KODAK High Definition 400 Film / 3926 / HDC

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Contents

• Description
• 135 Format Coding Information
• Darkroom Recommendations
• Storage and Handling
• Exposure
• Film Speed:
• Daylight Exposure:
• Existing Light
• Electronic Flash:
• Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lights
• Reciprocity
• Processing
• Judging Negative Exposures
• Printing Negatives
• Retouching
• Image Structure
• Print Grain Index Magnification Table:
• Curves

Description

KODAK High Definition 400 Film is the world's finest grain 400-speed color print film. It provides a unique balance of fine grain, sharpness, color reproduction, and contrast to yield results with excellent clarity and enlargement capability. This multi-purpose film is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. You can also obtain pleasing results under most existing-light sources without filters.

• ISO 400, 35mm color negative film.
• Brings state-of-the-art KODAK ADVANTIX Film technology to 35 mm, for superior grain in the 400-speed class.
• High Definition 400 Film is the film of choice for very high quality photography in wide ranging situations, especially with telephoto lenses, limited light conditions, or for stop-action work.
• Designed for exposure by daylight and electronic flash.
• Pleasing results can be obtained using existing light. For best results, use recommended filters for photoflood or tungsten sources.
• Satisfactory negatives result from exposures 2 stops under to 3 stops over the correct exposure.
• Designed to be printed on a common channel with other KODAK GOLD and ROYAL GOLD Films.
• High sharpness, resolution, and fine grain allow a high degree of enlargement.
• Film is coated on 0.0048 (0.12 mm) acetate base, in135 format only.
• Intended for use with KODAK EKTACOLOR Papers.
• Designed for processing in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals, Process C-41.
• Produces more consistent high-color results from overexposures.
• Emulsion has superior resistance to damaging scratches.
• Produces optimized skin tones in people pictures.

135 Format Coding Information

Darkroom Recommendations

Handle unprocessed film in total darkness.

Process this film in total darkness through the bleach step in Process C-41.

Do not use a safelight.

Storage and Handling

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:

Use these speed numbers with meters and cameras marked for ISO, ASA, or DIN speeds or exposure indexes. Do not change the ISO-speed setting when metering through a filter.

Daylight Exposure:

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

Existing Light

Electronic Flash:

Use the guide numbers in the table below as starting-point recommendations 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 consistently too dense (overexposed), use a higher guide number; if they are too thin (underexposed), use a lower number.

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.

Reciprocity

To compensate for reciprocity effect, use the following filter and exposure adjustments as a starting-point recommendation:

Processing

Process KODAK High Definition 400 Film in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals for Process C-41. For more information, see KODAK Publication No. Z-131, Using KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals.

Judging Negative Exposures

Expose this film properly for optimum results.

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 is optimized for printing on KODAK EDGE Generations, KODAK EKTACOLOR EDGE 8, KODAK ROYAL Generations, KODAK EKTACOLOR ROYAL VIII, KODAK EKTACOLOR EDGE 9 AP, and KODAK EKTACOLOR ROYAL IX AP, and KODAK PROFESSIONAL Color Metallic Papers. The film can also be printed on KODAK EKTACOLOR EDGE 7 Paper.

Make color slides and transparencies by printing the negatives on KODAK VERICOLOR Slide Film, KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Transparency Optical Display Material, or KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Clear Optical Display Material.

You can scan an image to a file and print digitally to KODAK PROFESSIONAL ULTRA ENDURA Paper, KODAK PROFESSIONAL Color Metallic Paper, KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Transparency Digital Display Material, KODAK PROFESSIONAL ENDURA Clear Digital Display Material, and KODAK PROFESSIONAL DURAFLEX® Plus Digital Display 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:

Print Grain Index numbers for diffuse printing illumination.

Negative Size: 24 x 36 mm; 135 format or 35 mm Roll Film

• This is a new method which replaces rms granularity. It is on a different scale, which cannot be compared to rms granularity.
• The scale is a uniform perceptual scale, with a change of 4 units representing a Just Noticeable Difference for 90% of observers.
• Index value representing the approximate visual threshold for graininess: 25.
• Standardized inspection distance for all print sizes: 35.6 cm (14 inches).
• In practice, prints larger than 10.2 x 15.2 cm (4x6 inches) will likely be viewed from distances greater than 35.6 cm (14 inches), thereby reducing overall graininess that is perceived.
• These Grain Index numbers may not represent graininess observed from more specular printing illuminants, such as condenser enlargers.

Curves

Characteristic:

Daylight; Process C-41, Status M Densitometry; Log H Ref is -1.44

Spectral Sensitivity

Effective Exposure 1/100 sec; Daylight; Status M Densitometry; 0.2 > D-min

Spectral Dye Density:

Typical Densities for D-min and Midscale Neutral Subject

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.

TI7013 • Revised 5-03