• Descriptions
• Features and Benefits
• Manufacturing Uniformity
• Storage and Handling
• Sizes Available
• Darkroom Recommendations
• Exposure
• Processing
• Retouching Transparencies
• Printing Transparencies (Slides)
• Scanning For Photo CD Applications
• At-A-Glance Film Selector

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DESCRIPTION

This new medium-speed, daylight-balanced 200-speed color slide film is designed for KODAK Chemicals, Process E-6.

The film offers moderate contrast, along with excellent color and image structure. It is ideal for general outdoor or daylight picture-taking under moderate- to low-light conditions.

ELITE Chrome 200 Film also features KODAK T-GRAINŽ Emulsions for extremely fine grain and very high sharpness, plus improvements in reciprocity and manufacturing consistency.

The film is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. You can also expose it with tungsten illumination (3200 K) using filters.

Use ELITE Chrome 200 Film to produce color transparencies (slides) for projection. You can make duplicate transparencies by direct printing. To make color prints, you can print transparencies onto color reversal paper. Or make internegatives for printing onto color negative paper. You can also scan transparencies for digital printing and for Photo CD applications.

ELITE Chrome 200 Film is a member of the "Select Series" of Kodak films. The Select Series offers serious snapshooters and photo enthusiasts the widest selection of high-performance films. Choose from KODACHROME or KODAK ELITE Chrome Films for slides, or KODAK ROYAL GOLD Films for prints.

MANUFACTURING UNIFORMITY

Similar to KODAK ELITE Chrome 100 and 400 Films, the 200 film takes full advantage of Kodak's new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Rochester, New York. The result is a film with excellent roll-to-roll consistency and accurate 200 speed.

STORAGE AND HANDLING

Load and unload film in subdued light.

Store unexposed film at 21°C (70°F) or lower in the original sealed package. Always store film in a cool, dry place. Process film as soon as possible after exposure.

Protect transparencies from strong light, and store them in a cool, dry place. For more information, see KODAK Publication No. E-30, Storage and Care of KODAK Photographic Materials--Before and After Processing.

DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS

Do not use a safelight. Handle unprocessed film in total darkness.

EXPOSURE

Use the exposure index numbers below with cameras or light meters marked for ISO or ASA speeds or exposure indexes. Do not change the film-speed setting when metering through a filter. Metering through filters may affect meter accuracy; see your meter or camera manual for specific information. For critical work, make a series of test exposures.

Daylight

Use the exposures in the table below for average frontlit subjects from 2 hours after sunrise to 2 hours before sunset.

*  Use f/8 for backlit close-up subjects.
** Subjects shaded from sun but lit by large area of clear sky

Electronic Flash

Use the appropriate guide number in the following table as a starting point for your equipment. First select the unit output closest to the number given by your flash manufacturer. Then find the guide number for feet or metres. To determine the lens opening, divide the guide number by the flash-to-subject distance. If transparencies are consistently too thin (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they are too dense (underexposed), use a lower number.

* BCPS=beam candlepower seconds.

Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lamps

Use the color-compensating filters and exposure adjustments below as starting points to expose this film under fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps. For critical applications, make a series of test exposures under your actual conditions.

To avoid the brightness and color variations that occur during a single alternating-current cycle, use exposure times of 1/60 second or longer with fluorescent lamps; with high-intensity discharge lamps, use 1/125 second or longer.

Note:When you don't know the type of fluorescent lamps, try a 30 M filter and increase exposure by 2/3 stop; color rendition will probably be less than optimum.

* This is a high-pressure sodium-vapor lamp. The information in the table may not apply to other manufacturers' high-pressure sodium-vapor lamps because of differences in spectral characteristics.

Note: Consult the manufacturer of high-intensity lamps for ozone ventilation requirements and safety information on ultraviolet radiation.

Some primary color filters were used in the previous tables to reduce the number of filters and keep the exposure adjustment to a minimum. Red filters were substituted for equivalent filtration in magenta and yellow. Blue filters were substituted for equivalent filtration in cyan and magenta.

Adjustments for Long and Short Exposures

No filter correction or exposure compensation is required for exposures from 1/10,000 to 10 seconds.

Note:This information applies only when the film is exposed to daylight. The data are based on average emulsions rounded to the nearest 1/3 or 1/2 stop and assume normal, recommended processing. Use the data only as a guide. For critical applications, make tests under your conditions.

PROCESSING

Process ELITE Chrome 200 Film in KODAK Chemicals, Process E-6.

RETOUCHING TRANSPARENCIES

Use KODAK E-6 Transparency Retouching Dyes. You can retouch only the emulsion side of this film. For information on retouching equipment, supplies, and techniques, see KODAK Publication No. E-68, Retouching Transparencies on KODAK EKTACHROME Film.

PRINTING Transparencies (SLIDES)

Duplicate Color Transparencies

For direct printing, use--
KODAK EKTACHROME Duplicating Films
KODAK EKTACHROME RADIANCE Overhead Material
   Or make internegatives on KODAK Commercial Internegative Film,
and print them on—
KODAK VERICOLOR Print Film
KODAK VERICOLOR Slide Film
KODAK DURATRANS, RA Display Material
KODAK DURACLEAR? RA Display Material

Color Prints

For direct printing, use--
KODAK EKTACHROME RADIANCE III Papers
KODAK EKTACHROME RADIANCE III SELECT Material
   Or make internegatives on KODAK Commercial Internegative Film,
and print them on--
KODAK EKTACOLOR PORTRA III Papers
KODAK EKTACOLOR SUPRA II Paper
KODAK EKTACOLOR ULTRA II Paper
KODAK DURAFLEX, RA Print Material

Prints and enlargements can be made digitally from color slides using equipment that scans, enhances, and prints images. See your photo dealer for services available in your area.

SCANNING TRANSPARENCIES

For Photo CD Applications

Use the Universal E-6 Film Term to scan all KODAK ELITE Chrome Films for KODAK PCD Imaging Workstation applications.

For output to a Photo CD player: Using the Universal E-6 Film Term should result in an image that closely matches your original in density, tone scale, and overall color balance when viewed on a player.

For output devices other than Photo CD players: The YCC data that results when using the Universal E-6 Film Term is capable of producing a high-quality duplicate of your original in terms of density, tone scale, and color reproduction. Final quality of your reproduced image depends on the capabilities of your output device, the viewing environment, and the rendering path used.

AT-A-GLANCE FILM SELECTOR

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