I found this on the Freestyle Photo Supply web page last night;

KODAK DISCONTINUES SLIDE FILM
March 1, 2012

Effective immediately, Kodak has announced they have ceased production of their Ektachrome and Elite Chrome lines of film. They are selling their remaining stock at a higher price and Freestyle was forced to match their price increase. We will continue to supply these films as long as possible, but recommend stocking up while you can.

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The notice is a month old now, but I guess it was such a foregone conclusion that it was coming, it didn't make the news. I thought it was a bigger thing than the end of Kodachrome. It's a telling point on this that I bought a 100 foot roll of Fuji copy slide film back about 6-8 years ago to make duplicate slides for entering art festival judging. I spooled off enough to make a couple of 36 exposure rolls, used that up, and the industry moved to electronic submittal of images. The remainding 90 feet of the film is still sitting in the back corner of my deep freeze at -5F.

I used to use a lot of the Ektachrome 160T and occasionally the 50T tungsten balanced films for studio work under hot lights. I always liked the crisp look of the colors and D-range of the films. I guess I had better get some slide film before it's gone. On a side note, several pundits are suggesting that Tri-X will be the last film standing. I used to buy Ilford Pan-F and Tri-X in 100 fot rolls and spool it off myself as that kept the price down to about 1/3 retail.

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From markj913/Mark (8,415) on April 8, 2012 3:38:55 PM CDT Speaking of Tri-X, I was a bit surprised to see some for sale in a chain store camera shop the other day. Even though it was a bit more expensive than getting it online (e.g., Adorama or B&H) I bought a roll just because I appreciated that they were even selling it. I probably should have bought more. Reply

From robertwallis/Robert (12,897) on April 8, 2012 11:40:10 PM CDT Here's the link to Freestyle Photo B&W film in long spools. A 100 foot roll runs somewhere between $35 to $60 for the house brand and some of the Ilford films. Tri-X is around $75. You'll get about 20 rolls of 36 exposures if you keep the leader reasonably short and don't add too much on at the end. That places the cost of a roll of film between $1.75 and $2.00 for most of the films and about $3.25 for the Tri-X, all for 36 exposures. That keeps the price down fairly well. You should be able to get about 30 rolls of 24 exposures each from a 100 foot roll. The reloaders last forever with simple care; mine dates back to sometime in the late 70's as far as I can remember. Reply

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