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Recording of a color video signal onto lenticular film.
- Playback of the color image on the lenticular film as a television signal.
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“Kodak Instant Print Film PR-10 was based on a dye release system that used ballasted preformed dyes and reversal emulsion instead of dye developers and negative emulsion. Processing started when the film passed between pressure rollers that ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 242.
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Eastman Kodak reversal film duplication stock for (semi)professional use. Replaced Type 5265. Type 7387 introduced in 1964 as improved version. Difficult to see the difference (BL).
“In October 1935 Eastman Kodak Company introduced Eastman Wash-Off Relief. For years the company had been producing matrices and blank films for Technicolor motion pictures, and Kodak engineers were familiar with the requirement of the dye ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 140.
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Didone abbandonata (ITA 1910, Luigi Maggi).
Credit: Cineteca di Bologna.
Photographs of the tinted nitrate print by Barbara Flueckiger.
Frame characteristics / features of margins: Ambrosio. Cf.: Brown, Harold (1990): Physical Characteristics of Early Films as Aids to Identification. Brussels: FIAF, on p. 24.
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“Brand name for various reversal films from Eastman Kodak (full name: Eastman Ektachrome) based on the Eastman Colour process.
a) Ektachrome Commercial is a 16 mm film with flat gradation manufactured since 1958 for recordings from which ...
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Cross section of Ektachrome Commercial, Type 7255. Scource: Groet, N. H./Liberman, M./ Richey, F. (1959): An Improved Professional 16mm Reversal Camera Film. In: JSMPTE, Vol. 68, January 1959, p. 9.
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“In 1981 Eastman Kodak introduced an innovative product, Ektaflex PCT (Photo Color Transfer), which allowed photographers to instantly print enlarged negatives or transparencies. Up to this time only in-camera picture taking had been possible ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 246.
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“Also during the 1990s, William (Bill) Nordstrom started to experiment with a carbon process called Agfa-Proof, a four-color proprietary prepress color proofing system. He founded the EverColor Corporation in El Dorado Hills, California, in ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 96.
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Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
- Faded Ferraniacolor positive from Eastmancolor negative, anamorphic (1:2,35). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Smrt v sedle (Jindřich Polák, Czechoslovakia 1958).
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Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 70.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 70.
- Photomicrograph (20x) of a Finlay screen. Credit: Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film.
- Finlay box. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 39.
- Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 39.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 40.
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“The launching of a combined version of the product called Finlaychrome was announced in 1931 but was still unavailable three years later; it is unclear if it was ever marketed.28 Instead, it seems that the company produced a viewing screen ...
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Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 235.
- Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 39.
- Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 40.
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A chromogenic process based on Agfacolor, see detail page Agfacolor Neu / Agfacolor.
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Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jen počkej X (Nu, pogodi!) (Vjačeslav Kotěnočkin, USSR, 1976).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Jak se Žofka postarala o svatbu (Adolf Born, Jaroslav Doubrava, Miloš Macourek, Czechoslovakia 1988).
- Eastmancolor negative on Fomacolor positive. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Slunečná laguna (Mirko Kačena, Czechoslovakia 1990).
- Eastmancolor negative on Fomacolor positive. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Slunečná laguna (Mirko Kačena, Czechoslovakia 1990).
- Eastmancolor negative on Fomacolor positive. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Slunečná laguna (Mirko Kačena, Czechoslovakia 1990).
- Eastmancolor negative on Fomacolor positive. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Slunečná laguna (Mirko Kačena, Czechoslovakia 1990).
- Eastmancolor negative on Fomacolor positive. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Slunečná laguna (Mirko Kačena, Czechoslovakia 1990).
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NEW!
Soon negative color FOTON daylight films will be available.
FOTONKOLOR NS
roll film 120
FOTONKOLOR NS
roll film 620
FOTONCOLOR NS
roll film 127
FOTONCOLOR NS
35mm (in cartridge)
FOTONCOLOR NS
sheet film
Fotoncolor NS will be possible to expose like 16° DIN, 32 ASA black and white negative film.
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Source: Klein, Adrian Bernhard (Cornwell-Clyne) (1940): Colour Cinematography. Boston: American Photographic Pub. Co.
- Source: Klein, Adrian Bernhard (Cornwell-Clyne) (1940): Colour Cinematography. Boston: American Photographic Pub. Co.
- Source: Coe, Brian (1981): The History of Movie Photography. Westfield, N.J.: Eastview Editions.
- Schmidt, Richard / Kochs, Adolf (1943): Farbfilmtechnik. Eine Einführung für Filmschaffende. Berlin: Hesse, pp. 54-72. (Schriftenreihe der Reichsfilmkammer, 10.) (in German) [quote id='5']
- Schmidt, Richard / Kochs, Adolf (1943): Farbfilmtechnik. Eine Einführung für Filmschaffende. Berlin: Hesse, pp. 54-72. (Schriftenreihe der Reichsfilmkammer, 10.) (in German) [quote id='5']
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“In 1951, when pigment processes were falling into disfavor, Pierre Fresson (1904–1983) of Atelier Fresson developed Fresson Quadrichromy, a four-color printing method based on the monochrome direct carbon process (charbon-satin) that had ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 91.
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“In 1898 William Friese-Greene, a professional portrait photographer by trade, demonstrated in London ‘the first process of true natural-color cinematography.’ His program consisted of ‘a series of animated natural-color pictures,’ and although this demonstration aroused considerable interest at the time, Friese-Greene was unable to exploit this system on a profitable basis. Undaunted, he eventually developed a total of four different color methods.”
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Credit: Courtesy of BFI National Archive. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Kino the Girl of Colour (GB 1920, William Friese-Greene, Claude Friese-Greene).
