Kodak Underwater Film

[Michael W]

I did a forum search & nothing came up so I'm starting this thread.
Heard about this film for the first time today & just curious for any info about it. Would love to hear from Photo Engineer if he knows anything.
What I do know - discontinued film that was made by Kodak for use underwater where there are predominantly blue wavelengths. That's why the serious dive photographers use flash - to get white light. Looks like this film had some kind of red filter built in to counteract the blue. A google search brought up a few hits, most of them uncomplimentary about it's performance when used as intended.
I'm curious about these weird & wonderful short lived films, the likes of which we will probably never see again. So any info is welcome, e.g was it E6 or C41, ISO, years of manufacture, how it worked etc.

 

[MattCarey]

Did you try google groups? There appear to be a number of people who tried it.

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=kodak+underwater+film

Appears to have been ASA50, and discontinued in 1995. Looks like it was an Ektachrome.

Matt

 

[Photo Engineer]

I do remember but I forget any and all details.

PE

 

[Terence]

E-6

check out the following for a fairly comprehensive table of Kodak film:
http://www.taphilo.com/photo/kodakfilmnumxref.shtml

 

[Michael W]

Thanks for the replies, that's probably all I need to know.
Terence - that table of Kodak films will be very helpful.
Matt - thanks for the link to google groups, i'd not heard of that before.