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Posted by Mike Felling (Member # 2701) on September 07, 2014, 09:47 PM:

Greetings once again film guru's!

I have checked around.. but the best I can find is that these are date codes of manufacture. This is from a TV network animation series. 1981 Spiderman to be exact. I will be listing some of these for sale soon, and would like a little more information to provide to the buyer. They look as if they are LPP, but I could be mistaken. These are the only markings on the entire length of the reel.

Posted by Gerald Santana (Member # 2362) on September 07, 2014, 10:25 PM:

Hi Mike,

Check out Paul Ivester's guide to identifying film stocks but, to me this looks like it has a dual variable soundtrack that was very common for (CRI) Eastman color prints.

http://www.paulivester.com/films/filmstock/guide.htm

Posted by Mike Felling (Member # 2701) on September 07, 2014, 10:49 PM:

Right, I had been reading there, Looking into this now, my guess is this stock would not be LPP, Because this is the 1981 series, and Paul's site lists 1982/83 as when KODAK started making LPP. The guide for CRI also lists many possibilities when it comes to stock..

"Most CRI prints are on Eastmancolor, Sometimes a later process such as SP or LPP, but often on plain old Eastman, though it can also be Agfa-Gevaert or Fuji."

So I'm still guessing at the true stock.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 08, 2014, 02:21 AM:

I can't identify the stock, but it's certainly not Fuji nor Agfa.

Posted by Mike Felling (Member # 2701) on September 08, 2014, 11:31 AM:

I didn't think they were Fuji or Agfa, but I figured id let someone with a little more knowledge check it out. I think it probably has a better chance being SP than anything. Whatever they are .. they still have some really wonderful color left.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 08, 2014, 02:06 PM:

Mike
I don't put any money on SP. SP turns a slight browny colour with age. Your piece of film still retains very good colour. My guess is that it's the later type Eastman stock which often does not have any identification marks.

Posted by Mike Felling (Member # 2701) on September 08, 2014, 04:39 PM:

Ahh ok great. I remember messaging you on another occasion about an SP film and you told me that. Thanks for reminding me. [Wink]

Posted by Doug Thompson (Member # 3381) on September 21, 2014, 02:42 PM:

It looks like negative edge markings to me. Do the markings one foot before and after say 169 and 171?

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