List of motion picture film stocks

This is a list of motion picture films. Those films known to be no longer available have been marked as "(DISCONTINUED)". This article includes color and black-and-white negative films, reversal camera films, intermediate stocks, and print stocks.

Agfa

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 1936 (35 mm),[1] Agfa-Gevaert has discontinued their line of motion picture camera films.

XT

Black-and-White

DuPont

Company no longer manufactures film.

Filmotec/ORWO

German company in the tradition of AGFA, manufacturing black-and-white materials. The brand ORWO stands for Original Wolfen.

Fuji

For negative stocks, "85" prefix designates 35 mm, "86" prefix designates 16 mm stock. Stock numbers ending in a "2" are Fuji's Super-F emulsions (1990s) and the stocks ending in "3" are the new Eterna emulsions.[2]

Also, Eterna Vivid series negatives' last second suffix as "4", and the ending suffix as different "E.I.".

For intermediate stocks, as negatives', adding "45" prefix designates 35 mm in polyester(PET) base, and "87" prefix designates 65/70 mm.
For positive and print stocks, "35" indicates 35 mm print film, and "36" indicates 16 mm print film.

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.

As of March 2013, Fuji had ceased production of all motion picture film.[3]

Color negatives (1980s)

Reversal (1980s)

Black-and-White

F-Series (1988)

Super F-Series (1990s)

Reala

Containing a fourth color layer, Reala is nominally considered a part of the Super-F series. Its analogue in the stills market is Superia Reala.

Eterna (2004-present)

Print films

Intermediate film

Recording film

GAF/Ansco

Company no longer manufactures film.

Eastman Kodak

In films from 1950 on, the first two digits (the prefix) of the four-digit emulsion number identify the gauge and base of film:[8]

Prefix Description
12 Nitrate-base 35 mm negative film
13 Nitrate-base 35 mm print film
22 ESTAR-base 35 mm (or larger) camera film
23 ESTAR-base 35 mm (or larger) lab/print film
32 ESTAR-base 16 mm or 8 mm camera film
33 ESTAR-base 16 mm or 8 mm lab/print film
Prefix Description
52 Acetate-base 35 mm (or larger) camera film
53 Acetate-base 35 mm (or larger) lab/print film
72 Acetate-base 16 mm or 8 mm camera film
73 Acetate-base 16 mm or 8 mm lab/print film

A "T" suffix designates a tungsten (3200K) balanced negative and a "D" suffix designates a daylight (5600K) negative. The number preceding this is the film's exposure index as determined by Kodak (it is NOT ISO speed).

Early Nitrate films (1916–1941)

Number Name Introduced Discontinued
Cine Negative Film, Type E, orthochromatic 1916 1930
1201 Cine Negative Film, Type F, orthochromatic 1917 1930
Super Speed Cine Negative Film, orthochromatic 1922 1930
1203 Kodak Panchromatic Cine Film Type I 1922 1941
1218 Type II Cine Negative Panchromatic Films 1928 19??
Type III Cine Negative Panchromatic Films 1928 19??
1210 Panchromatic K, infrared[9] 1928 19??
1217 Super-Sensitive Cine Negative Panchromatic 1931 19??
1227 Eastman Super-X 1935 19??
1230 Eastman Background-X 1938 1956 (5230 Safety)
1231 Eastman Plus-X 1938 19?? (5231 Safety)
1232 Eastman Super-XX 1938 19?? (5323 Safety)
Super-XX reversal film, panchromatic 1938 1958
Kodacolor 16 mm 1928 19??

Black-and-White (1954–1967)

Fine Grain color negative films (1950–1964)

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

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

Kodachrome color reversal film

Ektachrome color reversal film (E1–E6 and related processes)

Eastmancolor Negative (1982–1986)

EXR color negative (ECN-2 process 1989–1996)

VISION color negative (ECN-2 process 1996–2002)

VISION2 color negative (ECN-2 process 2002–2007)

VISION3 color negative (ECN-2 process 2007–present)

Print films (1941–present)

