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May 2003 • E-190
TECHNICAL DATA / COLOR NEGATIVE FILM
KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA
160NC, 160VC, 400NC, 400VC,
400UC, and 800 Films
KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films offer
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photographers both variety and consistency. You have your
PROFESSIONAL Film
choice of speed, color saturation, and format for virtually any
Daylight Balanced
shooting situation. PORTRA Films deliver beautifully
• Smooth, natural flesh tones
matched final prints across speeds and formats: 35 mm, 120,
PORTRA
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films offer the SIZES AVAILABLE following features. Availability may differ from country to country. See your dealer who supplies KODAK PROFESSIONAL Products. FEATURES BENEFITS Single Channel Beautifully matched prints across KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC Film Printing technology speeds and formats Convenient analyzing and printing Size/Format Code Base for the lab 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) Uses the same scanner setup for 135 160NC acetate all PORTRA Films 0.1
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400VC Film STORAGE AND HANDLING Store unexposed film at 21°C (70°F) or lower in the original Size/Format Code Base sealed package. For extended periods, store film at 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) 135 400VC acetate 13°C(55°F) to preserve consistency. To avoid moisture condensation on film that has been 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 120 400VC acetate refrigerated, allow the film to warm up to room temperature before opening the package. Typical warm-up times are 0.10 mm (0.004 inch
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Electronic Flash EXPOSURE Use the appropriate guide number in the table below as Film Speed starting-point recommendations for your equipment. Select Use the speed numbers in the tables below with cameras or the unit output closest to the number given by your flash meters marked for ISO, ASA, or DIN speeds or exposure manufacturer. Then find the guide number for feet or metres. indexes (EIs). Do not change the film-speed setting when To determine the lens opening, divide the guide number
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Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lamps Use the color-compensating filters and exposure adjustments in the tables below as starting points to expose PORTRA Films under fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps. For critical applications, make a series of test exposures under your actual conditions. To avoid the brightness and color variations that occur during a single alternating-current cycle, use exposure times of 1⁄60 second or longer with fluorescent lamps; with high-inte
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PROCESSING Process PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals for Process C-41 with the following replenishment and wash rates. Replenishment and Wash Rates / PORTRA 160NC and 160VC Films KODAK KODAK FLEXICOLOR KODAK FLEXICOLOR FLEXICOLOR * Film Size Developer Replenisher Wash Water Developer Replenisher Bleach III, Fixer, LORR and Stabilizer 2 2 2 2 1012 mL/m 506 mL/m 861 mL/m 31 L/m 135 2 2 2 2 94 mL/ft 47 mL/ft 80 mL/ft 2.9 L/ft 2 2 2 2 1012 mL/m 506 mL/m 1023 mL/m 31 L/m 12
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JUDGING NEGATIVE EXPOSURES RETOUCHING You can check the exposure level with a suitable electronic You can retouch the sheet and 120 / 220 sizes on both the densitometer equipped with a filter such as a KODAK base side and the emulsion side. Retouch only the emulsion WRATTEN Gelatin Filter No. 92 or the red filter for side on the 135 size. Status M densitometry. Depending on the subject and the For information on retouching equipment, supplies, and light source used for exposure, a normally ex
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SCANNING NEGATIVES IMAGE STRUCTURE You can easily scan PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Film Print Grain Index negatives with a variety of linear-array-CCD, The Print Grain Index number refers to a method of defining area-array-CCD, and PMT film scanners. You can scan graininess in a print made with diffuse-printing illumination. negatives on desktop scanners as well as high-end drum It replaces rms granularity and has a different scale which scanners. cannot be compared to rms granularity. Because no
