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Kodak discontinuing manufacture of slide films
You could see it coming after Kodak axed Kodachrome a couple of years ago. I switched to Fuji Provia 100 when Kodachrome was discontinued. I believe Kodak will kill the rest of their film products soon.
Not good news at all. However, I can’t say I’m surprised. I shoot film exclusively, and have preferred Kodak slide film.
Obviously, I now will make the switch to Fuji. To my eyes, there’s still nothing like looking at a beautiful slide on a light box thru a 4x loupe.
According to the website, they are still selling the motion picture version,so… You could buy hundreds of feet and store in the freezer. So long as chemistry is available, you could process it. I used to do it in my kitchen
Haven’t used it since digital became available. Was a great product! Technology just moved to the next level. I hope Kodak succeeds - a great company- they just need to recognize that they should move on an innovate.
That’s okay, Fuji’s better anyways. Kodak’s been on a steady downhill in both slide and digital for a long time, the only parts of their company that are still good is their B&W and C-41 films and chemistry.
I must admit, I have mixed emotions about the loss of another film, especially when it is an entire type like transparency. However its not to much of a surprise considering transparency was the preferred medium prior to digital press, to provide an accurate color reference for reproduction. The upside is the investments Kodak has made in the color negative stock, developing new films that are actually designed for scanning being lower in contrast and finer in grain. While color neg is not as easy to scan, color correct, or interpret, it is about to become an only choice. As the manager of large University photography program that is vested in both the digital and analog side of the medium I have continued to watch with concern the unraveling of Kodak. I hope for all film shooters and students alike we have a while before we are left with a camera bag full of paper weights!!
I must admit, I have mixed emotions about the loss of another film, especially when it is an entire type like transparency. However its not to much of a surprise considering transparency was the preferred medium prior to digital press, to provide an accurate color reference for reproduction. The upside is the investments Kodak has made in the color negative stock, developing new films that are actually designed for scanning being lower in contrast and finer in grain. While color neg is not as easy to scan, color correct, or interpret, it is about to become an only choice. As the manager of large University photography program that is vested in both the digital and analog side of the medium I have continued to watch with concern the unraveling of Kodak. I hope for all film shooters and students alike we have a while before we are left with a camera bag full of paper weights!!
I must admit, I have mixed emotions about the loss of another film, especially when it is an entire type like transparency. However its not to much of a surprise considering transparency was the preferred medium prior to digital press, to provide an accurate color reference for reproduction. The upside is the investments Kodak has made in the color negative stock, developing new films that are actually designed for scanning being lower in contrast and finer in grain. While color neg is not as easy to scan, color correct, or interpret, it is about to become an only choice. As the manager of large University photography program that is vested in both the digital and analog side of the medium I have continued to watch with concern the unraveling of Kodak. I hope for all film shooters and students alike we have a while before we are left with a camera bag full of paper weights!!
Strange thing is that a Kodak engineer (Fellow Brooklyn NY and high school alumni - 4 years apart) perfected the digital camera and patented it
Kodak stopped making slide film when they discontinued Kodachrome, in my opinion.
I had continued to shoot some slide film, about 60 percent of it Kodak, because one book author continued to request only slides, no digital. Now he has continued his long-running series of books so I might shoot my last four rolls and call it quits for slides after shooting literally thousands of railroads across the country since 1990.
When we went to Colorado last summer, I shot digital stills with one camera, HD digital video with another camera, and my wife shot slide film with a film camera. Some of her slides just “pop” so much better than many of the digital images. Time marches on, I guess.
I switched to Provia shortly after Kodak dumped K25. Haven’t touched Ektachrome since the mid 1970’s, so I won’t miss it.
I AM worried if/when Fuji pulls the plug on slide film, as I can’t see switching to digital. Then again, since most of the stuff I see now all looks alike anyways, I guess wouldn’t be missing too much if I hang up the film cameras.
As long as Fuji continues to make slide film, I guess the handfull of slide photographers , myself included, will have someone to to turn too. I hope Fuji will continue to carry the torch.
I miss Kodachrome. Not Ektachrome. But the best of today’s digital cameras, properly used, are purely amazing. I know, there will continue to be a few people who will get certain shots better on the best slide films then anyone will on digital, but they are few and far between.