Ektachrome manufactured for another year

[mathis]

I just stumbled over the announcement on super8.nl:

UPDATE 15 December 2004: The current 7240 will be manufactured for 1 more year til end of 2005! [source: Kodak Europe]
Kodak will introduce 7285, a new Ektachrome 100D super8 film in May/June 2005 [that's expected]. When the production of 7240 has stopped the lab will continue to process the 7240 films anyway!

[ccortez]

I just stumbled over the announcement on super8.nl:

UPDATE 15 December 2004: The current 7240 will be manufactured for 1 more year til end of 2005! [source: Kodak Europe]
Kodak will introduce 7285, a new Ektachrome 100D super8 film in May/June 2005 [that's expected]. When the production of 7240 has stopped the lab will continue to process the 7240 films anyway!

That's the first time I've seen an actual date attached to the 100D release. WooHoo! E6 here I come...

[Bunner]

Can someone explain or point me to a discussion if it has already been touched.. People seem to love Ektachrome over Kodachrome. What are its advantages/disadvantages?.. Does Ektachrome, the new version not look as old-style-dated as the Kodachrome "look"? Is this version sharper? I always thought the Ektachrome super8 we have had in the past had larger grain size/less sharpness? when compared to K40. So will this new ektachrome kick the k40's butt in something?

[ccortez]

Can someone explain or point me to a discussion if it has already been touched.. People seem to love Ektachrome over Kodachrome. What are its advantages/disadvantages?.. Does Ektachrome, the new version not look as old-style-dated as the Kodachrome "look"? Is this version sharper? I always thought the Ektachrome super8 we have had in the past had larger grain size/less sharpness? when compared to K40. So will this new ektachrome kick the k40's butt in something?

Others can better explain the technical characteristics.

IMO they're not similar looking, and I like them both for different reasons.

Primarily, I'm excited to have a color reversal stock that I can hand-develop in available chemistry (E6). 7240 is VNF and I guess I could process that, but it's pretty nasty. I use Kodachrome too, but have to send it away and pay for development.

[FilmIs4Ever]

Hallelujah!!!

[kentbulza]

People seem to love Ektachrome over Kodachrome.

I think it's usually the other way around, but who knows.

[S8 Booster]

People seem to love Ektachrome over Kodachrome.

I think it's usually the other way around, but who knows.

From the current poll running up front here:
http://filmshooting.com/

Which is your preferred Kodak Super 8mm film stock?

Kodachrome 40 - 60.8%
Tri-X 10.6%
Ektachrome VNF - 8.6%
Vision 200T - 8.4%
Plus-X - 5.8%
Vision2 500T - 5.8%

Total votes: 1105

I like the VNF a lot too. Not saying it is "better" than K40 but it is different, faster and has an interesting look and a *pro* touch.

I would say the look and *feel* is good. Have never *lit* it properly under tungsten but it should be much easier to set up than K40 in this context and the colour balance under "T" conditions giver much *whiter* results with my lenses. From memory I believe the 7240 matches tunstone accurately while K40 is actually only matching Movie Light (3400 K) at ISO 40. Shooting K40
under Tungsten (3200 K) at ISO 32 and a Light Balancing filter No. 82A is required while the default 85 filter is built into "all" cams


K40 specs:
http://kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/ ... 6.12&lc=en

7240 specs: "True" tungstone!"
http://kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/ ... .8.4&lc=en

R