Kodak 3383 User Manual

©Eastman Kodak Company, 2004

•

TECHNICAL DATA / COLOR PRINT FILM

The colors you love, the rich blacks, and the "look" you’re 
used to. . . That’s KODAK VISION Color Print Film / 2383, 
3383.

The VISION Color Print Film from Kodak has the great 

look you associate with Kodak films, with rich blacks and 
neutral highlights. The film is durable and resistant to 
scratches and dirt. This color print film is worthy of the 
KODAK VISION Film family name.

With the excellent tonal scale, cinematographers can be 

more creative with lighting and exposure, and still see 
excellent results. 

Like its counterpart KODAK VISION Premier Color 

Print Film, VISION Color Print Film is coated on a polyester 
base without rem-jet, for a cleaner process and cleaner 
screen images. We’ve incorporated a process-surviving, 
antistatic layer to reduce dirt attraction, and a 
scratch-resistant backing layer for long projection life. And 
there are no color shifts during fades and dissolves. So from 

• Polyester base provides 

greater tear strength, 
durability, dimensional 
stability, and archival 
keeping

• Elimination of rem-jet (no 

carbon black or prebath- 
soluble binder)

• Potential for reduced 

chemical and water usage 
in processing

• Improved cleanliness on 

high-speed printers (less 
white dirt)

• Protection from static 

marks prior to printing

• Reduced dirt attraction to 

processed prints and 
static protection prior to 
processing

• Better transport 

characteristics for 
processed film

• Superior halation 

protection (no colored 
fringes in titles)

• Improved safelight 

edgefog protection for 
digital sound track area

• Improved fades and 

dissolves, and less 
propensity to safelight fog

• Improved blacks and 

more neutral highlights on 
projection

• Improved laser subtitling

• Polyester base allows cleaner, 

more durable prints

• No colored fringes in titles, and 

improved safelight edgefog 
protection for digital sound 
track

• Improved fades and dissolves, 

and less propensity to safelight 
fog

• Improved blacks, and more 

neutral highlights on projection

• Improved laser subtitling

set to lab to screen, day to day, you’ll have more consistent 
performance.

With VISION Color Print Film, you’ll have the high 

quality motion picture color print film you expect from 
Kodak.

Unexposed print film is not adversely affected by short-term 
storage at room temperature (less than 25°C (77°F). Store 
unexposed film at 13°C (55°F) or lower when storage 
exceeds 1 month. If refrigerated, allow the sealed can or foil 
bag to equilibrate to room temperature before opening to 
avoid condensation. Rebag unused raw stock and seal it in 
film cans before returning it to refrigeration.

Process exposed film promptly. This film exhibits 

excellent latent image keeping. When exposed film must be 
kept several days before processing, the tone scale of 
VISION Color Print Film / 2383, 3383 shows little change. 
Depending on the storage temperature, labs can compensate 
for the small latent image speed loss by increasing printer 
TRIMS slightly (a neutral increase of 1 to 2 printer points) if 
there is a long delay between printing and processing. You 
can slow changes in latent image by storing exposed film at 
lower temperatures. For critical applications, such as 
sensitometric exposures used for process control, keep 
exposed film strips at 0°C (32°F) or lower.

For short-term “active” storage and projection of 

processed prints (e.g., commercial film exchanges and 
theatres), store at room temperature of 20 to 25°C (68 to 
77°F) at 50 to 60 percent relative humidity. Avoid prolonged 
unconditioned storage at high temperatures or excessive 
humidity. For medium-term storage, store at 10°C (50°F) or 
lower, at a relative humidity of 20 to 30 percent. For 
extended-term storage (for preservation of material having 
permanent value), store at 2°C (36°F) or lower, at a relative 
humidity of 20 to 30 percent. Molecular Sieves

1

 in a sealed 

can will provide additional benefit. For more information on 
long-term storage, see KODAK Publication No. H-23, The 
Book of Film Care.

Processed prints made on this film will show less than 

10-percent image dye loss, even after several decades of 
storage at room temperature and 50-percent relative 
humidity.

1.Available from FPC, 6677 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, 

California 90038, 218-468-5774.