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Mike Felling
Film Handler

Posts: 34
From: Riley, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted 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.

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Gerald Santana
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Cottage Grove OR
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posted 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

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Mike Felling
Film Handler

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From: Riley, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted 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.

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted September 08, 2014 02:21 AM

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

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Mike Felling
Film Handler

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From: Riley, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted 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.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted 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.

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Mike Felling
Film Handler

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From: Riley, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2011

posted 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]

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Doug Thompson
Junior
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From: Jacksonville, FL USA
Registered: Nov 2012

posted 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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