8mm Forum: Trying to date Camera Reversal Film.

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Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on October 04, 2005, 09:06 AM:

I am trying to date some 16mm camera reversal film for a friend.

The rolls are news footage, probably from the about early '80's I guess.

One is Kodak VNF 3 and bears the edge number s204.

The other is Fuji and bears the edge number 8106.

If anyone has any ideas on how to date these I would appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance [Smile]

Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on October 04, 2005, 06:00 PM:

You mean to tell me you've got news footage that doesn't say what date and time the news happened? [Eek!]

Posted by Steven Sigel (Member # 21) on October 04, 2005, 06:25 PM:

The kodak film should have a set of symbols -- some combination of circle, Box, X, Triangle. That will tell you the date.

Based on what you said, the Fuji is probably 81. Could it be "81 OD" rather than "8106"? Fuji usually has two numbers (The year) and then two letters (not sure what those are).

Posted by John A. Pommon (Member # 292) on October 04, 2005, 06:26 PM:

Film Identification

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:y0i1lbji6d0J:www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/h1/identificationP.shtml+Kodak+Manufacturing+Year+Codes+16mm+film&hl=en

[ October 05, 2005, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: John A. Pommon ]

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