Kodacolor (filmmaking)

Kodak Kodacolor is a family of color negative films, the first representative in 1942 was put on the market by the company Kodak.

History and Development

Kodak introduced in 1925, the first lenticular cine under the name Kodacolor ago.

The Kodacolor process from 1942 was developed by Jelley and Vittum; Kodak claims it had at Kodacolor - with a film speed of 20 ASA - to the first color negative film in the world traded for paper pictures .. The Agfacolor method has already been developed 1934-1938 and the Agfa color film from 1939 as the first negative -positive film markets.

1952 was introduced as a new product Eastman Color, a three- layer process: negative and positive films, later this range is referred to as Ektacolor.

1977 appear the first high-sensitivity color negative films with ISO 400/27 ° on the market, including the Kodacolor 400

In 1982, the emulsion with the introduction of the so-called T -grain film grain is fundamentally changed and the Kodacolor VR 1000 is presented. He uses a newly developed emulsion technology that brings a decisive qualitative breakthrough for the sensitivity of the silver halide emulsions. T- Grain is a byproduct of the development of films for the Kodak disc camera, which was introduced in the same year and construction, very fine film grain demanded.

In 1986, the emulsions were revised again, as the Kodacolor VR - G 35 ( = Kodacolor Gold; advertising slogan. Kodacolor Gold film The Color Wonder ) was presented; at the same time brought under the name Fuji Fujifilm Fujicolor Super HR a comparable emulsion on the market.

The last development step was the 2000, introduced in the German-speaking film generation color scheme, which is to be matched allegedly particularly on the taste of German-speaking customers.

The brand name Kodacolor Kodak is up to the present for color negative films used even if the Emulisionen significantly differ from the original Kodacolor.

Products

Among the current Kodak Kodacolor films include Kodak Kodacolor Gold 100, Kodacolor VR Plus 100, Kodak Kodacolor VR Plus 200, Kodak Kodacolor Gold 200 GB, Kodak Kodacolor Gold 400 Kodacolor Pro Gold 400 Kodak Kodacolor Gold 400 GC, Kodak Kodacolor VR Plus 400, Kodak Professional Elite Color 200 & inter alia, 400

Resolution

Selected color negative films: The resolving power was measured at different object contrast ( 1.6:1 and 1000:1 ) and is specified in lines per millimeter.