KODAK VERICOLOR III Professional Film

—Notice of Discontinuance—

This film has been discontinued. As a recommended alternative, we suggest KODAK PROFESSSIONAL PORTRA 160NC Film. For more information, see KODAK Publication E-190, KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA Film

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Contents

• DESCRIPTION
• DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS
• STORAGE AND HANDLING
• EXPOSURE
  • Film Speed
  • Daylight
  • Electronic Flash
  • Fluorescent and High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
  • Adjustments for Long and Short Exposure
• PROCESSING
• JUDGING NEGATIVE EXPOSURE
• PRINTING NEGATIVES
• RETOUCHING
• IMAGE STRUCTURE
  • Print Grain Index
• CURVES
• SIZES AVAILABLE
  • Specification Numbers

DESCRIPTION

KODAK VERICOLOR III Professional Film is a medium-speed color negative film. Its speed, sharpness, and grain make it an excellent choice for portraiture and wedding photography. It is available in many roll and sheet sizes on a variety of bases.

This film is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash at exposure times of 1/10,000 second to 1/10 second.

Process VERICOLOR III Professional Film in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals for Process C-41. Processed negatives have excellent dark-keeping stability.

DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS

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

STORAGE AND HANDLING

Load and unload film in standard short-roll sizes (135, 120, and 220) in subdued light; for long rolls, see the specifications under Sizes Available.

Store unexposed film in a refrigerator at 55°F (13°C) or lower in the original sealed package. To avoid moisture condensation on film that has been refrigerated, allow the film to warm up to room temperature before opening the package.

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 Films and Papers Before and After Processing.

EXPOSURE

Film Speed

Use the 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 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.

Note: The nominal speed of VERICOLOR III Professional Film is ISO 160; many photographers prefer to expose it at EI 125.

Because VERICOLOR III Professional Film is designed for fine portraiture, it combines a "soft toe," moderate contrast, and moderate color saturation. For fine portraiture, these characteristics maximize the retention of highlight and shadow detail, with exceptional flesh-tone reproduction under controlled lighting. However, because of the film's "soft toe" and moderate contrast, photographers (under many circumstances) prefer to "build" slightly higher contrast and color by exposing the film at EI 125. This also provides additional protection from potential underexposure.

Daylight

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

* Use f/5.6 for backlit close-up subjects.
** Subject shaded from the sun but lighted by a large arrea of clear sky.

Electronic Flash

Use the appropriate guide number in the following table as a starting point for your equipment. Select the 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're too thin (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 10C + 20M filter combination 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: 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

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

PROCESSING

Process VERICOLOR III Professional Film in KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals for Process C-41. For more information on processing this film, see KODAK Publication No. Z-131, Using KODAK FLEXICOLOR Chemicals.

JUDGING NEGATIVE EXPOSURE

Expose VERICOLOR III Professional Film properly for best results.

You can check the exposure level with a suitable electronic densitometer equipped with a filter such as a KODAK WRATTEN Gelatin Filter No. 92 or the red filter for Status M densitometry. 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 recommended light sources and assume correct processing of the negative.

Because of the extreme range in skin color, use the red density values given for a normally lighted forehead only as a guide. For best results, use a KODAK Gray Card (gray side).

PRINTING NEGATIVES

You can make color prints by direct contact printing or enlarging on KODAK EKTACOLOR PORTRA III, EKTACOLOR SUPRA II, or EKTACOLOR ULTRA II Paper or KODAK DURAFLEX® RA Print Material for Process RA-4.

Make color transparencies or slides by direct exposure onto KODAK VERICOLOR Print Film or KODAK VERICOLOR Slide Film. Make display transparencies on KODAK DURATRANS® RA or DURACLEAR™ RA Display Material.

Make black-and-white prints on KODAK PANALURE SELECT RC Paper; for short-term applications, use KODAK EKTAMAX Professional Paper for Process RA-4.

RETOUCHING

The 120, 220, sheet and 70 mm (on 4-mil base) sizes of VERICOLOR III Film have a retouching surface on the base side and the emulsion side. You can retouch 5026 film only on the emulsion side.

For more information on retouching negatives, see KODAK Publication No. E-71, Retouching Color Negatives.

IMAGE STRUCTURE

Print Grain Index

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.

• The method uses a uniform perceptual scale, with a change of 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.

CURVES

Characteristic Curves

NOTE: The characteristic curves for KODAK VERICOLOR III Professional Film / 2106 and 4106 are 0.04 lower in overall density than these curves, which apply to 5026 and 6006 Film.

Modulation-Transfer Curve

Spectral-Sensitivity Curves

Spectral-Dye-Density Curves

NOTICE: The sensitometric curves and 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 directly 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.

SIZES AVAILABLE

Sizes and CAT numbers may differ from country to country. See your dealer who supplies KODAK PROFESSIONAL Products.

KODAK VERICOLOR III Professional Film

Sheets	Size (Inches)	Code	Base	CAT No.
10	4 x 5	4106	7-mil ESTAR	142 6790
50	4 x 5	4106	7-mil ESTAR	142 6048
50	5 x 7	4106	7-mil ESTAR	142 6063
10	8 x 10	4106	7-mil ESTAR	142 6121

Specification Numbers

No. 404—35 mm, darkroom load, KS perforated both edges, on 2-inch OD plastic core with 1-inch center hole with keyway (Type U). Frame numbered, wound emulsion in.

No. 414—35 mm, unperforated, wound emulsion in on S-83 No. 10 metal spool. Subdued-light load (acetate base).

No. 426W—35 mm, 100-foot length, darkroom load, unperforated, on 1-inch OD plastic core, 0.320-in. square center hole with keyway (Type AA). For Beattie Portronic and Alves copying cameras.

No. 427W—Same as No. 426W, except in 200-foot length.

No. 473—70 mm, darkroom load, unperforated, on 1 1/4-inch OD plastic core with 0.324-in. square center hole (Type J). For Beattie Portronic, MacVan R-70, and similar cameras.

No. 474—70 mm, subdued-light load, unperforated, on S-84 No. 10 metal spool.

No. 475—70 mm, darkroom load (ESTAR Base), subdued-light load (acetate base). Perforated Type II (both edges), on S-84 No. 10 metal spool. For cameras equipped with Type II sprockets, such as Graphic 70, Linhof Cine, and Rollex 70 Cameras.

No. 477—70 mm, subdued-light load, perforated Type I (both edges), on S-84 No. 10 metal spool. For Hulcher and similar cameras.

No. 488—70 mm, daylight load, perforated Type II (both edges). For Graphic 70, Linhof Cine, Rollex 70, and similar cameras.

No. 653—35 mm, subdued-light load, KS perforated (both edges), on S-83 No. 10 metal spool.

No. 819—46 mm, unperforated, on 1-inch OD plastic core with 1/4-inch center hole with keyway (Type C).

No. 952—9 1/2-inch, unperforated, on S-46 spool.

E-26 • April 1997