Introduced/Discontinued?
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
1302 EASTMAN Fine Grain Release Positive 1941 1950 Black-and-white, nitrate-base. Replaced by 5302.[10]
5302/7302 EASTMAN Fine Grain Release Positive 1950 2015 Replaced 1302.
5381 EASTMAN Color Print 1950 1953 Replaced by 5382.[11] Process ECP, 45 minute wet time.[12] Not the same as 1972 film.
5382 EASTMAN Color Print 1952 1966 Replaced 5381 ("Better definition"), replaced by 5385.[11]
7282 EASTMAN Color Print 1952 1961 Replaced by 7383.
7303 EASTMAN Fine Grain Release Positive 1960 1962 "16mm only. Better image structure than 7302."[13]
5385/7385 EASTMAN Color Print 1962 1972 Replaced 5382 and 7383. "Improved definition and speed".[13] Process ECP, wet time reduced to 28 min. in 1966, and 20 min. in 1967.[12] Not the same as 1993 film.
7381 EASTMAN Color Print (super 8 only) 1970 19?? Replaced 7380.[13]
7381 EASTMAN Color Print (16 mm) 1971 Jan. 1982 Replaced 7385.[13]
5381 EASTMAN Color Print 1972 Jan. 1982 Replaced 5385 "for 35mm end use".[13] Not the same as 1950 film.
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
5383/7383 EASTMAN Color SP Print 1974 1983 Process ECP-2. Similar quality to 5381/7381.[13] "Short Process"[14] (10-minute wet time[12])
5738/7738 EASTMAN Color SP Low Contrast Print 1977 c.1983 Process ECP-2.[13]
7378 EASTMAN Color LF print 1978 1982 Process ECP. "Improved cyan dye dark-keeping stability"[12][15]
7379 EASTMAN Color LFSP print 1978 1983[13] Process ECP-2 counterpart of 7379[12][15]
5384/7384 EASTMAN Color Print 1982 19?? Replaced 5381/7381, 5383/7283, 7378, 7379. So-called low-fade "LPP." Brought "improved cyan dye dark-keeping" and ECP-2 from 7379, and "reduced sensitivity to process variations" introducing process ECP-2A (persulfate bleach replaced ferricyanide bleach, and bromide concentration was increased). Modified in 1998 for ECP-2B (eliminating formalin).[12][16]
5380/7380 EASTMAN Color LC Print 1983 c.1993 Replaced 5738/7738. "Low contrast for video transfers."[16] Process ECP-2A, dye stability, and reduced process sensitivity from 5384[17]
5385/7385 EASTMAN Color LC Print 1993 19?? Replaced 5380/7380.[16] Not the same as 1962–1972 film.
5386/7386 EASTMAN EXR Color Print 1993 c.2002 Replaced 5384/7384[16]
2386/3386 EASTMAN EXR Color Print 1994[18] c.1999 ESTAR-base version of 5386, with rem-jet backing.
SO-886 Special Order 886 1997 1998? ESTAR-base. Antistatic layer.[14]
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
2383 VISION Color Print 1998 no Replaced 5386.[16] ESTAR-base; processes ECP-2D and ECP-2E, no rem-jet backing. (Process ECP-2E removes soundtrack redeveloper and the "first fixer"; it is suitable for cyan-dye soundtrack prints)
2393 VISION Premiere Color Print 1998 2015 [16] ESTAR-base; processes ECP-2D and ECP-2E. Higher density blacks than 2383.
2395 VISION Color Teleprint c.1999 2010 Low-contrast prints[19]
2302 Black-and-white Print c.1999 no Complements 5302. Process D97.[20]
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes

Lab Films

Introduced/Discontinued?
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
5234/7234 EASTMAN Fine Grain Duplicating Panchromatic Negative film 1958 no [11]
2234/3234 EASTMAN Fine Grain Duplicating Panchromatic Negative film 1958 no ESTAR-based version of 5234.
5235 EASTMAN Panchromatic film unknown 1998 35 and 70 mm only.
7361 EASTMAN Reversal BW Print Film 1962 unknown, but disc. 16 mm only, Black-and White.[13]
5249/7249 EASTMAN Color Reversal Intermediate film 1968 unknown, but disc. Process CRI-1.[13]
5360/7360 EASTMAN Direct MP Film 1968 unknown, but disc. [13]
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
5369 EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film unknown 2011 35 and 70 mm only.
2369/3369 EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film unknown 2011 ESTAR-based version of 5369. Also provided 16 mm.
5272/7272 EASTMAN Color Internegative II Film 1980 2014 Process ECN-2. Replaced 5271/7271.[16]
5243 EASTMAN Color Intermediate Film 1976 unknown, but disc. Introduced in 1976,[13] improved in 1986[16]
5244/7244 EASTMAN Color Intermediate Film 1992 unknown, but disc. Replaced 5243/7243.[16]
2244 EASTMAN Color Intermediate Film 1992 unknown, but disc. ESTAR-based version of 5244.
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
5363/7363 EASTMAN High Contrast Black/White Positive Film c. 1999 no Used for title production
5366/7366 EASTMAN Fine Grain Duplicating Positive Film c. 1999 no
2374 KODAK Panchromatic Sound Recording Film c. 1999 no ESTAR-based and 35 mm only. For optical soundtrack recording use.
2378E/3378E EASTMAN EXR Sound Recording Film c. 1999 no ESTAR-based only. For optical soundtrack recording use.
2238 KODAK Panchromatic Separation Film c. 1999 no ESTAR-based version and 35 mm only too.
5242/7242 KODAK VISION Color Intermediate Film c. 1998 no Process ECN-2.
2242/3242 KODAK VISION Color Intermediate Film c. 1998 no ESTAR-based version of 5242. Process ECN-2.
Number Name Intro. Disc.? Notes
5254/2254 KODAK VISION3 Color Digital Intermediate Film 2010 no Recording film.
2332 KODAK Color Asset Protection Film 2012 2014 Recording film. ESTAR-based. Optimized for productions that originate or are finished digitally.
2237 KODAK VISION3 Digital Separation Film 2012 no Black-and-white recording film. ESTAR-based. Intended for making archival separations from color digital masters.

