Eastman Kodak is once again selling its own film! Or so said the surprise announcement on Instagram a couple of months ago. Following the firm’s bankruptcy procedures in 2013, the arrangement had been that Eastman Kodak produced the film, while a separate entity called Kodak Alaris held the rights to distribute and sell it. With this news, it seemed that Eastman Kodak had got some of its distribution rights back under control, and that perhaps we’d see film prices start to come down.
The news was heralded with the announcement of two new stocks – Kodak Kodacolor 100 and Kodacolor 200. Here, we’re focusing on Kodak Kodacolor 100, a daylight-speed film, once considered medium speed but by modern standards fairly slow at ISO 100. It’s reasonably affordable, and produces naturalistic colors with a medium to fine grain.
