Kodak will no longer sell longer bulk rolls of film outside of motion picture productions, a move that could impact the cost of color film emulsions like Ektachrome for stills photographers.
Buying large reels of film meant for video, and respooling them to smaller 36 exposure rolls for stills cameras, was a popular workaround to help drop the rising costs of film, used both by enterprising photographers and resellers. However, Kodak recently shared that it is no longer selling longer bulk rolls outside of film productions.
Film photographers on Reddit reported that their usual purchase of bulk 35mm rolls of popular films like Ektachrome were being denied, leaving the online community wondering if the practice of respooling – both by photographers and companies that resell the smaller rolls – will soon no longer be possible.
