Kodak Supra Discontinued?

Hi,

I'm prepping for a trip and was going to bulk purchase another batch
of Supra 100, 400. But I couldn't find Supra 100 at B&H. Then I read
from photo.net that it's discontinued. Is this true?

TIA,
Bryan

 

Yes. Kodak, in it's infinite wisdom, cancelled it about a year ago.

I was lucky and bought a bunch from B&H way back then.

Kodak suggests Portra as a replacement. Good for them considering the cost.

They, B&H, show three films that are supposed to be better replacements.

#1 High Definition 200
#2 Royal Supra 200 This was first announced in Europe and has
pretty good reviews. It wasn't available in the US but B&H has
it. It might be the same as the HD stuff.
#3 Supra 200 Professional Haven't heard ofthis before so I "know
nothinnnnnnnnnnng"


Bob

 

At a conference earlier this year a guy from Kodak UK told me Royal Supra
was "basically the same film" - whatever that means. He said it was now
jointly owned by the pro. and consumer divisions - hence the double name:
'Royal' which is a consumer name and 'Supra' from the pro. side.

I haven't tried any so don't know how similar to old Supra it is or isn't.

No. 3 above is a new one on me - i'd guess it is just No. 2 but pre-aged -
who knows?



Peter

 

I write from europe.In my country kodak relase the new royal supra
200/400/800
800 is the same old supra, 200 is replace the old 100, the advantage is have
the same grain of 100 whit + stop of sensibility.
Bye

 

Kodak suggests Portra as a replacement. Good for them considering the
cost.

I'd suggest a different replacement. Fuji. ;->

 

I've tried the 400 High Definition and it seems every bit as good as the Supra
400 I had used previously. Haven't seen the 200 HD.

Wa;t

 

That's interesting,

In Aus we only have the 200 HD. The 400 HD has not as yet been released,
and there is no mention of when it will be.

Rob

 

Not sure, but I think they are still selling
Royal Gold 100 and 400. Well, they were in
Teds, Melbourne about a month ago. Are these
not the same emulsions?

 

I don't think so. Looking around at the pro places in Adelaide, I can
only see the silvery HD packages in ISO 200, whereas I have seen
packaging for the Royal Gold in the 100 & 400, but this could be just
old stock as yet unsold.

Rob

 

Yes, those HD's (You need to have a look at the fine
print to see that they are ISO 200) are everywhere at
the moment, in all the Coles, Safeway (Woolworths),
IGA's etc (If your not in Oz, these are just common
supermarket chains). Seems to be aimed at the Consumer
market like the Royal Golds were.

Haven't tried them yet, anyone have any comments on
them?

Regards,
Vin.

 

[SNIPPED HIS BULLSHIT]

Bandicoot is a bastardly troll. Do not take his advice.

 

Yes
HD == Royal Gold

 

SNIP

From what I've read: HD == Royal Supra.

Royal Gold is a consumer grade film that's been around a longer time.

Bart

 

I have not tried Royal Supra 200 or 400, but I have tried
High Definition 200 and 400. However, note that I bought only
one roll of each, so my test is not statistically significant.

Both were noticeably grainer than Portra 400UC, and somewhat
higher contrast. Skin tones with HD400 were quite grainy.
The performance of HD200 was an unpleasant surprise, because
I had heard it could replace Royal Gold and Supra 100. Ha!!
Although Royal Supra 200 might be better than this roll of
(heat treated?) HD200 I got at Wolf Camera; I have seen scans
of RS 200 that look quite fine-grained.

Bottom line for me was to stock up on Portra 400UC. It's not
much more expensive than HD400, although the NYC retailers
do sell Royal Supra at lower cost.

 

To add some confusion, Kodak Canada still sells Royal Gold
(Supra discontinued, RS/HD not available). I used to use
Supra 100 & 400, so this past summer I had to try alternatives.

I didn't try the RG400, having heard that Portra 400UC was better,
but my local shop was usually sold out.

The RG200 is the newer RB-3 emulsion. Actually I was pleasently
surprised. Admittedly it is not as sharp or saturated as Supra 100,
but it is still pretty good, and I found the colours quite natural.
I was happy with my scans as well.

Maybe I just have low standards ;-)

Doug

 

Yes it's true. Kodak does have several newer "replacement" emultions, but
why not just go with the best all purpose 100 color neg film, Fuji Reala
100

 

I will, thanks