Will analog camera's timestamp work with remjet film?

[Icra]

Will analog 35mm camera's quartz timestamp work with motion pictures remjet film? I know that the carbon layer is last so will the timestamp be able to imprint the date?

 

[AgX]

It makes no sense designing a on-film time-coding that would not work on the majority if films...

The exposure takes place from the front.

 

[radiant]

The exposure takes place from the front.

That is incorrect, see here how it really works:

 

[AgX]

That is incorrect, see here how it really works:

We are discussing different things...

-) at still film cameras for praktical reason (easy access and easy change between printing and non printing version) a exposure from the back was introduced and stuck to.

-) at cine cameras (and only very few models offer such anyway) exposure takes place from the front.


"Time-stamp" is the film printing version of time-coding in cinematography.


Film manufacturers already offer a signing by which a length and frame information (eye- and machine-readable) is printed onto the raw stock, which is benefitial at editing.

More versatile though is a system at which at taking a coding is done: Time-Coding.
This coding can be applied to a data-file, to a video-tape or to cine-film. And the latter is what we are talking about. There are basically two systems applied for this time-stamp.

 

[MattKing]

"Time-stamp" is the film printing version of time-coding in cinematography.

It may be that the OP is using the term this way.
But I have a suspicion that the OP may be referring to the date (and sometimes time) stamp that some still cameras offer - sometimes by way of an accessory back.

 

[AgX]

Seen that so far he only posted on cinematography issues and that he did not sort his thread under "35mm cameras" but under "Miscellaneous Equipment", I see this as a cine topic.

In case he refers to data-backs, I have not measured the density of the resp. REM-jet layers, but one source states them having a D>1.

 

[mshchem]

This is a really good question. Did Kodachrome have remjet? I was always amazed that a film camera could shoot 5-6 fps and print in between frames. These backs didn't fog film which is also amazing.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Seen that so far he only posted on cinematography issues and that he did not sort his thread under "35mm cameras" but under "Miscellaneous Equipment", I see this as a cine topic.

In case he refers to data-backs, I have not measured the density of the resp. REM-jet layers, but one source states them having a D>1.

" to imprint the date". This is what OP is asking about. But only person who get used to timestamp would require it.

 

[Cholentpot]

I guess I'll try this at some point. I don't think I have many functioning dateback cameras though.

 

[Icra]

Oh guys, thank you for answers. I'm referring to SLR still camera with database. I think it will not pass remjet!

 

[Icra]

Try it ??

Yes I will try it. I was curious if anyone has past experience with it.


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