...I was told the other day by a store that it has been, but Kodak said months ago they were only discontinuing Pro100 in 35mm.

O yes I like Kodak Pro100 for photographing people...

o boy.

-- shawn gibson (shawngibson_prophoto@yahoo.com), February 12, 2000

Answers

Yeah, VPS, PRN, (and the 400 whatever the anachronim (sp?) is) are all history. EK's got all their eggs in the Portra basket... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), February 12, 2000.

Kodak's strategy seems to be Portra. It's supposed to be a nice film. I shoot NPS and NPH. Kodak confuses me with their lables. Basically they seem to have three lables:

Portra is about the only one I can figure out: standard wedding type films in 160 and 400 ISO with a neat feature (if your printer is good!) of being able to choose natural or vivid colours. Fair enough.

Extapress seems simple: film for press photographers in ISO 100, 400, 800, and 1600. First complication: the 1600 is a completely different emulsion from the others. PJ400 is a great film that scan really well, PJ800 probably the best you can do at that speed and has a wide exposure lattutude. But what's the point of PJ100? It's kind of a pro general purpose film. Why? For press work you are better off with the 400 film: you don't need the fine grain. For other work you are probably better off with Gold 100 or Royal Gold 100. I just don't get it.

Extacolor: this seems to be whatever film doesn't fit anywhere else. Currently I know of a tungsten light film (EBT) and a fast, highly saturated general purpose film (GP2). Weird.

To finally answer your question: it is my understanding that the film is being discontinued in favour of Portra.

-- Allan Engelhardt (allane@cybaea.com), February 13, 2000.

This is really too bad. Nothing comes close to Pro100 for me. Portra is nice (and will suffice as a distant second), but it just doesn't punch the cool, light colours like Pro100. What a shame.

-- shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com), February 13, 2000.