Very tough film stock question to answer...

Group(s),

I have some 16mm 7399 Print Stock I want to shoot in camera. I have
heard it is very slow, about 8 ASA.

That is fine, but once I'm done, do I just bring it to the lab and have
them develop it as 16mm negative or 16mm reversal?

I know I will have very blue film, since I don't want to 85 filter it
because of the speed loss.

I plan on getting it telecined as B/W so that probably won't be an
issue, right?

Thanks,
A.N.D.

A New Dawn <anewdawn.TakeThisOut@6url.com> wrote:
>Group(s),
>
>I have some 16mm 7399 Print Stock I want to shoot in camera. I have
>heard it is very slow, about 8 ASA.

It's also long-pitch so watch out. I think 8 ASA is a little bit
optimistic, but shoot a test with a variety of exposures and see.
Contrast will be extremely low... I don't know nominal gamma off the
top of my head but it should be on the data sheet.

>That is fine, but once I'm done, do I just bring it to the lab and have
>them develop it as 16mm negative or 16mm reversal?

7399 runs through the standard VNF chemistry. A-1 Film Labs in NYC can
process it. Forde Labs in Seattle can process it. In theory, Bono in
DC can process it but they don't seem to want to do film any more.

I _think_ it can be cross-processed in negative chemistry and you might
gain a little speed that way too, but a lot of labs will be unwilling to
cross-process. Colorlab in MD should, though.

>I know I will have very blue film, since I don't want to 85 filter it
>because of the speed loss.

I think you might want to do it anyway. But shoot a test and see. If
you are running it as reversal, you don't get the ability to correct color
as easily in printing as you do with modern negative films.

>I plan on getting it telecined as B/W so that probably won't be an
>issue, right?

Why not shoot B&W film, then? What are you trying to do?
--scott
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