Kodak 2383 - Manual

©Eastman Kodak Company, 2004

March 2005

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H-1-2383t

TECHNICAL DATA / COLOR PRINT FILM

KODAK VISION Color Print Film /
2383, 3383

Clear, rich images on the theatre screen.

The colors you love, the rich blacks, and the "look" you’re
used to. . . That’s KODAK VISION Color Print Film / 2383,
3383.

The VISION Color Print Film from Kodak has the great

look you associate with Kodak films, with rich blacks and
neutral highlights. The film is durable and resistant to
scratches and dirt. This color print film is worthy of the
KODAK VISION Film family name.

With the excellent tonal scale, cinematographers can be

more creative with lighting and exposure, and still see
excellent results.

Like its counterpart KODAK VISION Premier Color

Print Film, VISION Color Print Film is coated on a polyester
base without rem-jet, for a cleaner process and cleaner
screen images. We’ve incorporated a process-surviving,
antistatic layer to reduce dirt attraction, and a
scratch-resistant backing layer for long projection life. And
there are no color shifts during fades and dissolves. So from

BENEFITS FOR LABS

BENEFITS FOR

DISTRIBUTORS/EXHIBITORS

• Polyester base provides

greater tear strength,
durability, dimensional
stability, and archival
keeping

• Elimination of rem-jet (no

carbon black or prebath-
soluble binder)

• Potential for reduced

chemical and water usage
in processing

• Improved cleanliness on

high-speed printers (less
white dirt)

• Protection from static

marks prior to printing

• Reduced dirt attraction to

processed prints and
static protection prior to
processing

• Better transport

characteristics for
processed film

• Superior halation

protection (no colored
fringes in titles)

• Improved safelight

edgefog protection for
digital sound track area

• Improved fades and

dissolves, and less
propensity to safelight fog

• Improved blacks and

more neutral highlights on
projection

• Improved laser subtitling

• Polyester base allows cleaner,

more durable prints

• No colored fringes in titles, and

improved safelight edgefog
protection for digital sound
track

• Improved fades and dissolves,

and less propensity to safelight
fog

• Improved blacks, and more

neutral highlights on projection

• Improved laser subtitling

set to lab to screen, day to day, you’ll have more consistent
performance.

With VISION Color Print Film, you’ll have the high

quality motion picture color print film you expect from
Kodak.

STORAGE

Unexposed print film is not adversely affected by short-term
storage at room temperature (less than 25°C (77°F). Store
unexposed film at 13°C (55°F) or lower when storage
exceeds 1 month. If refrigerated, allow the sealed can or foil
bag to equilibrate to room temperature before opening to
avoid condensation. Rebag unused raw stock and seal it in
film cans before returning it to refrigeration.

Process exposed film promptly. This film exhibits

excellent latent image keeping. When exposed film must be
kept several days before processing, the tone scale of
VISION Color Print Film / 2383, 3383 shows little change.
Depending on the storage temperature, labs can compensate
for the small latent image speed loss by increasing printer
TRIMS slightly (a neutral increase of 1 to 2 printer points) if
there is a long delay between printing and processing. You
can slow changes in latent image by storing exposed film at
lower temperatures. For critical applications, such as
sensitometric exposures used for process control, keep
exposed film strips at 0°C (32°F) or lower.

For short-term “active” storage and projection of

processed prints (e.g., commercial film exchanges and
theatres), store at room temperature of 20 to 25°C (68 to
77°F) at 50 to 60 percent relative humidity. Avoid prolonged
unconditioned storage at high temperatures or excessive
humidity. For medium-term storage, store at 10°C (50°F) or
lower, at a relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent. For
extended-term storage (for preservation of material having
permanent value), store at 2°C (36°F) or lower, at a relative
humidity of 20 to 30 percent. Molecular Sieves

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in a sealed

can will provide additional benefit. For more information on
long-term storage, see KODAK Publication No. H-23, The
Book of Film Care.

Processed prints made on this film will show less than

10-percent image dye loss, even after several decades of
storage at room temperature and 50-percent relative
humidity.

1.Available from FPC, 6677 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood,

California 90038, 218-468-5774.