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This is a list of motion picture camera films. Those films known to no longer be available have been marked as "(DISCONTINUED)". This article includes color and black & white negative and reversal camera films. It does not include laboratory film stocks (intermediate and print stocks).

Contents

Although a very early pioneer in trichromatic color film (as early as 1908), invented by German chemists Fischer and Homolka, Agfa was first made commercially available in 1936 (16 mm reversal) and 1940 (35 mm),Katz, Ephraim (1994). The Film Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) HarperCollins Press. ISBN 0-06-273089-4. Agfa-Gevaret has discontinued their line of motion picture camera films.

XT

Black & White

DuPont

Company no longer manufactures film.

The "85" prefix designates 35 mm stock, the "86" prefix designates 16 mm stock. All stock numbers ending in a "2" are Fuji's Super-F emulsions (1990s) and the stocks ending in "3" are the new Eterna emulsions.Fuji (January 12, 2006). [Fujifilm Expands Eterna Family with the Introduction of Eterna 400, Eterna 250] Retrieved July 8, 2006 Fuji also introduced their Reala film - a color stock with a 4th color emulsion layer, which is also the fastest daylight balanced color motion picture stock ever offered at 500 ISO.

Color negatives (1980s)

Reversal (1980s)

Black & white

Color negatives (1990s)

Eterna

Super-F

Reala

GAF/Ansco

Company no longer manufactures film.

In films from 1950 on, the prefex "52" designates 35 mm negative size, "72" designates 16 mm, 8 mm does not have it's own prefix, but shares the "72"; where 8 mm stock is or was manufactured by Kodak, it is so indicated. The "T" designates a tungsten (3200K) balanced negative and "D" designates a daylight (5600K) negative. The number preceding this is the film's speed (ISO).

Early films (1916 - 1941)

Black & white (1954 - 1967)

Fine Grain color films (1950-1964)

Eastman Color Negative II (ECN-2 process 1974 - 1976)

Video News Film 16 mm (VNF-1)(1975 - 1977)

Kodachrome

Ektachrome

Eastman Color Negative (1982 - 1986)

EXR (1989 - 1996)

Vision (1996 - 2002)

Vision2 (2002 -)

Other

Unknown ASA/ISO (research pending)

The following are known Kodak stock numbers,Kodak Motion Picture Film (H1) (4th ed). Eastman Kodak Company. ISBN 0-87985-477-4 but unknown speed, color or stock family. This list will be revised as new information is available.

Swema

A Soviet/Ukrainian company.

Tasma

A Soviet/Russian company.

References

  • Brown, Blaine (1994). The Filmmaker's Pocket Reference Focal Press. pp. 160-161. ISBN 0-240-80058-3.
  • Detmers, Fred H. (ed.) (1986). American Cinematographer Manual (6th ed.) ASC Press pp. 67. ISBN 0-935578-07-2.
  • Dr. Ryan, Rod (ed.) (1993). American Cinematographer Manual (7th ed.) ASC Press pp. 127. ISBN 0-935578-11-0.
  • Hummel, Rob (ed.) (2001). American Cinematographer Manual (8th ed.) ASC Press pp. 860-861. ISBN 0-935578-15-3.
  • Herrmann, Karl (Januaty 1990). "Film Stock Tests: Eastman (third in a series)" American Cinematographer Magazine ASC Press. pp. 83-88.
  • Kodak Cinematographer's Field Guide Kodak publication H-2 (September 1998). pp. MPF-4 - MPF-5.
  • Kodak Cinematographer's Field Guide Kodak publication H-2 (January 2006) (12th ed.). pp. MPF-4 - MPF-5.
  • Kodak | Motion Picture Imaging [Chronology of Motion Picture Films] Retrieved July 10, 2006.

See also

 

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