7240

Process: VNF-1 or RVNP. Force processing: 1 stop with some loss in quality; up to 2 stops with noticeable quality loss.

Use: EASTMAN EKTACHROME Film 7240 is a high- speed, color reversal camera film balanced for tungsten light and for daylight with an appropriate filter. You can use it for color news photography, nighttime sporting events, industrial photography with existing light, and for high-speed photography. The processed original film is balanced for projection at 5400 K.

The processed camera original is meant for direct projection; however, you can make color duplicates on EASTMAN EKTACHROME VN Print Film 7399 (Process VNF-1). Use shortened first developer time.

Illumination (Incident Light) Table for Tungsten Light (24 frames per second, 170° shutter opening)

Lens Aperture

f/1.4

f/2

f/2.8

f/4

f/5.6

f/8

f/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footcandles

16

32

64

128

256

512

1024

Lighting Contrast: The suggested ratio of key-light- plus fill-light to fill light is 2:1 or 3:1.

Reciprocity Characteristics EI 125 (22): For expo- sure times ranging from 1 to 1/10,000 second, no compensation is needed for either exposure level or color balance.

Handling: Total darkness

Available Roll Lengths: For information on film roll lengths, check Kodak's Professional Motion Imaging Price Catalog, or contact a Kodak sales representative in your country.

All rolls are identified with a film emulsion letter code.

9/98 MPF-29

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Kodak ISBN 0-87985-749-8 manual 7240

ISBN 0-87985-749-8 specifications

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