Last Updated 99/06/24 1300PDT
Subject: Ektachrome 7399 (VN622) Print Film [WAS:Re: making a copy of kodachrome] Date: 1999/06/19 From: Clive Tobin tobin@NOblargSPAM.net Newsgroup: alt.movies.cinematography.super8 This (VN622) is the perforation or format code for 7399 Ektachrome print film in double super-8. The 1-4 means the perfs are on both edges of 16mm width film. (Some print films were made in 1-3 which means they were made for duplicating both halves in the same direction at once, so it would not fit a regular camera.) It is not sold pre-loaded into super-8 cartridges. 7399 should have the data sheet posted at the Kodak web site. Essentially it is a low speed film, made for duplicating existing Ektachrome dye images and not photographing real life. The color balance is made for exposure in a film printer using about a 2900K light source. The contrast is very flat, to accept the density range of a contrasty original film. It is likely to be quite disappointing as an original for direct projection because of the low contrast and low saturation. It could be usable for transfer to video if you crank up the contrast and color with the twiddly knobs in the transfer machine. (The old 7387 Eastman Reversal Color Print "Kodachrome" duplicating film, now sadly long discontinued, was wonderful stuff for shooting directly.) It is low in speed, no ASA rating being published since it is not intended for use in a camera. Depending on how you want it to look, figure about ASA 5 to 10 with the correct processing with reduced first developer time, or ASA 10 to 20 when "push processed" like original film. Some additonal light balancing will be required in daylight in addition to the usual No. 85 filter. Clive Tobin Tobin Website: http://www.blarg.net/~tobin