Daylight reversal, E-6. Fine, tight grain clumps with restrained shadow noise and clean midtones. Discontinued 2012, reintroduced 2018.
Measured parameters
Crystal size0.5
Luma RMS0.25
Chroma RMS0.30
DistributionBlue noise · tight cluster
Tonal responseShadow 0.2 · Mid 0.9 · Highlight 0.15
Chroma ratio1.5×
Format35mm
ProcessE-6
Visual samples
Ektachrome · graded frame · grain applied
400% crop · midtone region
Tonal response · characteristic curve
Comparison
Clean
BEFOREClean footage — no grain
Ektachrome
AFTERSame frame with Ektachrome grain applied