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

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DESCRIPTION

This high-speed color slide film is ideal for action photography, for using handheld telephoto lenses, or for situations that require small apertures to increase depth of field. It is also excellent for low-light conditions.

ELITE Chrome 400 Film incorporates several Kodak-patented technologies which produce slides of superior color, clarity, and consistency. The new film's color is balance optimized to match the overall high-quality appearance of the other films in the ELITE Chrome Film family.

ELITE Chrome 400 Film is intended for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. You can also expose it with tungsten (3200 K) illumination with conversion filters.

Use this film to produce color slides for projection. You can have color prints, enlargements, duplicate slides, internegatives, and photo CDs made from your original slides.

ELITE Chrome 400 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.

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

SIZES AVAILABLE

DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS

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

EXPOSURE

Use the exposure index numbers in the table below with cameras or meters marked for ISO or ASA speeds. Do not change the film-speed setting when metering through a filter. Metering through filters may affect light 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. 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 slides 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 in the tables 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 exposure times of 1/125 second or longer.

Note:When you don't know the type of fluorescent lamps, try a 30M 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 1/10 second. At 1 second, use a CC05R filter and increase exposure by 1/3 or 1/2 stop. At 10 seconds, use a CC10R filter and increase exposure by 1/2 stop.

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 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 400 Film in KODAK Chemicals, Process E-6.

PRINTING SLIDES

You can make color prints or enlargements photographically by printing color slides directly onto KODAK EKTACHROME RADIANCE III Papers. Or you can make internegatives and print them on KODAK EKTACOLOR Papers.

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

* Such as KODAK Creation Station, KODAK Digital Enhancement Station, and KODAK Digital Print Station.

SCANNING 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