When digital photography was introduced to the professional world, most everyone assumed that it could co-exist with film for some years to come. The first digital cameras in the professional market were heavy (several pounds), slow and incredibly expensive. Some early models cost in excess of $20,000 for a 2 or 3 megapixel professional SLR body. These cameras produced images that were clearly lower in resolution with inferior color when compared to results obtained from traditional films.

However, in a very few years digital cameras have evolved into compact, versatile tools with outstanding resolution and  color reproduction. Many now rival or even exceed the image quality of comparable film sizes, and as these professional digital cameras have become more affordable, many photographers have incorporated them into their work flow. At the same time that the use of digital cameras has increased, the rapidly declining use of traditional film products has eroded the film market to nearly unsustainable levels.  I think that everyone in the industry realized that, at some point,  less popular films would be retired and fewer new films would be introduced.

Here at Uphoto, we have been using film to produce 4x5 and 35mm copy transparencies, and duplicate slides for many years now. It has been our use of these films during this period that have enabled us to justify offering E-6 slide processing to a loyal but declining number of film clients. So you can imagine the shock I experienced recently when I attempted to order film  for several projects and discovered that ALL of the films we have been using for years have now been discontinued. They are completely gone! Even my supplier was caught completely unaware of many of these sudden changes.

These lists from Kodak refer to the discontinuation of technical publications of the associated films, but one can infer that if they are no longer publishing the literature, the film will be gone soon as well. Although quite a few are definitely "retired", the others on this list may still be available. It is also possible that newer versions of some of these products may be introduced.

Color Transparency films:

• KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTACHROME Duplicating Film EDUPE
• KODAK EKTACHROME 100 PLUS Professional Film (EPP)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 64T Professional Film (EPY)
• KODAK KODACHROME 64 Professional Films (PKR)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 64 Professional Film (EPR)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 400X Professional Film (EPL)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 100 Professional Film (EPN)
• KODAK EKTACHROME P1600 Professional Film (EPH)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 160T Professional Film (EPT)
• KODAK EKTACHROME 320T Professional Film (EPJ)
• KODAK KODACHROME 25 and 200 Professional Films
• KODAK EKTACHROME Professional Infrared EIR Film
• KODAK VERICOLOR SLIDE FILM / 5072 AND SO-279

Color Negative films:

• KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL ELITE Color Films
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL ULTRA COLOR Films / 100UC and 400UC
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL SUPRA Films
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL ROYAL SUPRA Films
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 100T Film / Tungsten
• KODAK Pro 100, 100T, 400, 400 MC, and 1000 Films
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL EKTAPRESS Films
• KODAK Pro 100T Film
• KODAK VERICOLOR III Professional Film
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL PROFOTO 100 Colour Negative Film
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL Law Enforcement Films

Discontinued Black & White negative film:

• KODAK PROFESSIONAL TRI-X 320 Film / 320TXP / 120 pro-pack 5 rolls / CAT 8188914
• KODAK PROFESSIONAL TRI-X 320 Film / 320TXP / 220 pro-pack 5 rolls / CAT 8286825