First up, Kodak demos some test shots on the revived Ektachrome film. While not as impressive as the Ektachrome of old - one instagrammer slammed the test shots - it is good to see progress. One could even see that if it is difficult for Kodak to resurrect a colour slide film, perhaps it will be difficult for, say Film Ferrania. Sadly, no updates from the latter since April and still sold out of P30.
Silberra released an update last week, see updates here, of some length. Though they have missed all their deadlines after the ISO 200 films were mailed out (your blogger was lucky enough to get two rolls of ISO 200 film from Silberra, but camera and development issues squashed those efforts), they are working hard on getting rewards out. The Silberra online shop lists Ultima 100 and Ultima 160 as available, so perhaps those rewards will be mailed out soon.
PetaPixel reports that the Leica M7 camera has been discontinued, citing an article from the Red Dot Forum. The M7 was introduced in 2002, leaving the Leica MP and Leica M-A as the remaining film bodies available today from Leica.
PetaPixel also reported on the MiNT Instantkon RF70, an Instax Wide compatible instant camera with manual controls. A folded bellows keeps this camera compact when not in use, an upgrade from the bag bellows used by some other folding instant cameras. Capped with glass optics and an f/5.6 lens with several apertures and shutter speeds available. See here for more details and pre-order details.
Note that MiNT has a program that offers free instant film. Simply register, then post qualifying images using MiNT products to Instagram. A good deal, if you can get it.
In the high speed film department, ThePhoblographer reviews two high speed films, Ilford Delta 3200 and Kodak TMax P3200.
