KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films — New — KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC, 160VC, 400NC, and 400VC Films
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TECHNICAL DATA / COLOR NEGATIVE FILM November 1998 • E-190 KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films — New — KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC, 160VC, 400NC, and 400VC Films Never before have films been able to give you such If you use this Try this KODAK confidence in delivering the results you expect. Introducing KODAK PROFESSIONAL For PROFESSIONAL a new family of color negative films that shares emulsion Film technology to offer you two levels of color saturation in two Film film speeds. KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films Pro 400 (PPF) • vivid colors EKTACOLOR PRO allow matched prints across speeds and formats, and provide PORTRA 400VC • location GOLD 400 (GPY) the finest results—even with hard-to-reproduce colors. photography KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC Film The family of KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA features natural colors and medium speed. Use 160NC Film Films offers the following features. for smooth, natural flesh tones in controlled lighting situations. FEATURES BENEFITS • Unified Film Emulsion • Matched prints across speeds KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160VC Film technology and formats features vivid colors and medium speed. Use 160VC Film – Two levels of color • Convenient analyzing and for rich, vivid colors in controlled lighting situations. saturation printing for your lab – Two film speeds KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400NC Film • True-to-speed shooting at • Shoot at box speed in all features natural colors and high speed. Use 400NC Film for 160 and 400 lighting conditions smooth, natural flesh tones on location. • No second-guessing exposure KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400VC Film • Wider exposure latitude • Better highlight and shadow features high speed and vivid colors. Use 400VC Film for detail vivid colors on location. • Safety net for underexposures • New packaging • No mistaking speed, format, or Choose with confidence in a variety of situations...from color saturation studio to location. • Easy to tell unexposed from exposed If you use this • New wraps and pasters— • Easy-open foil wrap; Try this KODAK KODAK 120/220 formats easy-to-remove paster PROFESSIONAL For PROFESSIONAL Film • Translucent film cans and • No mistaking film type Film writable magazines— • Area on magazine for 135 format VERICOLOR III or • smooth, natural exposure notes 160 (VPS) flesh tones PORTRA 160NC • Improved scanning • Higher-quality prints from EKTACOLOR PRO • controlled performance digital output systems GOLD 160 (GPX) lighting situations Pro 100 (PRN) • rich, vivid colors • Improved performance • Fewer concerns in mixed EKTACOLOR PRO PORTRA 160VC • controlled under mixed daylight and lighting situations GOLD 100 HC (GPH) lighting situations fluorescent lighting Pro 400 MC (PMC) • smooth, natural • Excellent flesh tones • Kodak’s legendary EKTACOLOR PRO flesh tones PORTRA 400NC reproduction of the world’s GOLD 400 MC • on-camera flash flesh tones (GPM) • Improved color • No surprises with reproduction hard-to-reproduce colors ©Eastman Kodak Company, 1998 Suggested applications for KODAK PROFESSIONAL STORAGE AND HANDLING PORTRA Films are given in the table below. Store unexposed film at 70°F (21°C) or lower in the original sealed package. For extended periods, store film at 55°F KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Film Application (13°C) to preserve consistency. 160NC 160VC 400NC 400VC To avoid moisture condensation on film that has been Advertising/ ✔✔✔✔ refrigerated, allow the film to warm up to room temperature Illustration before opening the package. Typical warm-up times are Architecture ✔✔ given in the table below. Corporate/ ✔✔✔✔ Industrial Warm-Up Time (Hours) to Reach Room Temperature of 70°F (21°C) From a Fashion/ ✔✔✔✔ Glamour Size Storage Temperature of 0°F 35°F 55°F Medical/ ✔✔✔✔ Scientific (–18°C) (2°C) (13°C) 120/220 1 3⁄ 1⁄ Museum/Art/ ✔✔ 4 2 Copy 1 1 135 magazine 1 ⁄2 1 ⁄4 1 Portraiture— 35 mm long roll 5 3 2 Available ✔✔ Light 70 mm long roll 10 5 3 1⁄ Portraiture— 10-sheet box 1 2 11 Electronic ✔✔✔50-sheet box 3 2 2 Flash Wedding— Load and unload roll-film cameras in subdued light. Total Daylight and ✔✔✔darkness is required when you load and unload sheet film Electronic Flash holders. Process film as soon as possible after exposure. Protect Digital Film ✔ Recorders negatives from strong light, and store them in a cool, dry place. SIZES AVAILABLE Availability may differ from country to country. See your dealer who supplies KODAK PROFESSIONAL Products. KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC Film Size/Format Code Base 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) 135 160NC acetate 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 120 160NC acetate 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 220 160NC acetate 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) acetate Long rolls 160NC 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) ESTAR 0.19 mm (0.007 inch) Sheets ESTAR 2 KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films • E-190 KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160VC Film DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS Size/Format Code Base Do not use a safelight. Handle unprocessed film in total 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) darkness. 