Forward with the past!
A few years ago it was being predicted that slide film would soon disappear as part of the general retreat of film photography before the advance of digital. This would have been a great shame because transparencies have a shmoozy, Technicolor look that is never quite achieved by any colour negative film. This, Kodak Ektachrome, was discontinued in 2012, but in January Kodak announced it was to be reintroduced, in 35mm, later this year. I don't know how they're getting on with this project: there don't seem to have been any announcements since then. The photo was taken on Wednesday 11th April 2011 with an Olympus 35RC I later sold for fifty quid on eBay. I've since rather regretted parting with it ...not for mercenary reasons, you understand, but they are now usually in the £75-100 range. Those reds certainly pop out, don't they? If all goes well perhaps they'll bring back Ektachrome in 120.
Forward with the past!
A few years ago it was being predicted that slide film would soon disappear as part of the general retreat of film photography before the advance of digital. This would have been a great shame because transparencies have a shmoozy, Technicolor look that is never quite achieved by any colour negative film. This, Kodak Ektachrome, was discontinued in 2012, but in January Kodak announced it was to be reintroduced, in 35mm, later this year. I don't know how they're getting on with this project: there don't seem to have been any announcements since then. The photo was taken on Wednesday 11th April 2011 with an Olympus 35RC I later sold for fifty quid on eBay. I've since rather regretted parting with it ...not for mercenary reasons, you understand, but they are now usually in the £75-100 range. Those reds certainly pop out, don't they? If all goes well perhaps they'll bring back Ektachrome in 120.