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Will Kutler
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1506
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 06-27-2001 02:38 PM

John:

Cost aside, would it not be possible to come up with a method of producing print-stock where the emulsion would be sandwiched between two layers of dirt/scratch resistant base material?

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 06-27-2001 02:54 PM

Kodak VISION Color Print Film is quite scratch resistant. The back side is ESTAR Base, featuring a Kodak-proprietary electrically conductive antistatic layer, a scratch-resistant backing layer, and a process-surviving backside lubricant. The emulsion side of print film has a protective gelatin overcoat. Putting an impervious coating over the unprocessed emulsion is not possible, as it would prevent the processing chemicals from reaching the emulsion layers.
Kodak VISION Color Print Film

The machine to make this revolutionary new film base cost over 200 Million Dollars:
Kodak Invests $200 Million In New Film Base Machine

There are post-process treatments like 3M ScotchGard Protective Film Coating that can be coated on the film after processing, then cured to a hard polymer with ultraviolet light. Dacar Products makes a similar product known as ImageGard.
3M ScotchGard Film Protector
Dacar ImageGard

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
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Christopher Duvall
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 500
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 06-27-2001 05:07 PM

John,
Are studios warming up to these film stocks or are they balking at them? Much as I like to think my booth is totally perfect,

happens.

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Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas Colonnade14
Las Vegas, NV

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 06-27-2001 09:41 PM

Kodak VISION Color Print Films are by far the most popular and widely used print films. VISION prints are much more resistant to scratches and abrasion, and do not attract dirt with static charge like some other films do. Projectionists are much less likely to get unpleasant shocks from static buildup during high speed winding, and "static cling" has been greatly reduced.

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