Eastman Kodak has now started distributing the first films in its Professional line-up of emulsions.
Ektar 100 colour negative film and Tri-X black-and-white film have now been announced as part of the film producers’ own line-up of films.
It follows the surprise announcement of Kodacolor 100 and 200 films in October last year, followed by Gold 200 and Ultramax 400 a few weeks later.
It marked the return of film distribution to Eastman Kodak after more than a decade. The rights to still film distribution had been handled by Kodak Alaris after the US film giant had gone into bankruptcy protection in 2012.
Both films are now listed in the “Still Film” section of the kodak.com website. Eastman Kodak will distribute both 35mm and 120 versions of the film.
The Kodacolor 100 film Eastman Kodak announced last year is thought to be Pro Image 100, the consumer-grade colour film which had been produced for markets such as South East Asia and Latin America. Kodacolor 200, meanwhile, is renamed ColorPlus 200.
The new versions of Ektar 100 and Tri-X are offered in boxes branded with the similar eye-catching colour scheme as the consumer films which were announced last year.
Both Ektar 100 and Tri-X continue to be listed as part of the roster on the Kodak Professional website run by Kodak Alaris.
The two Kodacolor films were initially offered for around $1 cheaper than the Kodak Alaris versions of similar films in the US, which has prompted some to predict the in-house distribution could lead to cheaper film prices – though Eastman Kodak has not yet confirmed whether this will be the case.
The announcement means that Kodak Alaris is left distributing the popular Portra range of colour negative films, the TMax-branded black-and-white films, and Ektachrome 100 slide film.
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