Film DX Coding (2018)

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I've done this hack for a point&shoot that couldn't understand the film I was loading (and would therefore default to 100).

I really wish one of these articles would go into the meaning of the barcodes on the film strips themselves, because I have a number of negatives that I'd like to scan and being able to automatically recognise the frame number and film stock would help me build a raspi controlled solution for it. I used to have an automated scanner that could do whole rolls at once and automatically apply a colour profile and number all the files - I just want that again.

Looks like "Keycode" is the term for the edge markings on the film strips

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keykode

That's a different standard. What the parent comment is asking about is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DX_encoding#DX_film_edge_barco...

Thanks for the clarification.

I feel there is a small market for conductive adhesive labels.

Yes there is. Google for "film dx code stickers" to find some examples. Useful thing to have with point and shoot film cameras which are not offering manual override for ISO for push/pull development. (I'm looking at you Olympus Mju 2).

I've also seen a modded Mju to have big hole and dip switches to overide the the automatic settings as well.

You can buy self-adhesive copper tape, it would probably do the job.

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