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Not to be confused with the Eastman Color Print Film 5381 from 1950.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2026): Technical Data, Color Print Film. Kodak Vision, Color Print Film 2383 / 3383 (H-1-2383), 03.2026, p. 5.
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Eastman Kodak Company (1998): Technical Data, Color Print Film. Kodak Vision, Premier Color Print Film / 2393 (H-1-2393t), 09.1998, p. 5.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2022): Technical Data, Color Negative Film. Kodak Vision3 500T, Color Negative Film 5219 / 7219 (H-1-5219), 03.2022, p. 4.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2022): Technical Data, Color Negative Film. Kodak Vision3 250D, Color Negative Film 5207 / 7207 (H-1-5207), 03.2022, p. 4.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2026): Technical Data, Color Negative Film. Kodak Vision3 50D, Color Negative Film 5203 / 7203 (H-1-5203), 03.2026, p. 4.
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“In 1941 Kodak introduced a printing service for wallet-size Minicolor prints on a white opaque support of pigmented acetate made from 35mm transparencies (Fig. 5.6). A similar product called Kotavachrome was designed for larger prints made ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 165.
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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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“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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“Between 1934 and 1941 Eastman Kodak developed a silver dye-bleach printing material called Azochrome. In 1941 it announced the launching of Azochrome but held back the product at the onset of World War II. After the war, the company decided to ...
“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 ...
Kodak Ektachrome 160T Professional Film is a color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 160, it is designed for exposure with tungsten illumination (3200 K).
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 160T Professional Film / EPT (E-144), 05.2007, p. 5.
- Cross section of Ektachrome 160T Professional, processed, f4, 20x, ws-scaled, from late 1970s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross section of Ektachrome 160T Professional, processed, f4, 50x, ws-scaled, from late 1970s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross section of Ektachrome 160T Professional, unprocessed, f4, 20x, ws-scaled, from late 1970s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
- Cross section of Ektachrome 160T Professional, unprocessed, f4, 50x, ws-scaled, from late 1970s. Credit: Joana Santos Lima da Silva.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2026): Technical Data, Color Negative Film. Kodak Vision3 200T, Color Negative Film 5213 / 7213 (H-1-5213), 03.2026, p. 4.
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Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100G is a fine-grain color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 100, it is ideal for shooting in daylight or with an electronic flash. It has medium color saturation and a neutral color balance.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2009): Technische Daten, Farbumkehrfilm. Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100G und E100GX (E-4024), 10.2009, p. 5.
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Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100GX is a fine-grain color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 100, it is ideal for shooting in daylight or with an electronic flash. It has medium color saturation and a warm color balance (the “X” stands ...
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Eastman Kodak Company (2009): Technische Daten, Farbumkehrfilm. Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100G und E100GX (E-4024), 10.2009, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus Professional Film is a fine-grain color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 100, it is designed for use in daylight or with electronic flash. It combines high color saturation with dependable neutral tones.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus Professional Film (E-113), 07.2007, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 64T Professional Film is a color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 64, it is designed for exposure with tungsten illumination (3200 K).
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 64T Professional Film (E-130), 07.2007, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 100 Professional Film is a daylight-balanced color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 100, it is intended for exposure with daylight or electronic flash.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 100 Professional Film (E-27), 07.2007, p. 5.
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Kodak Professional Elite Chrome Extra Color 100 Film is a color reversal film from Kodak’s Elite Chrome product line. With an ISO speed of 100, it is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Professional Elite Chrome Extra Color 100 Film (E-126E), 04.2005, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 100D Color Reversal Film 5294/7294 is a color reversal motion picture camera film. With an ISO speed of 100, it is designed for use in daylight (5500 K).
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Eastman Kodak Company (2024): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 100D. Color Reversal Film 5294 / 7294(H-1-5294), 05.2024, p. 3.
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Kodak Ektachrome 320T Professional Film is a color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 320, it is balanced for exposure with tungsten illumination.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 320T Professional Film (E-145), 05.2007, p. 4.
