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Dave Clevinger
Junior
Posts: 12
From: Henryville, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2018

posted February 24, 2018 12:28 PM

Kodak 16mm prints have a date-code and some potential buyers sometimes request photographic "evidence" of the age of the stock.

But film edges codes aren't the easiest things to capture and so far my attempts at doing so have not been very successful.

Anybody have any tips for doing it efficiently without using a scanner?

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16mm projectors
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Elmo CL-16, Elmo CL-16 (TC)
RCA 400, RCA TP-6
Eiki SSL-0, Eiki NT-0
B&H 3585

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Michael Lattavo
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 160
From: Canton, OH, USA
Registered: May 2014

posted February 25, 2018 06:36 AM

Get an inexpensive light table, then place a lens on the film to magnify the code.

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Dave Clevinger
Junior
Posts: 12
From: Henryville, IN, USA
Registered: Feb 2018

posted March 05, 2018 02:03 PM

That was a good idea - I just improvised with some materials around my shop and voila! got some excellent images of my 1963 Eastman stock from Rochester, NJ.

Thanks a lot!

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16mm projectors
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Elmo CL-16, Elmo CL-16 (TC)
RCA 400, RCA TP-6
Eiki SSL-0, Eiki NT-0
B&H 3585

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