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KODAK VISION3 500T Color Negative Film 5219 / 7219 / SO-219
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H-1-5219t
DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS
Do not use a safelight. Handle unprocessed film in total
darkness.
EXPOSURE TABLE - TUNGSTEN LIGHT
At 24 frames per second (fps), 170-degree shutter
opening:
Use this table for average subjects that contain a
combination of light, medium, and dark colors. When a
subject includes only pastels, use at least 1/2 stop less
exposure; dark colors require 1/2 stop more exposure.
Lighting Contrast -
The recommended ratio of key-light-plus-fill-light to fill
light is 2:1 or 3:1. However, you may use 4:1 or greater when
a particular look is desired.
RECIPROCITY CHARACTERISTICS
You do not need to make any filter corrections or exposure
adjustments for exposure times from 1/1000 of a second
to 1 second. In the 10-second range, increase exposure 1
stop and use a KODAK Color Compensating Filter CC 10R.
PROCESSING
Process in Process ECN-2.
Most commercial motion-picture laboratories provide a
processing service for these films. See KODAK Publication
No. H-24.07,
Processing KODAK Color Negative Motion
Picture Films, Module 7
available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en/motion/
support/processing/h247/h2407.pdf, for more
information on the solution formulas and the procedure for
machine processing these films. There are also
pre-packaged kits available for preparing the processing
solutions. For more information on the KODAK ECN-2 Kit
Chemicals, check Kodak's Motion Picture Films for
Professional Use price catalog.
IDENTIFICATION
After processing, the product code numbers 5219 (35
mm), 7219 (16 mm), or SO-219 (16, 35, and 65 mm;
edgeprint shows 0219) emulsion, roll, and strip number
identification, KEYKODE Numbers, and manufacturer/film
Lens Aperture
f
/1.4
f
/2
f
/2.8
f
/4
f
/5.6
f
/8
f
/11
f
/16
Footcandles
Required
5
10
20
40
80
160
320
640
identification code (EJ) are visible along the length of the
film.
LABORATORY AIM DENSITIES (LAD)
To maintain optimum quality and consistency in the final
prints, the laboratory must carefully control the color
timing, printing, and duplicating procedures. To aid in color
timing and curve placement, negative originals should be
timed relative to Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) Control
Film supplied by Eastman Kodak Company.
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The LAD
Control Film provides both objective sensitometric control
and subjective verification of the duplicating procedures
used by the laboratory.
In the LAD Control Method,
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the electronic color
analyzer used for color timing is set-up with the LAD
Control Film to produce a gray video display of the LAD
patch, corresponding to 1.0 neutral density (gray) on the
print. The negative printing original is then scene-to-scene
timed. There are specific LAD values for each type of print
or duplicating film that the original can be printed on. For
print films, the LAD patch is printed to a neutral gray of 1.0
visual density. For duplicating films, the specified aims are
at the center of the usable straight-line portion of the
sensitometric curve of the film.
Due to normal variations in exposure and processing of
color negative films, particular scenes may not print
exactly at the same printer lights as the LAD Control Film.
The LAD Control Film is intended as a set-up tool for
electronic color analyzers and printers. It is NOT a
reference that every scene must match. Normal
film-to-film and scene-to-scene exposure variability is
accommodated by the color timing (grading) process, on
an electronic color analyzer set up with the LAD Control
Film. Normally exposed and processed color negatives will
typically print well within the range of an additive printer
setup with the LAD Control Film, although SIGNIFICANT
or UNEXPECTED departures from this center point
balance may indicate an exposure/filtration problem with
the cinematography or with the process control. Some
specialized films and/or specialized negative processing
techniques (push-processing, pull-processing,
"skip-bleach" processing, etc.) may require more extreme
adjustment from the LAD printing condition to attain
desired results.
More information is contained in KODAK Publication
H-61,
Laboratory Aim Density
, available online at
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/
lad.jhtml.
FILM-TO-TAPE TRANSFERS
When you transfer the film directly to tape, you can set up
the telecine using KODAK Telecine Analysis Film (TAF)
2. Direct any inquiries to one of the regional sales offices.
3. Use of the LAD Control Method is described in the paper, "A Simplified
Motion-Picture Laboratory Control Method for Improved Color
Duplication," by John P. Pytlak and Alfred W. Fleischer in the October 1976
SMPTE Journal.
