E-6 at home, holy %^#$ it worked!!

[David_Manning]

Congrats...sounds cool. I'd try it myself, but I pretty much stick with digital for color unless I'm just messing around.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

The dev times are getting pretty long in the tooth, so this was my last roll of Provia in this batch. A great experiment--I will do it again. I think it's only worth it, in the end, if you're gonna do nothing but shoot slide film for a couple of weeks. Which is a perfectly reasonable thing to do!

Contax G2, 90mm Sonnar.

 

[jslash6]

)) bump ((

four more rolls are drying at the moment.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Post 'em when they're done!

 

[jslash6]

from another batch of home processed E-6; the most recent is still being squished flat.

more at -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jslash6/tags/homeprocessed/

 

[Wayno]

I love the wildflower and chicken shots - beautiful (home-made) colour!

 

[johnny9fingers]

C41 is easy, just a sink and thermometer! Here's my tutorial page:

http://www.jrobertlennon.com/articles/c41homedev/

Complete with video. Except you're not supposed to wash and photo-flo at the end, that was an error.

Thanks so much for your tutorial video. I've wanted to try developing color film for a while. Other instructions I've found are sketchy, vague, and often contradict each other. Now I feel the confidence to give it a try.
Thanks again,
John

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

My pleasure! I just ordered some new C41 chemistry, actually--I'm going to burn through all my color neg film before I do another run of slide.

 

[mrpeanut]

Nice thread!
Since one month, I have done both processes, C-41 and E-6 (tank). No problems at all, I'm very pleased with the results.

 

[mrpeanut]

Some samples:
C41 & E-6 (both 1l kits Tetenal Colortec

C41 Contax III, Sonnar 5cm f1.5, Kodak Ektar 100:

C41 Contax AX, Planar 100mm f2, Fuji Superia 100:

E-6 Contax III, Sonnar 5cm f1.5 Ektachrome 100 pushed to ISO200 (15th roll from the 1l Tetenal E-6 kit):

E-6 Contax III Sonnar 5cm f1.5, Fuji Provia 100F:

E-6 Contax AX Distagon 15mm f3.5, Fuji Velvia RVP:

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Wow--those look marvelous. The one of the surfers is just fantastic!

 

[mrpeanut]

Thanks! Yes, it's my favourite too, glad I decided to try the push development.
Times are getting longer and longer and I think I'm done with the first solution kit (hand tank).
Times for the 15th roll:
FD 10.5' (added 25% for 1 stop push), CD 9' and Blix 9'
Hard times especially to keep the other developer and blix at the right temperature for more than 13 minutes, I'm using the bath tub now
But the experience, seeing them coming of the reel, as you said, it's priceless!

Btw, It seems that Fuji films compared to Kodak need more time for the first developer (~30" @ 4th roll)

 

[Juancho]

Beautiful shots.

These days I've been more concerned to low-fi, and I'm developing colour and B&W film with caffenol ...19 minutes developing and then normal fixing

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Btw, It seems that Fuji films compared to Kodak need more time for the first developer (~30" @ 4th roll)

Yep, I have had the same experience.

 

[kermaier]

These are with the M7 and Serenar 50/1.8, by the way, exposed as rated. I can't believe I was gonna sell the Serenar, am I nuts?!?

You'd have to be nuts -- a lens that good and that cheap isn't worth selling for what you could get for it.

::Ari

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

That's what I ended up deciding!

 

[jslash6]

)) bump ((

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Sweet! Right now I'm shooting color neg film again and I must say, E6 home processing has kind of ruined C41 home processing for me. I might have to become a slide man.

 

[jslash6]

i feel ya. i'm specifically an astia man. i've always shot slide. i find it much easier to view, edit, and scan in a hybrid trad/digi workflow.

 

[jslash6]

)) bump again ((

new lens test:

nice to know you need to run out and purchase more archival negative sleeves.