TECHNICAL DATA / BLACK-AND-WHITE FILM December 2002 • F-16

F-16 KODAK Commercial Film January 2000

High temperatures or high humidity may produce —NOTICE— unwanted quality changes. Store unexposed film at 24°C Discontinuance of KODAK Commercial Film (75°F) or lower in the original package. Always store film Due to declining usage and demand, KODAK Commercial (exposed or unexposed) in a cool, dry place. For best results, Film has been discontinued. process film as soon as possible after exposure. Kodak Professional appreciates your loyalty to Commercial Protect processed film from strong light and store it in a Film over the years. As a recommended alternative, we cool, dry place. For more information on storing negatives, suggest KODAK PROFESSIONAL T-MAX 100 Film see KODAK Publication No E-30, Storage and Care of processed to a higher than normal contrast. Some Photographic Materials—Before and After Processing. experimentation with different development times will be necessary to adjust the contrast of the film to the level required by your particular application. EXPOSURE Do not use a safelight with T-MAX 100 Film. Speed Daylight: EI 50/18° KODAK Commercial Film is a medium-speed, blue- Tungsten or Quartz-Iodine: EI 8/10° sensitive film with moderately high contrast. You can use it Pulsed-Xenon Arc: EI 12/12° for copying continuous-tone originals when red and green sensitivity is unnecessary or unwanted. Because of its blue These exposure indexes are provided primarily as indicators sensitivity, you can use a red safelight when you expose and of the relative speed of this film compared with other process this film, which allows ease of use and development photographic materials. Use the exposure indexes for by inspection. daylight, tungsten, or quartz-iodine illumination with exposure meters to establish trail exposures. The pulsed- FEATURES BENEFITS xenon arc value indicates the relative speed of this film to • High resolving power • Good for producing high- pulsed-xenon illumination measured with a light integrator. quality black-and-white images Exposure and Development Adjustments for • Fine grain • Good rendition of detail Long and Short Exposures • Retouching surface on • Can be retouched on either At the exposure times in the table below, compensate for the base and emulsion sides side reciprocity characteristics of this film by increasing • Low ultraviolet • Reduces exposure exposure and adjusting the development as shown. absorption variability between This positives used to expose the If Indicated Use This AND Adjusted Exposure Lens- Use This same gravure resist OR Exposure Time Is Aperture Development Time • Blue spectral sensitivity • Allows use of a KODAK (seconds) Adjustment Adjustment 1 Safelight Filter (red) (seconds) during handling and 1/100 None None +10% processing 1/25 None None None 1/10 None None –10% SIZES AVAILABLE 1 None None –20% Sizes and catalog numbers may differ from country to 10 +1⁄2 stop 15 –30% country. For a complete list of sizes, contact a dealer who 100 +1 stop 300 –40% supplies Kodak Professional Products.

Sheets It may be difficult to use the table to estimate the adjusted Size Per Film Code Base CAT No. (inches) times for calculated exposure times between 1 and 100 Package seconds. The graphs on the next page will help you find the 25 4 x 5 198 7894 7-mil adjusted times for calculated exposure times between those 50 8 x 10ESTAR Thick 197 6661 given in the table.

STORAGE AND HANDLING Load and unload your camera in subdued light.

©Eastman Kodak Company, 2000 The development times in the table below are based on film used for graphic arts applications.

Development Time (Minutes) (Seconds) KODAK in Minutes 50 20 1,200 Application at 20°C (68°F) 19 Developer 40 18 1,100 Tray* 17 30 1,000 DK-50 3 16 Gravure HC-110 (Dil C) 3 20 15 900 Gravure 14 D-11 3 10 13 800 (Higher Contrast) 12 For Maximum 700 D-11 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Contrast

ADJUSTED EXPOSURE TIME (Seconds) CALCULATED EXPOSURE 10 600 TIME (Seconds) * With continuous agitation 9 500 8 Final Steps in Processing—18 to 24°C (65 to 75°F) 7

400 ADJUSTED EXPOSURE TIME Time 6 KODAK Chemical 5 300 (min:sec) 4 Rinse—with agitation: 200 3 KODAK Indicator Stop Bath 0:30 2 100 1 Fix—with frequent agitation:

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 KODAK Fixer 5:00 to 10:00 CALCULATED EXPOSURE TIME (Seconds) KODAK Rapid Fixer 2:00 to 4:00 KODAFIX Solution 5:00 to 10:00 Wash: DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS Running water 10:00 to 20:00 Use a KODAK 1 Safelight Filter (red) in a suitable safelight —OR— lamp with a 15-watt bulb. Keep the safelight at least Rinse with water 0:30 1.2 metres (4 feet) from the film. Run tests to determine that KODAK Hypo Clearing Agent 1:00 to 2:00 safelight use gives acceptable results for your application. Running water 5:00 For information on safelight testing, see KODAK Final rinse: Publication K-4, How Safe Is Your Safelight? KODAK PHOTO-FLO Solution 0:30 Dry—in a dust-free place PROCESSING The development times in the table below are based on film IMAGE-STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS used for copying or general applications at an exposure time The data in this section is based on development at 20°C of 1⁄25 second. (68°F) in KODAK HC-110 Developer for 21⁄4 minutes. Development Time in Minutes Diffuse rms Granularity* 12 KODAK Tray* or Large Tank† Developer 18°C 20°C 21°C 22°C 24°C ______(65°F) (68°F) (70°F) (72°F) (75°F) *Read at a net diffuse density of 1.0, using a 48-micrometre D-11– aperture, 12X magnification. For maximum 98761⁄2 51⁄2 contrast

DK-50 21⁄2 2213⁄4 13⁄4

DK-50 (1:1) 41⁄4 31⁄4 31⁄4 3 21⁄2

HC-110 (Dil B) 23⁄4 21⁄4 21⁄4 2 13⁄4

HC-110 (Dil D) 43⁄4 41⁄2 41⁄4 4 33⁄4

* With continuous agitation. † With gaseous-burst agitation (1 second every 10 seconds) that provides pressure to raise the solution level 16 mm (5⁄8 inch). Development times shorter than 5 minutes may produce unsatisfactory uniformity.

2 KODAK Commercial Film • F-16 Characteristic Curves

4.0 4.0 Exposure: Tungsten, 10 seconds Exposure: Tungsten, 20 seconds Process: KODAK Developer DK-50; Process: KODAK HC-110 Developer 12 min 68 F (20 C), 5 minutes (Dil B); 68 F (20 C) Densitometry: Diffuse visual Densitometry: Diffuse visual 8 min 3.0 3.0

5 min

3 min 2.0 2.0 DENSITY

DENSITY 2 min

1.0 1.0

0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.01.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 F002_0572AC LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds) F002_0571AC LOG EXPOSURE (lux-seconds)

Contrast-Index Curves

1.4 Process: Tray; 68 F (20 C)

1.2 HC-110 (Dil B) D-11 DK-50

1.0 HC-110 (Dil D)

0.8 CONTRAST INDEX

0.6

0.4 0 4 8 12 16 20 DEVELOPMENT TIME (MINUTES) F002_0573AC

KODAK Commercial Film • F-16 3 KODAK Commercial Film

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F-2 Pathways to Black and White Note: The Kodak materials described in this publication for K-4 How Safe Is Your Safelight? use with KODAK Commercial Film are available from dealers who supply KODAK PROFESSIONAL Products. You can use other materials, but you may not obtain similar results.

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