These pages present various notes on media formats with emphasis on identifying and dating media.
Kodak:
Keykode year/alpha designations:
DE 1989
LE 1990
EA 1991
AS 1992
ST 1993
TM 1994
MN 1995
NK 1996
KD 1997
DF 1998
Kodak used symbols in marking film stock until 1990; almost all Kodak film stock was marked on 8mm/super8, 16mm, 35mm, 65mm, 70mm.
A more detailed guide to Kodak date codes, with permission from the UK Anglian Film Archive: AFA-Edgecodes.pdf
A twenty year rolling schedule was used for symbols until 1982; symbols may be open or (usually) filled and contain 1 to 3 symbols:
1920, 1940, 1960 S S
1921, 1941, 1961 T T
1922, 1942, 1962 C S
1923, 1943, 1963 C T
1924, 1944, 1964 T S
1925, 1945, 1965 S C
1926, 1946, 1966 T C
1927, 1947, 1967 S T
1928, 1948, 1968 + +
1929, 1949, 1969 +
1930, 1950, 1970 T +
1931, 1951, 1971 C +
1932, 1952, 1972 S +
1933, 1953, 1973 + T
1934, 1954, 1974 + C
1935, 1955, 1975 + S
1916, 1936, 1956, 1976 C
1917, 1937, 1957, 1977 S
1918, 1938, 1958, 1978 T
1919, 1939, 1959, 1979 C C
1980 S S*
1981 T T
1982 C S X
(Rolling schedule stops)
1983 X T X
1984 T S T
1985 S C T
1986 T C T
1987 S T T
1988 + + T
1989 X + T
1990 T + T
1991 X + X
Ref: Eastman Kodak Pty Ltd, Images, Vol 1, Issue 4, Oct-Dec 2003.
Online resources: http://www.kodak.com/US/plugins/acrobat/en/motion/support/datecode.pdf
Lexicon (S T + C X):
