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How do I read a Kodak or Fujifilm camera-negative datasheet: what do the characteristic curve, spectral sensitivity and dye curves show, and under which conditions were they measured?

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Kodak's VISION3 500T sheet gives exposure indexes of 500 (tungsten) and 320 (daylight with an 85 filter) and warns that its curves are representative of production coatings, not specifications. Kodak plots log exposure in lux-seconds (the 2015 sheet also states ECN-2 processing and Status M densitometry in its text; the 2022 text layer does not), while Fujifilm's ETERNA manual plots against camera stops with Status M densities, so the two makers' curves cannot be overlaid without converting the exposure axis.

Kodak's VISION3 500T sheet gives exposure indexes of 500 (tungsten) and 320 (daylight with an 85 filter) and warns that its curves are representative of production coatings, not specifications. Kodak plots log exposure in lux-seconds (the 2015 sheet also states ECN-2 processing and Status M densitometry in its text; the 2022 text layer does not), while Fujifilm's ETERNA manual plots against camera stops with Status M densities, so the two makers' curves cannot be overlaid without converting the exposure axis. Curator qualifications: Data sheets read 2026-10-22; no curves digitised or converted. Fuji manual read from a third-party personal mirror; Fujifilm hosting and reuse terms unknown: rights hold on redistributing it. ETERNA 500 daylight EI figure not separately confirmed; vector-graphics extraction claim (F3) not checked. Limitations: Data sheets read 2026-10-22; no curves digitised or converted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.kodak.com/content/products-brochures/Film/VISION3_5219_7219_Technical-data.pdf",
      "note": "Kodak VISION3 500T 5219/7219 technical data (2022 PDF), pdftotext lines 69-76, 402-403; Kodak VISION3 500T 7219 technical data (2015 PDF), pdftotext lines 419-420, 529; [producer working copy; not public] sha256 76c44cb30ce447ef (equal to pin S40); pdftotext lines 377, 466 and ETERNA 500 exposure pages"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.kodak.com/content/products-brochures/Film/VISION3-500T-Color-Negative-Film-7219-TECHNICAL-DATA.pdf",
      "note": "Kodak VISION3 500T 5219/7219 technical data (2022 PDF), pdftotext lines 69-76, 402-403; Kodak VISION3 500T 7219 technical data (2015 PDF), pdftotext lines 419-420, 529; [producer working copy; not public] sha256 76c44cb30ce447ef (equal to pin S40); pdftotext lines 377, 466 and ETERNA 500 exposure pages"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.theodoropoulos.info/attachments/076_fujifilm_motion_picture_film_manual.pdf",
      "note": "Kodak VISION3 500T 5219/7219 technical data (2022 PDF), pdftotext lines 69-76, 402-403; Kodak VISION3 500T 7219 technical data (2015 PDF), pdftotext lines 419-420, 529; [producer working copy; not public] sha256 76c44cb30ce447ef (equal to pin S40); pdftotext lines 377, 466 and ETERNA 500 exposure pages"
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  • [sourced_fact] Kodak's VISION3 500T sheet gives exposure indexes of 500 (tungsten) and 320 (daylight with an 85 filter) and warns that its curves are representative of production coatings, not specifications. Kodak plots log exposure in lux-seconds (the 2015 sheet also states ECN-2 processing and Status M densitometry in its text; the 2022 text layer does not), while Fujifilm's ETERNA manual plots against camera stops with Status M densities, so the two makers' curves cannot be overlaid without converting the exposure axis. · locator: Kodak VISION3 500T 5219/7219 technical data (2022 PDF), pdftotext lines 69-76, 402-403; Kodak VISION3 500T 7219 technical data (2015 PDF), pdftotext lines 419-420, 529; [producer working copy; not public] sha256 76c44cb30ce447ef (equal to pin S40); pdftotext lines 377, 466 and ETERNA 500 exposure pages source

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