Talk:Ektachrome

message: I was under the impression that minilabs could do E6; perhaps I'm wrong.
But am very much doubting the statement that Kodachrome is a better film than Ectachrome. Certainly Fujichrome is better than Kodachrome.
--Cjs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjs (talk • contribs) 03:48, 27 July 2005
(reply)  Edited this, it was biased content.  No film can be listed as 'better' than any other, it is opinion rather than fact.  Added an accurate process history to the article.
--deepblue79 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deepblue79 (talk • contribs) 10:46, 26 May 2006
Agree with deepblue79, films are made for different purposes, and assessing which are best, even for a particular purpose, is subjective.
I'm concerned about the "blurred the boundaries" comment in the article. I'm trying to guess what the writer meant. The developing processes are dissimilar in cost, availability, longevity, artistic result, etc. The digital revolution hasn't altered the advantages and drawbacks of each. Perhaps the writer meant the differences are increasingly becoming of academic importance?
Jacobin Marley 20:10, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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message: Can anyone talk of long term preservation issues with Ektachrome?
Thanks,
Jim — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.65.191 (talk) 04:52, 18 September 2005
Jim, I'd defer to the Kodak Web site on this. Ektachrome is known to hold up better than Kodachrome when used in a slide projector, but worse when in storage. Since there aren't many slideshows with the physical slide film, these days, Ektachrome is in a worse situation than Kodachrome -- or indeed most Kodak films. Years ago, I heard 25 or 35 years for Ektachrome in storage, but the question now in the digital age is whether film over that period can be restored.
Very high budget restoration (For example, "The Wizard of Oz" film) seems to be concerned, not with decomposition, per se, but ability to reverse the aging process.
Jacobin Marley 20:10, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  preservation issues 

message: Since Ron, a retired Eastman Kodak engineer, is unfamiliar with Wikipedia markup, I transcribed his post on Photo.Net to the section on Ektachrome variants Discpad 02:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ron Andrews's contributions 

message: I think the temperatures should be in celsius and not Fahrenheit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.66.91.236 (talk) 21:50, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temperatures  

message: This edit- which was there until I removed it- asserts that Ektachrome is "now discontinued" presumably because it also (later) asserts that "In December 2012 Kodak announced its discontiuance of Color Reversal Movie Film [6]. Thus, after 77 years (1935-2012) Kodak no longer manufactures any Color Reversal Film (aka: "Slide Film" and "Film for Color Transparencies")."
The problem is that the referenced document only asserts that a *particular* version of Ektachrome in *certain* *motion picture* (not still) formats is discontinued. Nothing more than that. 
Given that this was added at the start of this year by a random editor and the article has had no major edits since, and I've not heard about this elsewhere, I'm not prepared to leave this in unless there's clear and reliable evidence to support the assertions (that the editor's *own* reference doesn't give).
My gut reaction is that this person has misread this and jumped to conclusions. Of course, if this was Kodak's last transparency product then, in effect, it would be correct, but it's up to the editor to cite that, too.
79.70.195.34 (talk) 20:28, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I emailed Kodak and their response time promises 48 hrs. I said they may provide input on this talk page or directly to me. If someone from Kodak shows up here then just click the edit button at the top right of this section and enter your text at the bottom. You can paste urls here as well. Just hit save and we can fix any format problems if it looks funny.--Canoe1967 (talk) 21:17, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: They emailed back within the 48hrs and told me to contact a different company. I couldn't be bothered.--Canoe1967 (talk) 03:39, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ektachrome and entire transparency line completely discontinued?! 

message: It seems that the article has been converted to past tense, but is that necessary?
It seems to imply that Kodak no longer owns the trademark for Ektachrome, is that true?
It seems to imply that it isn't possible to process Ektachrome, though as I understand it the E6 chemicals are not discontinued, and the rolls in my freezer could still be processed in those chemicals.
An indication that it is no longer in production seems reasonable, but putting everything in past tense seems, to me, too much. Gah4 (talk) 08:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: E-6 processing is still widely available.  Film using such processing is still in production, and is not looking like it'll go away soon. I seem to recall it's possible to do it at home, if you have a proper darkroom.  K-14 process, OTOH, not so much. :-D  - Denimadept (talk) 20:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tense 

message: Noting availability of Ektachrome in 127 size via New York Times, "A Small Rollieflex", March 24, 1957.  For when someone adds all the different historic types of Ektachrome films to this page.
-- John Shriver  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.206.21 (talk) 13:01, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: 127 size

message: Does Kodak not own the Ektachrome brand name anymore? Gah4 (talk) 00:31, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
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