Kodak Ektachrome 100 is Here! (Kodak Ektachrome 2018)

My pre-ordered new Kodak Ektachrome 100 slide film has arrived plus a look at the discontinued Kodak Elitechrome 100 as a comparison.

Kodak Ektachrome 100

I pre-ordered some of the new Kodak Ektachrome 100 film as soon as it was available in the UK. Today I received the great news that my film has arrived and is available to collect!

Here is Kodak Ektachrome 100 still in its bubble wrap packaging. OK I will come clean.. this actual pack of film is out of my fridge and is the original Kodak Ektachrome 100 (4×5 sheet film). If you are an Ektachrome film fan you will recognice the different box design. I have bought the new Ektachrome film though but it is the 35mm format.

Kodak Ektachrome (2018)

The new film I did buy looks more like this. Kodak Ektachrome 2018 box design:

Kodak Ektachrome 100 sample photos

I hope to collect my new 35mm Ektachrome film shortly to load it into one of Leica film cameras. I will share the Kodak Ektachrome 100 sample photos as soon as I get chance to use the film and have it lab developed. (*I develop my own C41 colour negative film but not yet E6 colour positive film).

Portraits on Kodak Ektachrome + Kodak Ektachrome vs Fuji Provia

You can now see the resulting portraits on Kodak Ektachrome E100 film that I shot in Poland. The blog post includes a Kodak Ektachrome vs Fuji Provia 100F review and comparison portraits shot on Kodak Ektar and Fuji Velvia.

Kodak Ektachrome E100 vs Fuji Provia 100F – Portraits

Here is a teaser from the above review –

Get inspired to buy some Kodak Ektachrome 100!

See this promo video from Kodak!

I’m excited to get shooting now! I love fine grain film and I really like the Kodak Ektachrome colours shown in their teaser video. Ektachrome film was first launched in 1946 and was in production all the way through til 2012. It is a famous film stock for good reason so I’m very thankful to Kodak for bringing it back for us to enjoy.

(I missed Kodak Ektachrome the first time around sadly as I got into colour film photography after production had already ceased).

Kodak Elitechrome 100 (Expired 35mm film)

Perhaps the closest film I have shot to Kodak Ektachrome 100 was expired 35mm Kodak Elitechrome 100.

Kodak Elitechrome 100 sample photos

Here are a series of photos I shot in Amsterdam after teaching one of my Leica photography workshops. The film looks very grainy as hadn’t been stored correctly (before I received it) but was fun to try.

Photos

Leica M3 camera + 2007 non-refridgerated Kodak Elitechrome 100 + various lenses (click the image to see the lens I used):

New Kodak Ektachrome (2018) photos coming soon!