135 160VC acetate 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 120 160VC EXPOSURE acetate 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) Film Speed 220 160VC acetate Use the speed numbers in the tables below with cameras or 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) meters marked for ISO, ASA, or DIN speeds or exposure acetate indexes (EIs). Do not change the film-speed setting when Long rolls 160VC 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) metering through a filter. Metering through filters may affect ESTAR light meter accuracy; see your meter or camera manual for 0.19 mm (0.007 inch) specific information. For critical work, make a series of test Sheets ESTAR exposures. KODAK ISO Speed KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400NC Film Light WRATTEN Source Gelatin 160NC and 400NC and Size/Format Code Base Filter* 160VC Films 400VC Films 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) Daylight or 135 400NC acetate Electronic None 160 400 Flash 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 120 400NC Photolamp acetate No. 80B 50 125 (3400 K) 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 220 400NC Tungsten acetate No. 80A 40 100 (3200 K) 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) acetate Long rolls 400NC * For best results without special printing. 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) ESTAR Note: The latitude of PORTRA 160NC and 160VC Films allows you to use 100-speed proofing products for test 0.19 mm (0.007 inch) Sheets ESTAR exposures. Daylight KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400VC Film Use the exposures in the table below for average frontlit subjects from 2 hours after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset. Size/Format Code Base 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) 135 400VC Shutter Speed (second) acetate Lighting and Lens Opening 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 120 400VC Conditions acetate 160NC and 400NC and 160VC Films 400VC Films 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) 220 400VC Bright or Hazy Sun acetate 1/125 1/500 on Light Sand or ƒ/16 ƒ/16 0.13 mm (0.005 inch) Snow acetate Long rolls 400VC 0.10 mm (0.004 inch) Bright or Hazy Sun 1/125 1/500 * ESTAR (Distinct Shadows) ƒ/11* ƒ/11 Weak, Hazy Sun 1/125 1/500 (Soft Shadows) ƒ/8 ƒ/8 Cloudy Bright 1/125 1/500 (No Shadows) ƒ/5.6 ƒ/5.6 Heavy Overcast or 1/125 1/500 Open Shade† ƒ/4 ƒ/4 * Use ƒ/5.6 for backlit close-up subjects. † Subjects shaded from the sun but lighted by a large area of clear sky. KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Films • E-190 3 Electronic Flash Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Use the appropriate guide number in the following table as a Lamps starting point for your equipment. Select the unit output Use the color-compensating filters and exposure adjustments closest to the number given by your flash manufacturer. in the tables below as starting points to expose Then find the guide number for feet or metres. To determine PORTRA Films under fluorescent or high-intensity the lens opening, divide the guide number by the discharge lamps. For critical applications, make a series of flash-to-subject distance. If negatives are consistently too test exposures under your actual conditions. dense (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they are To avoid the brightness and color variations that occur too thin (underexposed), use a lower number. during a single alternating-current cycle, use exposure times of 1/60 second or longer with fluorescent lamps; with Guide Number high-intensity discharge lamps, use exposure times of Unit Output Distances in Feet/Metres 1/125 second or longer. * (BCPS) 160NC and 400NC and 160VC Films 400VC Films KODAK Color Type of Exposure Compensating 350 55/17 85/26 Fluorescent Lamp Adjustment Filter(s) 500 65/20 100/30 Daylight 20R + 5M +1 stop 700 75/22 120/36 2 White 40B + 5C +1 ⁄3 stops 1000 90/27 140/42 Warm White 40B + 40C +2 stops 1400 110/33 170/50 Warm White Deluxe 40B + 50C +2 stops 2000 130/40 200/60 Cool White 30B +1 stop 2800 150/46 240/70 Cool White Deluxe 40C + 10M +1 stop 4000 180/55 280/85 2 T8 741 40B + 20C +1 ⁄3 stops 5600 210/65 340/100 1 T8 830 50B + 60C +2 ⁄3 stops 8000 250/75 400/120 2 T8 835 40B + 40C +1 ⁄3 stops * BCPS = beam candlepower seconds 1 T8 841 50C + 20M +1 ⁄3 stops Note: When you don’t know the type of fluorescent lamps, try a 40B + 40C filter combination and increase exposure by 2 1 ⁄3 stops; color rendition may be less than optimum. KODAK Color High-Intensity Exposure Compensating Discharge Lamp (CCT*) Adjustment Filters High-Pressure Sodium 50B + 70C +2 2⁄ stops Vapor (2700 K) 3 High-Pressure Sodium 50B + 90C +3 stops Vapor (2200 K) High-Pressure Sodium 200C + 20M +4 stops Vapor (2100 K) 2 Metal Halide (4300 K) 5C + 10M + ⁄3 stop 2 Metal Halide (3200 K) 80C + 10M +1 ⁄3 stops Mercury Vapor (3700 K) 30B + 5C +1 stop * Correlated color temperature; phosphor emission emulates the color temperature of a continuous-spectrum lamp (e.g., tungsten).