- Credit: Cinémathèque française, conservatoire des techniques, Paris.
- Credit: Paolo Cherchi Usai. Source: Cherchi Usai, Paolo (2000): Silent Cinema. London: BFI.
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“Around 1975, Fuji Photo Film Company introduced Fuji Dyecolor, a dye imbibition printing service available only in Japan. A feature of the process was that the transfer of the dyes was done automatically in a special rotary machine developed ...
Fujichrome is the collective brand name for colour reversal films produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. The brand was also used for Single 8 film, the production of which ceased in 2019. The launch of “Fujicolor Reversal Film” (with an ...
Fujichrome 64T Type II Professional [RTP II] is a tungsten-type color reversal film with a speed of ISO 64 by the Fujifilm Corporation. It is no longer in production.
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome 64T Type II Professional [RTP II] (AF3-024E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Astia 100F Professional [RAP 100F] is a daylight-type color reversal film with an ISO speed of 100 by the Fujifilm Corporation intended for professional use. It was the final product in the Astia series, with production ending in March ...
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Fujifilm: Product Information Bulletin, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Astia 100F Professional [RAP 100F] (AF3-149E), p. 8.
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Fujichrome MS 100/1000 Professional [RMS] is a multi-speed daylight-type color reversal film by the Fujifilm Corporation for professional use. It is usable at its normal rating of EI 100 as well as push-processed up to EI 1000 (+3 1/3 stops). It is ...
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome MS 100/1000 Professional [RMS] (AF3-989E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Provia 100 Professional [RDP II] is a daylight-type, ISO 100 color reversal film produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. It succeeded the Fujichrome 100 Professional D [RDP], released in March 1983. Its successor is Fujichrome Provia 100F ...
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Provia 100 Professional [RDP II] (AF3-796E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Provia 100F Professional (RDP III) is a daylight-type, ISO 100–color reversal film with an RMS granularity value of 8 produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. It is the successor to Fujichrome Provia 100.
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Provia 100F Professional [RDP III] (AF3-036E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Provia 1600 Professional [RSP] is a daylight-type color reversal film by the Fujifilm Corporation, designed exclusively for push-processing, with a nominal speed of ISO 1600. It is intended for effective speeds of EI 1600 and EI 3200. It ...
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Provia 1600 Professional [RSP] (AF3-798E), p. 6
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Fujichrome Provia 400F Professional (RHP III) is an ISO 400 daylight color reversal film manufactured by the Fujifilm Corporation. It is the successor to Fujichrome Provia 400 (RHP II) and the predecessor to Fujichrome Provia 400X.
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Provia 400F Professional [RHP III] (AF3-066E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Provia 400X Professional [RXP] is a daylight-type color reversal film with an ISO sensitivity of 400 by the Fujifilm Corporation. It is the successor of Fujichrome Provia 400F (RHP III).
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Fujifilm: Product Information Bulletin, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Provia 400X Professional [RXP] (AF3-0213E), p. 7.
- Cross sections of Fujichrome Provia 400X unprocessed, f4, 50x, ws-scaled, from early 2000s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross sections of Fujichrome Provia 400X unprocessed, f4, 20x-scaled, from early 2000s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross sections of Fujichrome Provia 400X processed, f4, 50x-scaled, from early 2000s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross sections of Fujichrome Provia 400X processed, f4, 20x-scaled, from early 2000s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
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Fujichrome Sensia 100 [RA] is a daylight-type color reversal film with an ISO speed of 100 by the Fujifilm Corporation. It has an RMS granularity value of 8. Production of the Sensia series ceased in 2011 with the discontinuation of the Sensia III ...
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Fujifilm: Product Information Bulletin, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Sensia 100 [RA] (AF3-150E), p. 6.
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Fujichrome Sensia 200 RM is a daylight ISO 200 color reversal film produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. Production of the Sensia series ceased in 2011 with the discontinuation of the Sensia III 100.
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Sensia 200 [RM] (AF3-080E), p. 5.
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Fujichrome T64 Professional [RTP] is an ISO 64 tungsten-type color reversal film produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. It is the successor of Fujichrome 64 Professional T.
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Fujifilm: Product Information Bulletin, Color Reversal Films, Fujichrome T64 Professional [RTP] (AF3-178E), p. 7.
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Fujichrome Velvia 100 Professional [RVP 100] is a daylight-type color reversal film with an ISO speed of 100 produced by the Fujifilm Corporation. Its RMS granularity value is 8.
Fujichrome Velvia 100F Professional [RVP 100F] is a daylight-type color reversal film with an ISO speed of 100 by Fujifilm Corporation intended for professional use. It has an RMS granularity value of 8. It is no longer in production.
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Fujifilm: Product Information Bulletin, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Velvia 100F Professional [RVP 100F] (AF3-148E), p. 8.
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Fujichrome Velvia [RVP] is a daylight-type color reversal film with a speed of ISO 50 by the Fujifilm Corporation. Its successor is Fujichrome Velvia 50, which was released in March 2007.
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Fujifilm: Data Sheet, Color Reversal Films. Fujichrome Velvia RVP for Professionals (AF3-960E), p. 7.
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“The Fujicolor process is a three-color subtractive negative/positive process introduced in 1955 by the Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.
When the process was introduced it consisted of two elements that could be used singly or together. ...
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Don't Look Now (GBR / ITA 1973, Nicolas Roeg). Credit: BFI National Film Archive. Photographs of the faded Fujicolor HP Positive Film Type 8813 by Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors.
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Timeline of Historical Film Colors by Barbara Flueckiger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Quote as Flueckiger, Barbara (2012 ff.): Timeline of Historical Film Colors. (= https://filmcolors.org/).
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