Kodak Portra Replaced by New Ektacolor Pro--Ektapan Repackaged T-Max?

[cgw136 162]

Nice! Bracing for yet another price increase to pay for new packaging?

Kodak's Ektacolor Pro Film Is the New Name of the Beloved Portra

Kodak Portra with a new name.

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Kodak Revives the Ektapan Name for Three 'New' Black and White Films

This looks a lot like Kodak T-Max.

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[webestang6427]

Tech sheet from 2002 but yes, it's very close to T-Max which Kodak calls "Professional" which makes the Ektapan an "Amateur" film. https://125px.com/docs/film/kodak/f10-Ektapan.pdf

 

[AlanKlein101 17]

Do the tech sheets line up? Are these T grain chemistry too?

 

[webestang6427]

Do the tech sheets line up? Are these T grain chemistry too?

T Max films tech sheet..... https://business.kodakmoments.com/sites/default/files/files/products/tmax100f4016.pdf

Also it seems similar to this T-Grain BW film for students back in the day......basically a cheap version of the T-Max films.

 

[AlanKlein101 17]

T Max films tech sheet..... https://business.kodakmoments.com/sites/default/files/files/products/tmax100f4016.pdf

Also it seems similar to this T-Grain BW film for students back in the day......basically a cheap version of the T-Max films.

Do the new Ketapan film tech sheets the same or different than the Tmax specifications?

 

[webestang6427]

Do the new Ketapan film tech sheets the same or different than the Tmax specifications?

Development curve is about 96% the same so yes, same film but cheaper. Why cheaper, who knows, ask Kodak.

 

[cgw136 162]

Development curve is about 96% the same so yes, same film but cheaper. Why cheaper, who knows, ask Kodak.

Bit of a puzzle. Just a new box? You'd know better but I recall some confusion when Kodak had parallel pro and consumer versions of some E6 and chromogenic materials, like the T-400CN and Select B&W.

 

[webestang6427]

Bit of a puzzle. Just a new box? You'd know better but I recall some confusion when Kodak had parallel pro and consumer versions of some E6 and chromogenic materials, like the T-400CN and Select B&W.

I assume it's just a new box? Back in the day (I assume the same goes now?) the difference between "Professional" and "Amateur" films was when you bought a 10 pack of "Pro" film you were guaranteed to have the same emulsion batch per roll. This was critical mostly in the studio under very controlled lighting. That way you knew that the roll from the pack you shoot later will match perfectly.

 

[benhasajeep66 65]

Kodak Alaris still owns the naming rights to the films. So for Kodak in the US to be able to distribute film themselves in North America, they have to rename them.