Looks like Kodak has completed bringing its film back "in-house." Ektacolor looks suspiciously like Portra (3 speeds), and Ektapan looks suspiciously like T-Max (also in 3 speeds).
The amount of "ekta" going on here makes my head spin. Ekta this ekta that ekta do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around.
TMax was trademarked for the new tabular grain films when they were introduced in the 1980’s. The Portrait films consolidated the previous line of Vericolor II films.
What I learned from almost intelligent is the Portra and TMax brand names are owned by Alaris and will continue to be distributed under those names. Kodak Professional Products has kept the brand name for both Tr-X and Ektar but had to rebrand Portra and TMax. The change we will see is packaging. The all yellow box with the green TX 400 was distributed by Alaris. Kodak boxes will be yellow with a black band.
Kodak has been making the film all along, now they're distributing it.
It's good to see Eastman is (apparently) in control of their branding again. I saw that they have their chemical division back in the US again as well, so that's also good.
Eastman Kodak now has a full suite of film that they distribute themselves again. The hope is that this will eventually lead to the development of some new emulsions.
I’d be interested in:
- Ultramax 1600
- Ektachrome E400
- PRO 800 Tungsten (based on 500T)
The practical problem for me is all the boxes of film in my big box of film are going to look the same. I'll need to read the box much more carefully now to avoid grabbing the wrong roll.
I may continue buying the Alaris distributions for this reason, all else being equal.
Kodak’s distribution agreement with Alaris will continue through 2028. It’s not quite clear what will happen after that date. There’s the possibility that Alaris could continue to be the Kodak distributor for the UK and EU or not.
Strange and interesting that they apparently had different licensing agreements on different products since they're going to have to rebrand some films but not others. All the rebranding and mergers/spinoffs/sales and whatnot that have gone on with old film and camera companies are wild. Harman only being allowed to use "Illford" on b&w film, all the owners Rollei has had, Cosina still making "Voigtlander" products, just off the top of my head.
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