Other

Ilford

The company specialises in B&W films and, until 2003, produced motion picture versions of their photographic films for 16mm and 35mm cameras.

Slavich

A Russian manfuacturer.

Svema

A defunct Soviet/Ukrainian film manufacturer.

Tasma

A Russian company (Russian: Тасма), located in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan

References

  1. ↑ Katz, Ephraim (1994). The Film Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) HarperCollins Press. ISBN 0-06-273089-4.
  2. ↑ Fuji (January 12, 2006). Fujifilm Expands Eterna Family with the Introduction of Eterna 400, Eterna 250 Retrieved July 8, 2006
  3. ↑ , Fuji Press Release - April 2, 2013
  4. ↑ {ja}Discontinue announcement from fujifilm.jp.
  5. ↑ {ja}Discontinue announcement from fujifilm.jp.
  6. 1 2 3 Fujifilm Motion Picture , Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  7. 1 2 Released starts early summer of 2007, Retrieved 16 April 2007.
  8. ↑ Kodak H-1: Selecting Films: Film Types, Names, and Numbers, Retrieved 28 March 2007. Archived May 24, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Mees, C. E. Kenneth. "History of Professional Black-and-White Motion-Picture film", Journal of the SMPTE, Volume 63, October 1954.
  10. 1 2 Kodak | Motion Picture Imaging Chronology of Motion Picture Films: 1889-1939 (Part 1), Retrieved 28 March 2007.
  11. 1 2 3 Kodak | Motion Picture Imaging Chronology of Motion Picture Films: 1940-1959 (Part 2), Retrieved 29 March 2007.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 K.J. Carl, Jr., J.W. Erwin, S.J. Powell, F.R. Reinking, R.C. Sehlin, S.W. Spakowsky, W.A. Szafranski, R.W. Wien (October 26, 1981 (received August 30, 1982)), "Eastman Color Print Film 5384", SMPTE Journal (SMPTE 123rd Technical Conference, Los Angeles, CA) 91 (12): 1161–1170 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kodak | Motion Picture Imaging Chronology of Motion Picture Films: 1960-1979 (Part 3), Retrieved 28 March 2007.
  14. 1 2 Pytlak, John P. Eastman Kodak Corporation. At Film-Tech Forums : Film Handler's Forum, topic "Kodak '4B' print stock" (topic #2835), page 1 (post #4). 27 November 2001 02:22PM (CT)
  15. 1 2 J. Baptista, J. Erwin, F. Franzwa, C. Hunt, H. Johnston, E. Knutssen, C. Maggiulli, R. O'Connell (1978), "Two New Eastman Color Print Films with Improved Cyan Dye Dark-Keeping Stability", SMPTE 120th Technical Conference, SMPTE
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kodak | Motion Picture Imaging Chronology of Motion Picture Films: 1980-today (Part 4), Retrieved 28 March 2007.
  17. ↑ . S.J. Powell, C. Didier, B. Gagny, K.J. Carl, J.W. Erwin, I.A. Halman (November 2, 1983 (received November 7, 1983), 1984), "Eastman Color LC Print Film 5380/7380", SMPTE Journal (SMPTE 125th Technical Conference, Los Angeles, CA) 92 (3): 228–234 Check date values in: |date= (help)
  18. ↑ Pytlak, John P. "Film Notes For the Reel People: A Technical Service for Filmhandlers from Eastman Kodak Company"; Publication H-50-34, October, 1994 and H-50-35, December, 1994. 2386 was first used on Maverick and Getting Even with Dad
  19. ↑ KODAK VISION Color Teleprint Film, Retrieved 29 March 2007. Archived February 12, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ↑ Kodak Black-and-white print film 2302, Retrieved 29 March 2007. Archived July 7, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ↑ Kodak | Color Negative Films SFX 200T Color Negative Film, Retrieved 29 March 2007. Archived November 5, 2006 at the Wayback Machine

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www.pixpast.com for samples of original 35mm agfacolor film from 1936 to 1945.

See also

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