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Author Topic: What to do about motorboating prints? Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-11-2002 10:35 AM                     Our rep at Swank has told me that they do not hold any 35mm prints, so that is news to me, but it certainly wouldn't be the first bit of misinformation that they have provided. Perhaps they do not actually own the prints, but the studios provide a print to their respective depot/vault that is only for Swank's non-theatrical use.  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-11-2002 03:04 PM                        Joe Beres said: quote: Perhaps they do not actually own the prints, but the studios provide a print to their respective depot/vault that is only for Swank's non-theatrical use. I believe that is the case, as some prints arrive labelled "Swank/title of film" with a one-digit print number (as opposed to being labeled just with the title and a multi-digit print number).  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-12-2002 02:18 PM                        Depending on the age and storage conditions of the print, "aging shrinkage" on acetate color print film can approach 0.40% lengthwise and 0.50% widthwise shrinkage. With the polyester (ESTAR) film base used on today's Kodak VISION Color Print Film, the potential aging shrinkage is only 0.04%: http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/support/h1/baseP.shtml ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-12-2002 04:46 PM                     So, tell us John, what's the difference between 2383 and 2393 (premier)? It wasn't obvious to me leafing around... --jhawk  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 03-13-2002 08:14 AM                        The difference is in the "look". KODAK VISION Premier Color Print Film offers "richer" blacks, higher contrast and more saturated colors: http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/fall98/print.shtml http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/lab/2383.shtml http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/products/lab/2393.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/july2000/gladiator.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/oct2000/czechSlovak.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/july99/late.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/april2001/brother.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/july2001/ambrose.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/reel/september98/visionFilms.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/oct2000/jubaku.shtml http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/july99/sun.shtml ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-16-2002 07:27 AM                        John H. is right -- Swank does own some 35mm prints; the print we got of WEST SIDE STORY last month was nearly mint, and a great surprise for us as MGM sent us one of their "best" prints last year and it was pretty battered up. Swank had this new print struck because some execs at Turner payed for it for reasons unknown. Otherwise, as John said, execpt for these very few odd titles, Swank doesn't own 35mm prints; they get them from the studios for their non-theatrical clients who happen to have 35mm setups.  |  IP: Logged

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