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A guide to identifying and handling nitrate film stock can be found here on the [https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/Resource-Nitrate-Identifying-and-Handling.pdf Association of Moving Image Archives website]. | A guide to identifying and handling nitrate film stock can be found here on the [https://amianet.org/wp-content/uploads/Resource-Nitrate-Identifying-and-Handling.pdf Association of Moving Image Archives website]. | ||
==How to tell the difference | ===How to tell the difference between polyester and acetate=== | ||
* [https://www.nps.gov/museum/coldstorage/pdf/2.3.1b.pdf Here is a guide] for making a film viewer for easy identification of acetate or polyester film base. Older polarized 3D glasses (they use spherical polarization) work great for this if you can find some. Real-D glasses do NOT work. Polyester base will create a sort of "rainbow" effect when viewed between the cross polarized lenses, acetate base will not. | * [https://www.nps.gov/museum/coldstorage/pdf/2.3.1b.pdf Here is a guide] for making a film viewer for easy identification of acetate or polyester film base. Older polarized 3D glasses (they use spherical polarization) work great for this if you can find some. Real-D glasses do NOT work. Polyester base will create a sort of "rainbow" effect when viewed between the cross polarized lenses, acetate base will not. | ||
*You can also differentiate between the two by holding up the reel of film to a strong light. With polyester base prints the light will shine through, with acetate it will appear opaque. I find this is true most of the time though with certain film stocks it will be much less obvious than the photo example to the right. The polarized lens test is more definitive. | *You can also differentiate between the two by holding up the reel of film to a strong light. With polyester base prints the light will shine through, with acetate it will appear opaque. I find this is true most of the time though with certain film stocks it will be much less obvious than the photo example to the right. The polarized lens test is more definitive. | ||