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Kodak still makes Ektar and Portra color film, I believe.

null_object 6y ago
There are dozens of current film manufacturers (if you include various rebrands and films produced under licence in China and other Asian countries). Among these, the best-known are: ADOX, Agfaphoto, Bergger, CineStill, FilmFerrania, FOMA, Fujifilm, ILFORD, Kodak, ORWO, Rollei, Shanghai and Ultrafine. Kodak still produce Portra 100, 400, 800, Ektar 100, Professional T-Max 100, 400, 3200, Tri-X, Pro Image, ColorPlus 200, UltraMax and also motion picture film of course. As I understand it, Kodak sell about a billion dollars worth of film each year - but still lose money on other parts of their business. Still, I don't understand the generally pessimistic tone of the blog-post - seems very strange considering the poster was gifted a very valuable and desirable load of film.
- nojokes 6y ago
  CineStill is basically a rebrand of Kodak motion picture film. What is worth mentioning is that Kodak invested to start making again Ektachrome slide film after discontinuing it 8 years ago. Fuji also discontinue its last black and white film Acros but started to produce a new formula after an year.
modo_ 6y ago
That's true. But the prices just keep going up -- they increased their prices across the board by 30% this year.
- null_object 6y ago
  > "But the prices just keep going up -- they increased their prices across the board by 30% this year." This strikes me as a very 'glass half-empty' way of looking at film production. Kodak needed to increase film-prices because their existing facilities weren't able to keep up with increasing demand. I constantly experienced this myself last year, as there were periods when Portra wasn't available in various speeds in 120-format from my normal suppliers. The intention is to balance supply and demand, and use the extra revenue to invest in more efficient production. [1] https://kosmofoto.com/2019/12/opinion-why-the-kodak-alaris-price-rises-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/ https://kosmofoto.com/2019/12/opinion-why-the-kodak-alaris-p...
Aloha 6y ago
Ektar is literally the thing that keeps me shooting film, it has a richness and depth that I have trouble reproducing in digital.

There are dozens of current film manufacturers (if you include various rebrands and films produced under licence in China and other Asian countries). Among these, the best-known are: ADOX, Agfaphoto, Bergger, CineStill, FilmFerrania, FOMA, Fujifilm, ILFORD, Kodak, ORWO, Rollei, Shanghai and Ultrafine. Kodak still produce Portra 100, 400, 800, Ektar 100, Professional T-Max 100, 400, 3200, Tri-X, Pro Image, ColorPlus 200, UltraMax and also motion picture film of course. As I understand it, Kodak sell about a billion dollars worth of film each year - but still lose money on other parts of their business. Still, I don't understand the generally pessimistic tone of the blog-post - seems very strange considering the poster was gifted a very valuable and desirable load of film.

nojokes 6y ago
CineStill is basically a rebrand of Kodak motion picture film. What is worth mentioning is that Kodak invested to start making again Ektachrome slide film after discontinuing it 8 years ago. Fuji also discontinue its last black and white film Acros but started to produce a new formula after an year.

modo_ 6y ago

That's true. But the prices just keep going up -- they increased their prices across the board by 30% this year.

null_object 6y ago
> "But the prices just keep going up -- they increased their prices across the board by 30% this year." This strikes me as a very 'glass half-empty' way of looking at film production. Kodak needed to increase film-prices because their existing facilities weren't able to keep up with increasing demand. I constantly experienced this myself last year, as there were periods when Portra wasn't available in various speeds in 120-format from my normal suppliers. The intention is to balance supply and demand, and use the extra revenue to invest in more efficient production. [1] https://kosmofoto.com/2019/12/opinion-why-the-kodak-alaris-price-rises-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/ https://kosmofoto.com/2019/12/opinion-why-the-kodak-alaris-p...

Aloha 6y ago

Ektar is literally the thing that keeps me shooting film, it has a richness and depth that I have trouble reproducing in digital.