Kodak 250D User Manual

TECHNICAL DATA /

COLOR NEGATIVE FILM

K OD AK VISION2 250D Color
Negative Film 5205 / 7205

August 2004 • H-1-5205t

Give your story more detail—in any light.

KODAK VISION2 250D Color Negative Film 5205 / 7205
is an advanced, medium-speed film that delivers superior
imaging in natural daylight, artificial daylight, and a variety
of mixed lighting situations. Expect beautiful fleshtones,
accurate color reproduction, and-thanks to its wider
latitude-increased detail in shadow and highlight areas. Add
seamless intercutting with other KODAK VISION2 Films
and you have a versatile addition to your storytelling toolkit.

The VISION2 Film family is the first line of products
created specifically for both film and digital postproduction.
What's more, all VISION2 Films provide excellent tone
scale and flesh-to-neutral reproduction. With superior
shadow and highlight detail and very fine grain. VISION2
Films also maintain neutrality through the full range of
exposure. So you can convey exactly the look you intended
all the way from capture to post.

BASE

KODAK VISION2 250D Film 5205 / 7205 has an acetate
safety base with rem-jet backing.

DARKROOM RECOMMENDATIONS

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

STORAGE

Store unexposed film at 13°C (55°F) or lower. For extended
storage, store at -18°C (0°F) or lower. Process exposed film
promptly. Store processed film according to the
recommendations in ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998: for
medium-term storage (minimum of ten years), store at
10°C(50°F) or lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 30
percent; for extended-term storage (for preservation of
material having permanent value), store at 2°C (35°F) or
lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent. For active
use, store at 25°C(77°F) or lower, at a relative humidity of
50 +/- 5 percent. This relates to optimized film handling
rather than preservation; static, dust-attraction and
curl-related problems are generally minimized at the higher
relative humidity . After usage, the film should be returned to
the appropriate medium- or long-term storage conditions as
soon as possible.

For more information about medium- and long-term
storage, see ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998,
SMPTE RP131-2002, and KODAK Publications No. H-1,
KODAK Motion Picture Film available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1, and No. H-23,
The Book of Film Care.

EXPOSURE INDEXES

Daylight (5500 K)—250 Tungsten (3200 K)—64 (with
KODAK WRATTEN Gelatin Filter No. 80A)

Use these indexes with incident- or reflected-light
exposure meters and cameras marked for ISO or ASA speeds
or exposure indexes. These indexes apply for meter readings
of average subjects made from the camera position or for
readings made from a gray card of 18-percent reflectance
held close to and in front of the subject. For unusually light­or dark-colored subjects, decrease or increase the exposure
indicated by the meter accordingly.

©Eastman Kodak Company, 2004

COLOR BALANCE

These films are balanced for exposure with daylight
illumination (5500 K). For other light sources, use the
correction filters in the table below.

Light Source KODAK Filters on

Daylight (5500 K) None 250
Tungsten (3000 K) WRATTEN Gelatin

Tungsten (3200 K) WRATTEN Gelatin

Tungsten
photoflood(3400 K)

White-Flame Arcs Color

Yellow-Flame Arcs Color

OPTIMA 32 WRATTEN Gelatin

VITALITE None 250
Fluorescent, Cool

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White

Fluorescent, Deluxe
Cool White

Metal Halide None 250

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These are approximate co rr ec tio ns only. Make final corrections during

printing.

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These are starting-point recommendations for trial exposures. If the kind

of lamp is unknown, a KODAK Color Compensating Filter
CC20M + CC10B can be used with an exposure index (EI) of 125.

2

Camera

No. 80A

No. 80A

WRATTEN Gelatin

No. 80A

Compensating Filter

CC20Y + CC10C

Compensating Filter

CC30C + CC10M

No. 80A

Compensating Filter

WRATTEN Gelatin

No. 82C

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Color

CC20M

Exposure

Index

64

64

64

160

160

64

200

160

Note: Consult the manufacturer of high-intensity ultraviolet
lamps for safety information on ultraviolet radiation and
ozone generation.

EXPOSURE TABLE - DAYLIGHT
ILLUMINATION

At 24 frames per second (fps), 170-degree shutter opening:

Lens
Aperture

Footcandles
Required

Use this table for average subjects that contain a
combination of light, medium, and dark colors. When a
subject includes only pastels, use at least 1/2 stop less
exposure; dark colors require 1/2 stop more exposure.

Lighting Contrast -

The recommended ratio of key-light-plus-fill-light to fill
light is 2:1 or 3:1. However, you may use 4:1 or greater
when a particular look is desired.

f/1.4 f/2 f/2.8 f/4 f/5.6 f/8 f/11 f/16

10 20 40 80 160 320 640 1250

RECIPROCITY CHARACTERISTICS

You do not need to make any filter corrections or exposure
adjustments for exposure times from 1/1000 to 1/10 second.
If your exposure is in the 1-second range, it is recommended
that you increase your exposure

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⁄3 stop and use a KODAK

Color Compensating Filter CC10R. If your exposure is in the
10 second range, it is recommended that you increase your
exposure by a stop and use a KODAK Color Compensating
Filter CC10R.

PROCESSING

Process ECN-2

Most commercial motion-picture laboratories provide a
processing service for these films. See KODAK Publication
No. H-24.07, Processing KODAK Color Negative Motion
Picture Films, Module 7 available online at http://
www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en/motion/support/
processing/h247/h2407.pdf, for more information on the
solution formulas and the procedure for machine processing
these films. There are also pre-packaged kits available for
preparing the processing solutions. For more information on
the KODAK ECN-2 Kit Chemicals, check Kodak's Motion
Picture Films price catalog.

IDENTIFICATION

After processing, the product code numbers 5205 (35 mm
and 65 mm) or 7205 (16 mm), emulsion and roll number
identification, KEYKODE numbers, and internal product
symbol (EQ) are visible along the length of the film.

LABORATORY AIM DENSITIES (LAD)

To maintain optimum quality and consistency in the final
prints, the laboratory must carefully control the color timing,
printing, and duplicating procedures. To aid in color timing
and curve placement, negati ve originals should be timed
relative to Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) Control Film
supplied by Eastman Kodak Company.
Film provides both objective sensitometric control and
subjective verification of the duplicating procedures use by
the laboratory.

In the LAD Control Method,

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used for color timing is set-up with the LAD Cont rol Film to
produce a gray video display of the LAD patch,
corresponding to 1.0 neutral density (gray) on the print. The
negative printing original is then scene-to-scene timed.
There are specific LAD values for each type of print or
duplicating film that the original can be printed on. For print
films, the LAD patch is printed to a neutral gray of 1.0 visual
density. For duplicating films, the specified aims are at the
center of the usable straight-line portion of the sensitometric
curve of the film.

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The LAD Control

the electronic color analyzer

1.Direct any inquiries to one of the regional sales offices.

2.Use of the LAD Control Method is described in the paper, "A Simplified

Motion-Picture Laboratory Control Method for Improved Color
Duplication," by John P. Pytlak and Alfred W. Fleischer in the October
1976 SMPTE Journal.

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