Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: John "Mr. Kodak" Pytlak on Sundance

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-10-2004, 04:09 PM:

Last night on the Sundance channel I stumbled across a 2-minute short "China Girl" about the history and reason for the girl on the film leaders for color/exposure lab standards.

KUDOS to John for his informative and entertaining info! [thumbsup]

Watch for it! [Smile]

>>> Phil

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 11-10-2004, 04:14 PM:

There's a Sundance Channel? [Cool]

Man, I am so out of the loop. I really need to get with the times...

That's pretty cool that John got on TV. [thumbsup]

Posted by Paul Cassidy (Member # 951) on 11-10-2004, 05:09 PM:

Jen ..... we have Sundance in NZ as well [beer]

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 11-11-2004, 12:29 AM:

When will this be out on DVD?

Will "The Story of Anti-Static Polyester Base Development" be one of the extras?

I hope it's not in one of those cheap DVD cases made of cardboard with just the plastic locking side. I might not buy it if it is; I hate those.

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 11-11-2004, 07:00 AM:

Just wait for it to show up on the file-sharing networks. [evil]

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 11-11-2004, 01:23 PM:

I spent an enjoyable afternoon at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House with Sundance Channel producer Chris Wilcha on August 24 taping that segment. [Cool]

The original "LAD Girl" image was photographed in March 1982, and all the control film Kodak supplies to labs today is made from a digital file of that original film image:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/support/lad.jhtml?id=0.1.4.11.8.6&lc=en

quote:
In the Laboratory Aim Density (LAD) printing control method, a standard control patch specifies densities midway between the minimum and maximum of those typically obtained for a normal camera exposure.

These specific densities have suggested tolerances for each film type in the duplicating and print system, and are listed in this publication, along with helpful hints for their use and evaluation.

All color films in a production, regardless of film type or origin, are timed with respect to the LAD control film. Each frame of LAD control film, having the standard patch, with proven accurate exposures plus other information, is available from Eastman Kodak Company.