KODAK MAX Versatility Film / GC
KODAK MAX 400 Film / GC
KODAK GOLD ULTRA 400 FILM / GC (Europe)
KODAK ULTRA 400 Film / GC (Latin America)

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Contents

• Description
• Storage and Handling
• Exposure
  • Film Speed: ISO/DIN 400/27°
  • Daylight
  • Electronic Flash:
  • Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lights
  • Adjustments for Long and Short Exposures
• Processing
• Judging Negative Exposures
• Printing Negatives
• Retouching
• Image Structure
  • Print Grain Index Magnification Table:
• Curves

Description

KODAK MAX Versatility Film lets you take your pictures to the next level. Its proprietary technology delivers the world's most convenient 400-speed film, so you can capture more of your precious moments. Whether your subjects are still or moving fast, in sunlight or dim light, MAX Versatility Film gives you great results. If you currently use 100- or 200-speed film, switching to this amazingly adaptable film will improve up to 25 percent of the pictures you take.

KODAK MAX Versatility Film offers improved performance in all key photographic features. It delivers a great combination of brilliant color saturation and accurate color reproduction to give you clear, crisp prints. Now the choice is simple. To capture your special and everyday moments with confidence, make your choice MAX Versatility Film.

Storage and Handling

Load and unload your camera in subdued light.

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

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

Exposure

Film Speed: ISO/DIN 400/27°

Use these speed numbers in the table below with cameras or meters marked for ISO, ASA, or DIN speeds or exposure indexes. Do not change the film-speed setting when you use a filter if your camera has through-the-lens metering. 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.

Electronic Flash:

Use the appropriate guide number in the table below 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 negatives are too dark (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they are too light (underexposed), use a lower number.

Automatic Flash Units: Set ISO / ASA selector to 400.

Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lights

For best results without special printing, use the color-correction filters in the table below as starting points when you expose these films under fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lamps. Use exposure times of 1/60 second or longer to avoid the brightness and color variations that occur during a single alternating-current cycle.

Though this film is tolerant of mixed-lighting situations, for best color results under uniform fluorescent or high-intensity discharge sources, use the exposure and filter recommendations given below. These recommendations are starting points.

Actual filtration may vary between lamps and lamp manufacturers. Depending on the specific source, additional filtration or special printing may be required to achieve best results.

Note: When you do not know the type of fluorescent lamps, try a 10C + 20M filter combination and increase exposure by 2/3 stop; color rendition may be less than optimum.

Note: Some primary color filters were used in the tables above to reduce the number of filters and/or to 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

You do not need to make any exposure or filter adjustments for exposure times of 1/10,000 second to 10 seconds. Exposures longer than 10 seconds may require compensation and filtration. For critical applications make tests under your conditions.

Processing

Process in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals for Process C-41.

Information on replenishment rates is available online at www.kodak.com/go/photofinishing.

Judging Negative Exposures

You can check the exposure level of the color negative with a suitable electronic densitometer equipped with a filter such as the red filter for Status M Densitometry or a KODAK WRATTEN Gelatin Filter No. 92. Depending on the subject and the light source used for exposure, a normally exposed color negative measured through the red filter should have the approximate densities listed below. These densities apply for the recommended light sources and correct processing of the negative.

Printing Negatives

This film features similar printing characteristics to other KODAK MAX and KODAK GOLD Films.

This film is optimized for printing on KODAK EKTACOLOR Edge 8 and ROYAL VIII Papers. It can also be printed on KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURAFLEX® Print Materials.

Make color slides and transparencies by printing the negatives on KODAK VERICOLOR Slide Film, KODAK VERICOLOR Print Film or on KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURATRANS® Display Material, or KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURACLEAR™ Display Material.

You can scan an image to a file and print digitally to KODAK PROFESSIONAL Digital III Color Paper, KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURATRANS® Plus Digital Display Material, KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURACLEAR™ Plus Digital Display Material, and KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURAFLEX® Digital Print Material.

Make black-and-white prints on KODAK PANALURE SELECT RC Papers for conventional black-and-white processing, or on KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Black & White Paper for Process RA-4.

Starting recommendations for KODAK EKTACOLOR Edge 8 Paper are available online at www.kodak.com/go/photofinishing.

Retouching

Negatives on this film can be retouched on the emulsion side with retouching pencils, after applying a retouching fluid, such as KODAK Retouching Fluid.

Image Structure

Print Grain Index Magnification Table:

The Print Grain Index number refers to a method of defining graininess in a print made with diffuse-printing illumination. It replaces rms granularity and has a different scale which cannot be compared to rms granularity.

This method uses a uniform perceptual scale, with a change for four units equaling a just noticeable difference in graininess for 90 percent of observers.

A Print Grain Index rating of 25 on the scale represents the approximate visual threshold for graininess. A higher number indicates an increase in the amount of graininess observed.

The standardized inspection (print-to-viewer) distance for all print sizes is 14 inches, the typical viewing distance for a 4 x 6-inch print.

In practice, larger prints will likely be viewed from distances greater than 14 inches, which reduces apparent graininess.

Print Grain Index numbers may not represent graininess observed from more specular printing illuminants, such as condenser enlargers.

The Print Grain Index numbers listed in this publication apply to the following standards:

Curves

These graphs are designed to be printed in landscape mode. They will print properly on most printers in their current page set-up of 100%. However, some printers may require adjustments to the browser page set-up in order to have the graph print on a single 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper.

Characteristic:

Spectral Sensitivity

Spectral Dye Density:

Note: If you have questions or need assistance, contact your local Kodak representative.

Note: The contents of this publication are subject to change without notice.

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Footnotes\Notices

NOTICE: The data in this publication represent product tested under the conditions of exposure and processing specified. They are representative of production coatings, and therefore do not apply to a particular box or roll of photographic material. They do not represent standards or specifications that must be met by Eastman Kodak Company. The company reserves the right to change and improve product characteristics at any time.

E2330 • Revised 6-01