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CURVES KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC Film Spectral-Dye-Density Curves Characteristic Curves 4.0 2.5 Typical densities for a midscale neutral subject Process: C-41 Densitometry: Status M and D-min. Process: C-41 2.0 3.0 1.5 Midscale Neutral 2.0 B 1.0 G Minimum Density R 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 400 500 600 700 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 F009_0185AC F009_0153AC WAVELENGTH (nm) LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) Spectral-Sensitivity Curves Modulation Transfer Function 4.0 Effective Exposure:1/25 second 200 Process:
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160VC Film Characteristic Curves Spectral-Dye-Density Curves 4.0 2.5 Process: C-41 Typical densities for a midscale neutral subject Densitometry: Status M and D-min. Process: C-41 2.0 3.0 1.5 Midscale Neutral 2.0 B G 1.0 Minimum Density R 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 400 500 600 700 F009_0154AC F009_0186AC LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) WAVELENGTH (nm) Modulation Transfer Function Spectral-Sensitivity Curves 4.0 Effective Exposure:1/25 second 200 Process: C-41 De
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400NC Film Characteristic Curves Spectral-Dye-Density Curves 4.0 2.5 Process: C-41 Typical densities for a midscale neutral subject Densitometry: Status M and D-min. Process: C-41 2.0 3.0 1.5 Midscale Neutral B 2.0 G Minimum Density 1.0 R 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 400 500 600 700 F009_0155AC F009_0187AC LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) WAVELENGTH (nm) Spectral-Sensitivity Curves Modulation Transfer Function 4.0 Effective Exposure:1/50 second 200 Process: C-41 De
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400VC Film Spectral-Dye-Density Curves Characteristic Curves 4.0 2.5 Typical densities for a midscale neutral subject Process: C-41 Densitometry: Status M and D-min. Process: C-41 2.0 3.0 B 1.5 Midscale Neutral 2.0 G 1.0 Minimum Density R 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 400 500 600 700 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 F009_0188AC F009_0156AC WAVELENGTH (nm) LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) Modulation Transfer Function Spectral-Sensitivity Curves 4.0 Effective Exposure:1/50 second 200 Process: C-41 De
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Spectral-Sensitivity Curves KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400UC Film 4.0 Characteristic Curves, EI 400 Effective Exposure:1/50 Second Process: C-41 4.0 Densitometry: Status M Exposure: Daylight Density: 0.2 > D-min 3.0 Process: C-41 Densitometry: Status M Yellow- 3.0 Forming 2.0 Magenta- Layer Cyan- Forming Forming Layer Layer 1.0 2.0 B 0.0 G 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 1.0 WAVELENGTH (nm) R 2 *Sensitivity = reciprocal of exposure (erg/cm ) required to produce specified density 0.0 4.0 3.0
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 800 Film Characteristic Curves, EI 800 Characteristic Curves, EI 1600 (Push 1) 4.0 4.0 Exposure: Daylight Exposure: Daylight Log H Ref: Log H Ref: -1.74 -1.74 Densitometry: Status M Densitometry: Status M Process: 1 Stop Push 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 B B G G R 1.0 1.0 R 0.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 F009_0508AC F009_0507AC LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) Characteristic Curves, EI 3200 (Push 2) 4.0 Exposure: Daylight Log H R
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Spectral-Sensitivity Curves Spectral-Dye-Density Curves 4.0 1/200 second 3.5 Effective Exposure: Typical densities for a midscale neutral subject Densitometry: Status M Magenta- and D-min. Density: 0.2>D-min Forming 3.0 3.0 Layer Cyan- Yellow- Forming Forming 2.5 Layer Layer 2.0 2.0 Midscale Neutral 1.0 1.5 Minimum Density 1.0 0.0 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0.5 WAVELENGTH (nm) 2 *Sensitivity = reciprocal of exposure (erg/cm ) required 0.0 to produce specified density F009_0510A
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KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC, 160VC, 400NC, 400VC, 400UC, and 800 Films MORE INFORMATION Kodak has many publications to assist you with information For the latest version of technical support publications for on Kodak products, equipment, and materials. KODAK PROFESSIONAL Products, visit Kodak on-line at: The following publications are available from Kodak http://www.kodak.com/go/professional Customer Service, from dealers who sell Kodak products, or If you have questions about KODAK P
