I found a bunch of brandnew Ektachrome 64T at Craiglist!!

[winbert]

What an incredible story I got this week.

As you may have known that Kodak has recently stopped producing Ektachrome 100D, so this means the films shooting hobby is dying. We can rely only on Fuji (and AGFA?) by slitting their 35mm slide film done by Wittner. This making the price of super 8mm will be very expensive (perhaps $35/each without processing) from what I already thought was expensive.

Some film shooters are still optimistic with the Wittner's move but as I am more film collecting man, I was going to close my book of shooting for something above $20.

However just a few days ago, I found in our local Craiglist someone was offering 23 Ektachrome 64T. Yesss....23 cartridges.... !!! however the price is not cheap though, $25/cart!



The original add can still be seen here: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/pho/3582904987.html

But if you see carefully on the bottom of the page, the add was posted Jan 30, while we were already March. So no takers for that long. I was thinking if the films were still available why did not I make an offer?.

So I sent an email few weeks ago and...got a reply. The lady seller wanted to go down to $17/each. Well, although that is already below $20, but since that was just the same price with Dwyane's for a E100D, I just made a random offer....say..$13/each :oops:

Two days no reply was received, I just said to my self, all right... I understood her position. But before I made another move today, I received a reply saying "I can see your offer..."

So here we go now:



I am happy with this purchase so I can secure my shooting for 3 years to go until I really stop making a movie with super 8mm.

Anybody can get the idea when these films were manufactured:



ps: the seller was apparently owning a production house and has once made a movie with super 8mm. They are left over stocks and had been always kept in freezer since then.

A $13/cart in the shortage of E6 films (E64T and E100D) is just like finding an oasis in the middle of Sahara..., right? 8) :mrgreen:

[Super8Nut]

I'm guessing around 2006?
If you have a look around the cartridge you will probably find something like ©Kodak, 2006.
The year that it says next to Kodak will give you a good idea. On earlier runs it will be on the back,
and on later runs you'll find it on the right hand side. Judging by your pictures it looks as it you'll find
it on the right hand side, at the bottom.

[MitchPerkins]

Hey wow neat! Is it the same processing chemicals as 100D?...or do you process yourself, or.....?
Great score!

Mitch

[winbert]

Hi Mitch,

Yes the 64T is using the same chemical process, E6.

Perhaps you do not follow, the 64T was released 6-7 years ago and replaced by 100D. This is tungsteen stock (use filter 80b for outdoor).

The later 64T gives almost the same result with 100d. My own opinion though

[gahoona]

Well done Winbert. I was never a fan me the 64t at the time but after watching some that i had taken the other day on the projector i was a little harsh on it. It seemed to have great latitude. Faded just a little in colour which i think is a good thing . Looked great. It also bought back nightmares about what cameras worked or didnt with it. Well found. Arguement 1, external 85b.

[MitchPerkins]

Hi Mitch,

Yes the 64T is using the same chemical process, E6.

Perhaps you do not follow, the 64T was released 6-7 years ago and replaced by 100D. This is tungsteen stock (use filter 80b for outdoor).

The later 64T gives almost the same result with 100d. My own opinion though

E6, well that's good then! :) I do remember 64T - shot tons of it for the wedding video folks. I think 64T was the stock that had the red blacks at first, until they perfected the processing...well here in Toronto anyway. It looked great, sometimes even outdoors without the filter.

So 7240 was just before that, last of the truly old-school...news gathering stock? I miss it.

Mitch

[winbert]

..well here in Toronto anyway

Hey...you are Torontonian too... I just realized that.

So I beat you for this ad . Seller is right in downtown near Spadina.

The ad had been sitting there for 2 months without any taker 8O

Cheers,

[MitchPerkins]

..well here in Toronto anyway

Hey...you are Torontonian too... I just realized that.

So I beat you for this ad . Seller is right in downtown near Spadina.

The ad had been sitting there for 2 months without any taker 8O

Cheers,

It went to the right man! I assume you project - all my stuff goes to digital so the negs are kind of a shoe-in.
Maybe some time we could get together, with Rick too.
M

[winbert]

There is a guy by the name of Justin who is also doing 8mm things in Toronto. I bought films a couple of times from him. He lives in Younge & Eglington.

I guess it is only LIFT in Toronto that is still interested with 8mm.

I am more a package film collector. In other film collecting forum: http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/ I am there with thousands posting. Here I only have tens. :oops:

cheers,