of us are waiting with credit card in hand to get some Kodak Ektachrome

Earlier this year, Kodak announced that Kodak Ektachrome would be coming back to market. Initially they slated it to holiday season 2017; and for the most part they’re not off from that. The marketing and review samples are due to go out next month apparently. Kodak announced earlier this year that full production runs are going to be going out to the masses in Q1 of 2018. So are they still on track?

“In January of 2017, we announced that Kodak Ektachrome would be coming back to the market.” is what a Kodak rep who does not want to be named though held us under NDA stated. “The process is coming along well. We’ve been busy testing and making sure it meets all the expectations that exist in this passionate community and are looking forward to its market release in 2018.” Unfortunately, that’s all the news that they gave us.

So let’s refresh here, back in 2012, Kodak killed Kodak Ektachrome. It was incredibly sad, and in the next year, the company emerged from Chapter 11. With that change, Kodak split into two companies: Eastman Kodak and Kodak Alaris. Alaris primarily deals with film, but relies on Eastman for certain things. In this case, it’s clear to us that Eastman Kodak may be the primary manufacturer of Kodak Ektachrome for their Super 8 film lineup. Eastman Kodak manufactures Kodak’s motion picture film while Alaris sells and apparently oversees most of the rest of the film.

Kodak Ektachrome is a slide film that used to come in two different emulsions: 100 and 200 ISO. Plus there was an infrared version and other variants. Considering that it is a slide film, this typically will guarantee better colors at the expense of a limited range. But if you’re a master of light metering, then that isn’t a problem at all. Kodak Ektachrome will join Lomo X Pro Slide 200, Fujifilm Velvia 50, and Fujifilm Velvia 100 as the current slide films on the market when it finally launches.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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