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Raymond J. Santoro
Junior
Posts: 28
From: Tucson, AZ USA
Registered: Oct 2008

posted October 20, 2008 02:27 AM

Hello all- my name is Raymond and I am new to this site. I was wondering in the absence of Kodachrome what people were using in its place? I am told there is a company in Germany that sells a comparable Super-8 film stock (Wittner?) but their website is all in German and I can't undertand it. Are there any dealers in the US that handle this film stock? Buying K40 on eBay is getting expensive! Thanks everyone!

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Barry Johnson
Master Film Handler

Posts: 358
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jul 2003

posted October 20, 2008 06:06 AM

Yes,look for E100D-a brilliant film and fast too.

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Standard8 rules!!

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Ugo Grassi
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 506
From: Avellino (Italy)
Registered: Dec 2003

posted October 20, 2008 07:52 AM

Velvia 50D!! the real heir of the K40. No grain! wonderful sharpness, great colors!! Better then the also good Ekta 100D

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Ugo

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Raymond J. Santoro
Junior
Posts: 28
From: Tucson, AZ USA
Registered: Oct 2008

posted October 20, 2008 12:13 PM

These sound great- any idea what retailers might carry them?

And Ugo- I am delighted to see that you are in Avellino! I took my very first overseas visit to Italy last April to visit my relatives in a small mountain village there. I took along my Canon 814 XL-S and filmed a brief documentary in the community of my family. That old Kodachrome sound stock came out brilliantly despite its age. Ciao!

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted October 20, 2008 06:45 PM

Raymond, welcome.

Spectra has a good line-up of current Super-8 stock:

http://www.spectrafilmandvideo.com/Film.html

If you wish to shoot Ektachrome 64, get it from Dwayne's:

http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/common/3Super_8_film_for_sale_ad.pdf

Claus.

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Bill Brandenstein
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1632
From: California
Registered: Aug 2007

posted October 20, 2008 10:38 PM

In spite of early enthusiasm for 100D, the clarity is so inferior to K40 that I can only give my thumbs up if you really need the ASA. Otherwise, Velvia 50D is the closest thing going to Kodachrome, with very good clarity, fine grain, and wild color. In my humble opinion.

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