Kodak Pelicula Film?

[nsurit]

Sometimes when one is hunting and gathering they end up with stuff they where not really looking to find. One such item for me is an unopened box of 8X10 Kodak Pelicula Fine Grain Positive film. Oh, yes, it is way out of date (1993) however has been stored cool and dry. If it where still good, how might one use such an item? Bill Barber

 

[Ole]

Pelicula means film. Might yours have been bought in Italy?

 

[nsurit]

Actually the box says: Kodak Professional Film-Pelicula. The number is 7302 and it has one square notch. It was purchased at Southwestern Camera in Houston, TX. So it is Kodak fine grain positive film. I'm still trying figure out how one might use it. Bill Barber

 

[Toffle]

I gotta check my glasses... I thought you said "peculiar" :rolleyes:

 

[Ole]

Funny...

Kodak 7302 is a "Fine Grain Positive" 16mm B&W film, for making positive from (movie) negatives.

http://motion.kodak.com/US/en/motion/Products/Lab_And_Post_Production/Print_Films/5302.htm

 

[nsurit]

Well this is 8X10, so I guess it would be used for making positives from negatives or perhaps negatives from from color positives. Bill Barber

 

[railwayman3]

If you google "Kodak 7302", there are a lot of references to the film in sheet form as well as 16mm, and some of its possible uses, scientific and hobby.

 

[nsurit]

I am getting ready to offer it for the price of postage in the classifieds. So if anyone is interested, take a look there. Bill Barber

 

[juan]

Pelicula is Spanish for film. I see a lot of it branded with both words here in Florida.
juan

 

[Michel Hardy-Vallée]

Given that it's an *302 film, I would presume it's a slow, ordinary emulsion (blue-sensitive only, so you can process in trays under red sagfelight) used for copying purposes or for making large transparencies from negatives.

In 35mm, you can find 2302 (estar base) and 5302 (acetate base), which are usable in movie production for doing positive prints from camera negatives.

I have successfully used 2302 developed in stock Dektol to make B&W positive transparencies from my negatives, and also as an EI 2 or 3 negative film. It's sharp and fine-grained, no doubt about it.

Note that although it says "Positive" this does not mean that it will create a positive image in-camera. It rather means that it is designed to BE a positive. Think of it like graded paper on a transparent base.

But you have to like black fire hydrants...
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[Jordan]

I've used 5302 for the same applications as Michel. If you have some large-format negs lying around, you might try contact-printing them onto the 7302 and developing it in a paper developer for some nice B&W positives.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

This is a blue sensitive very slow film. You "could" put it in your view camera and shoot a negative on it, that would resemble the tonality of wet-plate.

 

[Rolleijoe]

Actually the box says: Kodak Professional Film-Pelicula. The number is 7302 and it has one square notch. It was purchased at Southwestern Camera in Houston, TX. So it is Kodak fine grain positive film. I'm still trying figure out how one might use it. Bill Barber

Call Kodak direct 800-242-2442 x19 they can answer all of your questions.