Anybody developing color film at home?

[pizzahut88]

I've been doing b&w at home.
Anybody doing color?
What's the simplest way?

Thx

Manfred

 

[berci]

I don't, but I have an unopened set of Jessops E6 developing kit which I would happily trade for something. Like a couple of rolls of film or similar.

I have been thinking about developing colour (C41 or E6) but with my equipment (kitchen sink) it would be very tricky to stay within the temperature limits, so I have never attempted it.

 

[erikhaugsby]

I'd do color if I shot enough of it. E6 kits do not have a very long shelf life once mixed...

 

[RHaroldP]

I do C-41 with a JOBO cpe. Mostly medium and large format. Temperture
control is critical, the JOBO pocessor takes care of that. The process is
simpler than black and white ( I use 3 step press kits).
I do this because it's a hour and a half round trip to the nearest pro-lab.
If you have a good mini-lab near, it would be cheaper and easier to let
them do your color.

 

[nikon_sam]

E-6 would be the way to do color at home...it's not that hard...
I did it years ago but haven't shot enough to justify buying a kit...
Fill the kitchen sink with the hottest water that you can get and let the bottles sit in it for awhile...check temps...chemicals should stay within required range...
Make sure you've shot enough film to make this whole process worth while.

 

[Never Satisfied]

Hi, I used to do colour C41 at home with the CPA JoBo and the old Kodak varicolour chemical kits. Once Kodak stopped selling them, there was no cost effective alternatives down under. On the rare occasions when I shoot colour the local lab will process a roll for $2.50, nil prints. As Harold said, time and temp are critical and no where near as forgiving as B&W processing. If you're only shoooting 35mm IMHO it's not worth the effort, cheers Andrew.

 

[oftheherd]

Haven't done either in probably 20 years. One hour labs took the need away for color, and I haven't done much slide photos either. But I used to do it both at home and in the military craft shops. You have to watch the temps for sure, but I found they weren't critical if within a degree or degree and a half either way.

 

[sepiareverb]

I'm still waiting on chemistry to start running color prints here, but the films I'm happy to send out. I ran an E6 machine briefly and don't want to ever develop color film again.

 

[John Robertson]

I still process my own E6. Use Tetenal kits, easy to use. No fancy equipment although I use a water bath made from a long plastic flower trough out of a garden centre. If you manage b/w , E6 has only one more step. so you should manage without difficulty. The water bath keeps the chemicals up to temp.
E41 is just as easy.

 

[gdi]

I do E-6 at home mostly for 120, sometimes 35mm. I use the Kodak 5L kit and mix a liter at a time - the unmixed solution will keep for months without an issue. I use an old Phototherm machine and it is as painless as it gets , I suppose.