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Osi Osgood
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posted July 03, 2008 10:30 AM

It had occured to me last night, that KODAK SP must have been a rather shortlived film stock. Well, compared to Eastman, L.P.P. and reguLAR Eastman, or Kodachrome, ect.

But exactly HOW short of time was it around? Was it only about a decade? I'm pretty sure it was about by 1980, wasn't it fazed out by the late 80's in favor of Eastman L.P.P. or AGFA?

Hmmm.

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Steven Sigel
Jedi Master Film Handler

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posted July 06, 2008 11:13 AM

I don't know the exact dates, but I believe SP started somewhere around 1974 and was gone by the time LPP was released (late 1982)...

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Osi Osgood
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posted July 06, 2008 03:32 PM

I think that it might have existed for a little while longer, as I have a print of "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986), and it's definitely on Kodak SP. Could this be due to excessive overstock of a already defunct film stock, just used by until it ran out?

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Steven Sigel
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posted July 06, 2008 09:47 PM

Probably old stock -- did you check the date code on the stock?

I've never seen a 16mm SP later than 1982.

Here's a link to a date code chart for Eastman/Kodak film stocks

http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=datecodechart

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Osi Osgood
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posted July 06, 2008 10:29 PM

Steve, it's a VERY interesting chart. If you could, please explain how to tell which year a film stocks markings are, as
I would love to understand how to use the chart.

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