(posted 8838 days ago)Kodak's strategy seems to be Portra. It's supposed to be a nice film. I shoot NPS and NPH. Kodak confuses me with their lables. Basically they seem to have three lables:
Portra is about the only one I can figure out: standard wedding type films in 160 and 400 ISO with a neat feature (if your printer is good!) of being able to choose natural or vivid colours. Fair enough.
Extapress seems simple: film for press photographers in ISO 100, 400, 800, and 1600. First complication: the 1600 is a completely different emulsion from the others. PJ400 is a great film that scan really well, PJ800 probably the best you can do at that speed and has a wide exposure lattutude. But what's the point of PJ100? It's kind of a pro general purpose film. Why? For press work you are better off with the 400 film: you don't need the fine grain. For other work you are probably better off with Gold 100 or Royal Gold 100. I just don't get it.
Extacolor: this seems to be whatever film doesn't fit anywhere else. Currently I know of a tungsten light film (EBT) and a fast, highly saturated general purpose film (GP2). Weird.
To finally answer your question: it is my understanding that the film is being discontinued in favour of Portra.