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Rob Young.
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1633
From: Cheshire, U.K.
Registered: Dec 2003

posted 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]

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Jan Bister
Darth 8mm

Posts: 2629
From: Ohio, USA
Registered: Jan 2005

posted 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!]

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Steven Sigel
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Massachusetts
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 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).

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John A. Pommon
Film Handler

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From: San Francisco, California 94131
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 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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