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  • What film stock is this (EKC 32)?

    Most of the big companies will use Kodak SP, Eastman, Fuji, AGFA and sometime 3M for their color prints in 1970s but I found two Universal 8 releases (Blues Brothers and Little Miss Marker) has a different code which I am not sure what type of stock is this. This is very new for me. See photos below.

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ID:	39008 It seems to me it is read as EKC 32 ... my best guess it stands for Ektachrome... but I never knew this type of stock for packed films. Normally this is for shooting film stock.

    Can somebody enlighten me?

    Thanks

  • #2
    I have this code on a Canterbury Films release of a Superman cartoon with Cine Magnetics Labs on the leader. It also has Eastman Safety Film on it and looks more faded than I have ever seen Ektachrome.

    Eastman Kodak Color 32 is all I can come up with as a guess.

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    • #3
      I'm fairly sure that it is a "3M" film stock. They were not too "stable".

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Osi Osgood View Post
        I'm fairly sure that it is a "3M" film stock. They were not too "stable".
        I think Kodak would have sued 3M then, as my example has Eastman printed on it as well as the EKC32.

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        • #5
          Winbert. Shaking up my post Covid brain cells, I think you will find that is late 70's SP with the extra code before Kodak changed it.

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          • #6
            This reference appeared also in this thread but without a real definitive answer regarding its origin : 8mm Forum: JAWS 2X400ft WOW! (film-tech.com)

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            • #7
              I stand corrected ... BY MYSELF! However, that JAWS. Print still has mint color.

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              • #8
                It would seem that EKC35 (used for you Jaws print) was in great improvement on the EKC 32 that we have.

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                • #9
                  I was sad to see such a bad fade on that print of, "Blues Brothers", as it is a hard one to find with good color.

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