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Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E100VS is a daylight-balanced color reversal film with an ISO speed of 100.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E100VS (E-163), 09.2005, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 64 Professional Film is a color reversal film with an ISO speed of 64. It is designed for use with either daylight or electronic flash.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Ektachrome 64 Professional Film (E-8), 09.2005, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome P1600 Professional Film is a daylight-balanced color reversal film designed for push processing. Its optimal effective speed is EI 1600, achieved through a two-stop push with Process E-6P.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodak Ektachrome P1600 Professional Film (E-147), 05.2007, p. 5.
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Kodak Ektachrome 400X Professional Film is a color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 400, it is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2007): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodak Ektachrome 400X Professional Film (E-161), 09.2005, p. 5.
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Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E200 is a daylight-balanced color reversal film. With an ISO speed of 200, it is designed for use with either daylight or electronic flash. It can be push-processed to an exposure index (EI) of 800.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodak Professional Ektachrome Film E200 (E-28), 09.2005, p. 5.
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Kodak Professional Elite Chrome 200 Film is a daylight-balanced color reversal film from Kodak’s Elite Chrome product line. With an ISO speed of 200, it is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Professional Elite Chrome 200 Film, 04.2005, p. 4.
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Kodak Professional Elite Chrome 100 film is a daylight-balanced color reversal film from the Elite Chrome product line. With an ISO speed of 100, it is designed for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. Its RMS granularity value is 8.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2005): Technical Data, Color Reversal Film. Kodak Professional Elite Chrome 100 Film (E-7014E), 04.2005, p. 3.
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Kodak Professional Ektachrome Duplicating Film Edupe is a low-contrast color reversal duplicating film. It is designed to make duplicates of originals on Kodak Ektachrome or Kodachrome film.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2004): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodak Professional Ektachrome Duplicating Film Edupe(E-2529), 05.2004, p. 7.
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Kodachrome 25 Professional Film (PKM) is a color reversal film with an ISO speed of 25, intended for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. Kodachrome films are designed for the K-14 process, a complex process which uses external couplers.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2009): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodachrome 25, 64, and 200 Professional Film (E-55), 06.2009, p. 3.
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Kodachrome 64 Professional Film (PKR) is a color reversal film with an ISO speed of 64, intended for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. Kodachrome films are designed for the K-14 process, a complex process which uses external couplers. In ...
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Eastman Kodak Company (2009): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodachrome 25, 64, and 200 Professional Film (E-55), 06.2009, p. 4.
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Kodachrome 200 Professional Film (PKL) is a color reversal film with an ISO speed of 200, intended for exposure with daylight or electronic flash. Kodachrome films are designed for the K-14 process, a complex process which uses external couplers.
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Eastman Kodak Company (2009): Technical Data, Color Transparency Film. Kodachrome 25, 64, and 200 Professional Film (E-55), 06.2009, p. 5.
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Process for still photography in which light is filtered through a screen or transparent plate covered in lines or dots in the primary colors orange, green and violet. For the positive, the process relies on a support material which includes an ...
“In 1900 Edward Sanger-Shepherd (ca. 1869−1927), a London scientific instrument maker, started to offer complete outfits for making natural color lantern slides with a dye imbibition printing method that became known as the Sanger-Shepherd ...
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Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 128.
- Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 129.
- Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 130.
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“Polacolor was commercialized in 1963 and became an immediate success. It was acclaimed as the ‘most outstanding single advance in photographic science made during this century’ (Crawley 1963). Indeed, Polacolor introduced important ...
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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.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 235.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 235.
- Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 258.
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Credit: Gert Koshofer Collection. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
- Source: Klein, Adrian Bernhard (Cornwell-Clyne) (1940): Colour Cinematography. Boston: American Photographic Pub. Co.
- Source: Eggert, John (1932): Kurzer Überblick über den Stand der Farbenkinematographie. Bericht über den VIII. Internationalen Kongress für wissenschaftliche und angewandte Photographie, Dresden 1931, pp. 214-222. Leipzig: J. A. Barth.
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Much like many other additive processes, the Wolff-Heide system was based on three black and white color separations printed consecutively on one film strip and projected through a rotary filter attached to the projector. However, the biggest ...
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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