Kodak Portra 160

[SCHWARZZEIT]

At the WPPI convention Kodak announced the new Portra 160 replacing the NC and VC, just like they did with the 400 a couple of months ago. I only read about it this morning in a German press release but haven't found any other information on the web.
The new Portra 160 will be available in 35mm, 120/220, 4x5" and 8x10".

-Dominique

[Sascha Welter]

Interesting quote from that press release: "Insgesamt liege die Nachfrage nach Film aktuell allerdings nur mehr bei rund zehn Prozent des Marktvolumens im Jahr 2000, als in Deutschland cirka 150 Millionen Filme verkauft wurden."

Translated: Totally the demand for film is at around 10% of the market volume of the year 2000, when in Germany 150 Million films were sold.

So they're selling 15 Million films in Germany (well, "they" might be Kodak, or all manufacturers together) per annum.

[Tim Gray]

Try this link too:
http://www.kodak.com:80/global/en/pr...l?pq-path=2986

[theBDT]

Let the whining, hand-wringing, navel-gazing, and bed-wetting commence!

[BrianShaw]

If things turn out as good as the did for Portra 400 there will be little need for that!

[Ben Syverson]

Yeah, sounds great to me!

If history is any indicator, they'll flat out deny that it's ever coming to 8x10, and then three months later, they'll announce it for 8x10.

[Tim Gray]

They've already said it will be out in 35mm, 120, 220, 4x5, and 8x10 (from the official Kodak page). There was a note in another article that other sizes would be available from Canham.

[Ben Syverson]

Sweet.

But it's distressing that they misspell "Portra" on their own site. I guess the copyeditors were the first to get canned.

[SamReeves]

I suppose Ektar 100 will effectively replace the VC then?

I'm expecting this new version to follow "160 no color" more closely.

[Bob Kerner]

Good question Sam.

Funny: last month I was wondering whether to get a freezer to store film and sort of got talked out of it (people suggested freezing causes the emulsion to separate). Portra 160 VC is one of the few films (ever) and only LF film I could say I "love" to the point that I'd want to buy a bunch and store it for the future. I've shot the Ektar but there's something different in the Portra that speaks to me.

Oh no! I've become one of those guys whining about losing his favorite film!