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Tungsten Slide Films

World on the street is that Fuji Vivid 160T with an 85 filter is finer grained and sharper than 64D. I think the same is true for Kodak Vision2 100T and 50D. Now that Vision2 100T is gone and replaced with Vision3 200T, I'm not sure if that still holds true.
 
I had 400 ft of vision2 500t for about a year now... i would say that although it's cool film i much rather prefer a roll of portra 400.... and the remjet backing is really easy to remove at home with some washing soda and some warm water
 

I believe those are release/print films (i.e. they are for making positive images from original negatives, to then be run through a projector) and as such are generally not as useful for taking original pictures. Not like, say, Kodak's Ektachrome 100D camera film, which is a true reversal film.

Duncan
 
me interested-whot is expiration date on the box indication? (sale ebay,other)
 
you see the expiration date on the box indication?
 

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Motion picture film does not have an expiry date on it because storage conditions are considered the important factor. Cinematographers do fog / exposure tests to determine the characteristics.
 
holmburgers said:
Interesting state of affairs though, no expiry.
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Well typically you'd only spend the thousands (or tens of thousands) of dollars on motion film when you are ready to shoot. It doesn't make much sense to order several thousand feet of film until you are ready to go ahead with a project. Even on the small student scale, Kodak and Fuji deliver within a day or two, so there's not much of a reason to stock up with your film for your next three movies, for example. And you pretty much buy direct, so there's not a lot of shelves sitting around with motion picture on it waiting for the consumer to buy.
 
***Short Ends $0.15/ft.
Medium Ends $0.25/ft.
Long Ends $0.38/ft.***

Short-Medium-Long... What is the result long ends film? how many on 1-36 frame?
 
Hasselbond said:
***Short Ends $0.15/ft.
Medium Ends $0.25/ft.
Long Ends $0.38/ft.***

Short-Medium-Long... What is the result long ends film? how many on 1-36 frame?
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For general 35mm use, short ends are good enough. Generally, short ends are <250 ft, and long ends are >250 ft. This is the only place I know of that sells "medium ends", and I have no idea as to the length of those.
 
Movie camera chew this stuff up at 90 ft a minute. most places don't bother with lengths of less than 100ft. Gravy is a end of a 1000 ft roll that is over 400ft. (the 1000ft rolls are on a three inch core generaly, while the 101 to 400ft are on a 2 inch core. 100ft rolls traditionally come on a spool, but may come on a 2 inch core.
 
Short end dates.

The seller of short ends generally know by the emulsion number what the age of the film is. SOME do a test of a few feet off each roll to be sure of fog/damage.

Of course at the moment the Vision 3 stocks are so new, that if you get Vision 3 it has to be fairly fresh.
 
What's the best way to get a short end or longer into a bulk loader?
 
holmburgers said:
What's the best way to get a short end or longer into a bulk loader?
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I do it with a pair of rewinds (in the dark!) and some extra cores. Hitting the 100 ft mark is the tough part when blind, but rolling it a little short is OK too (you just don't know exactly when the bulk loader is going to run out.)

Duncan
 
OK, I've got way too much of this stuff and have to clear up some space in the fridge, so I've listed some 100' rolls of 5219 (Vision3 500T) for sale in the classifieds.

Duncan
 
I have a *lot* of 500T, of various vintages, in addition to several other speeds, some daylight balanced. I've cut down one 1000' roll of the 5219 to sell for now because that's basically brand new film and sure to be good. The rest of it I want to wait until I get my test rolls back before I start parting with any of the excess. If it's not been stored well as claimed I want to find that out myself before passing it on to others.

Duncan
 
please,give me more information on how to protect motion picture films from X-ray fog for international shipments.
Thanks
 
I miss KPA-40
 
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