Technical Data

EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 5369
(2369 / 3369 ESTAR Base)

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Contents

• Description
• Base
• Darkroom Recommendations
• Storage
• Reciprocity
• Processing
• Image Structure
  • Diffuse rms Granularity
  • Resolving Power
• Available Roll Lengths
• Graphs
• Printable Curves

Description

EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 5369 and EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 2369, 3369 / ESTAR Base are high-contrast, panchromatic films. They have ultra-high resolving power, with excellent definition and sharpness. The films are approximately 2 camera stops faster than EASTMAN Fine Grain Release Positive Film 5302. The primary use of these films is for making silhouette mattes and traveling mattes for printer control.

Base

EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 5369 has a clear acetate safety base with an antihalation undercoat.

EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 2369 and 3369 have an ESTAR Safety Base.

Darkroom Recommendations

Process this film in total darkness. After development is 50 percent completed, a KODAK No. 3 Safelight Filter / dark green may be used with a 15-watt bulb, no closer to the film than 1.2 metres (4 feet).

Storage

Store unexposed film at 13° C (55°F) or lower. For extended storage, store at -18°C (0°F) or lower. Process exposed film promptly. Store processed film according to the recommendations in ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998: for medium-term storage (minimum of ten years), store at 25°C (77°F) or lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 50 percent; for extended-term storage (for preservation of material having permanent value), store at 21°C (70°F) or lower at a relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent. For active use, store at 25°C (77°F) or lower, at a relative humidity of 50 +/- 5 percent. This relates to optimized film handling rather than preservation; static, dust-attraction and curl-related problems are generally minimized at the higher relative humidity. After usage, the film should be returned to the appropriate medium- or long-term storage conditions as soon as possible.

For more information about medium- and long-term storage, see ANSI/PIMA IT9.11-1998, SMPTE RP131-1998, and KODAK Publications No. H-1, KODAK Motion Picture Film and No.H-23, The Book of Film Care.

Reciprocity

Over an exposure time range of 1/100 to 1 second, no exposure adjustment is necessary. At 1/1000 second, increase exposure by 1/3 stop.

Processing

The following process recommendations should be used as starting points for most conventional continuous-immersion processors with solutions prepared according to the formulas in KODAK Publication No. H-24.15, Manual for Processing KODAK Motion Picture Films, Module 15. The processing times may require modification for a particular machine.

Notice: Observe precautionary information on product labels and on the Material Safety Data Sheets.

^[1] Agitation in the developer and fixing bath should be by recirculation through submerged spray jets that impinge on the film strands.
^[2] Countercurrent flow of fixer-laden water overflow from the wash tank, pH about 6.
^[3] Many factors affect the drying: air temperature, relative humidity (RH); volume, rate and distribution of the air flow; final squeegeeing, etc. In a typical convection-type drying cabinet with air at about 35°C (95°F) and 40- to 50-percent RH, drying will take 15 to 20 minutes. With an impingement-type drying cabinet, however, with a higher temperature and lower RH, drying time is greatly reduced. With either type of dryer, the film will dry without tackiness 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through. Film leaving the drying cabinet when it has reached room temperature should be at equilibrium with the room air at approximately 50-percent RH.

Image Structure

The modulation-transfer curves, the diffuse rms granularity, and the resolving-power data were generated from samples of 5369 Film exposed with tungsten light and processed as recommended in KODAK Developer D-97 at 21°C (70°F) for 3 1/2 minutes. For more information on image-structure characteristics, see KODAK Publication No H-1, KODAK Motion Picture Film.

Diffuse rms Granularity¹

Granularity = 6.0

Resolving Power ²

Available Roll Lengths

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

Graphs

These graphs are designed to be printed in landscape mode. They will print properly on most printers in their current page set-up of 100%. However, some printers may require adjustments to the browser page set-up in order to have the graph print on a single 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper.

Characteristic

Spectral Sensitivity

MTF

 

Note: These photographic modulation-transfer values were determined by using a method similar to the one described in ANSI Standard PH2.39-1977(R1990). The film was exposed with the specified illuminant to spatially varying sinusoidal test patterns having an aerial image modulation of a nominal 35 percent at the image plane, with processing as indicated. In most cases, the photographic modulation-transfer values are influenced by development-adjacency effects and are not equivalent to the true optical modulation-transfer curve of the emulsion layer in the particular photographic product.

Gamma

Gross Fog

 

Note: The Kodak materials described in this publication for use with EASTMAN High Contrast Panchromatic Film 5369, 2369, 3369 are available from dealers who supply Kodak products. You can use other materials, but you may not obtain similar results.

Note: The contents of this publication are subject to change without notice.

Printable Curves

Kodak, Eastman, 5369, 2369, 3369, and 5302 are trademarks.

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Footnotes\Notices

¹ Read at a net diffuse visual density of 1.0, using a 48-micrometre aperture
² Determined according to a method similar to the one described in ISO 6328-1982, Photography—Photographic Materials-Determination of ISO Resolving Power.

NOTICE: The data in this publication represent product tested under the conditions of exposure and processing specified. They are representative of production coatings, and therefore do not apply to a particular box or roll of photographic material. They do not represent standards or specifications that must be met by Eastman Kodak Company. The company reserves the right to change and improve product characteristics at any time.

TI0819 • Revised 4-02

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