Until recently, the Ektachrome family has been known for two characteristics.

These Ektachrome color reversal films are the latest in high technology.

Unfortunately, one can't say the same for vintage Ektachrome slides.

The other distinguishing family trait is known as the Ektachrome blues.

They certainly provide much richer and more saturated colors than earlier generations of Ektachrome did.

Aha, you may say, but it's still a whole lot easier to use a color-reversal film like an Ektachrome.

So why not use Ektachrome for copying instead?

Ektachrome 64 is a superb film, one that offers rich but realistic color and exceptional consistency.

Four Ektachrome Lumiere films will come onto the market in the second half of 1993.

At the same time, other films like Ektachrome and Fujichrome were improving in quality.

There were some other Ektachrome processes for 16 mm motion picture films:

One example is Kodak's variation on Ektachrome 64, an old standby.

The film was shot on a beautiful, unfaded Ektachrome reversal stock: any potential restoration would perhaps look better than even the original release.

Kodak's Ektachrome family tends to have the blues.

But Ektachrome was not without its drawbacks.

Early Ektachrome also became notorious for fading quickly, a problem that more and more photographers have become concerned about with all color materials.

Nearly half the movie is shot in Ektachrome, usually found in Instamatic cameras.

The Ektachrome 64T stock has recently been discontinued.

It is significantly different from other colour reversal processes such as Ektachrome and Kodachrome.

In today's competitive environment, photographers can look forward to a spate of new and better films like Ektachrome 100 Plus.

The new Ektachrome film has gatekeepers, called interimage amplifiers, that keep the layers pure.

Kodak Ektachrome 64 film is used.

See also Ektachrome for full details of Kodak E-series processes.

If Ektachrome can have too much of a blue cast, some Fuji films give extra oomph to greens.

Processing of older Ektachrome films including Process E-3 :