Looking for Notch Codes.

Sanjay Sen

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Wayne,

I am currently shooting Fortepan 200 in 4x5 sheets, and that film has a single small "V" notch. Could this be the one you are looking for?


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Sanjay
 
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I've put together a list of film data for every in-production emulsion I could find info for. It includes film codes, data sheet links, available formats, and notch codes:

http://photondetector.com/tools_ref/filmdata/

BTW, if anyone has info that's missing from this, please let me know! I'll update the chart and link you in the Contributors section.
 

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sensanjay said:
Wayne,

I am currently shooting Fortepan 200 in 4x5 sheets, and that film has a single small "V" notch. Could this be the one you are looking for?


Best,
Sanjay
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Most of the East European films just have a single notch. It tells you which side is the emulsion, but it doesn't tell you what the film is.
 

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David A. Goldfarb said:
Most of the East European films just have a single notch. It tells you which side is the emulsion, but it doesn't tell you what the film is.
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Thanks David, it's good to know that! But it brings up the question - is there any other way to tell two East European films apart from one another without the benefit of having the boxes they came in?
 

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Other than shooting the film and testing it, not really.
 
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sensanjay said:
Wayne,

I am currently shooting Fortepan 200 in 4x5 sheets, and that film has a single small "V" notch. Could this be the one you are looking for?


Best,
Sanjay
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I didn't think that it was going to be Fortepan since these are really old holders and the film that I did pull that was supposedly unexposed looked pretty old. There were some exposed sheets tho and or course I'm wondering if anything is on them so maybe Diafine will be the choice; Hopefully their b&w.
 

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Thank you all. This is really helpful data.

John Powers
 

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Take a chance and develop one in D76 at say 8 minutes. Maybe the film borders will have the name of the film.
 

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Tri-x notch code

For old non-Pro Kodak Tri-X sheet film, it was three V notches side by side... (not shown on the previously mentioned Kodak site...) (I processed a box or two of Tri-X back in the day...)
 

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Paul,

Welcome to APUG.

Incase you didn't notice, the date of the last post to the thread is above the person's name or handle. The post before yours was April 15, 2007.

John Powers
 
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