Bleaching Fuji FP-100C Instant Film Negs

[newsgrunt]

skip the tape method and soak the entire neg in water. that will keep the bleach out.

 

[jammcat]

Actually, you can wait as long as you want. It's a developing-out process or however you call it. Try it out.

I have tried this. Perhaps it was the heat, but I got some pretty whacky shifts after several hours without peeling the film. Some images were pleasant surprises (Aka "happy accidents") and some, not so much!

 

[Spanik]

Actually, you can wait as long as you want. It's a developing-out process or however you call it. Try it out.

Learned another thing today. So I don't have to fuss with a stopwatch and thermometer when shooting. That's a good thing to know because right now it was quite stressful.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I read it is "self terminating".

 

[ABrosig]

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PolaroidF100CNeg01 by Andrew Brosig, on Flickr[/IMG]

This is my first try bleaching the negative from FP100-C. Image made with Polaroid 360 camera, standing on the balcony of my apartment complex. I experimented with a few bad negatives from a camera (100 Automatic) I though was working but apparently has gone to the great beyond 🙁

Supplies purchased at local W, used a cheap photo frame to hold the negative and a popular brand of gel bleach with cheap foam brush. I didn't want to use toilet cleaner (as I've seen in some tutorials on the inter-webs). The gel chlorine bleach seems to work well. Tried first with straight cold tap water, then bumped up the temp slightly to about hand-warm/luke-warm, which seemed to work better. Warmer temp also helped get the glue holding the left-over paper backing freed up and cleaned away. Negative was dried using a simple hand-held hair dryer, which seemed to work well. Was able to scan just by lying the negative on the flat-bed without the need to use a cover glass.

(Side question-Does anyone know if anyone is making a dedicated negative holder for this size negative for flatbed scanning? Just curious. I've tried making negative holders in the past and never had really great luck.)

Now I'm really excited about this process and contemplating possible projects using this setup. And I'm really loving the 1960s-ish, psychedelic frame coming in to play on the image! 😉 Plus, I have the original positives stored. Neat exhibit method might pair originals with enlargements of the images. Don't know, still working this all out in my pointy head.

 

[Jodoro]

I remember simply using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to remove the black backing and it working well, anybody else given this a try?

Also curious about the negative holder situation. To you here who have posted your scanned negatives, are you just placing them directly on the glass of a flatbed?

 

[Mackinaw]

..........Also curious about the negative holder situation. To you here who have posted your scanned negatives, are you just placing them directly on the glass of a flatbed?

I'm placing my negs right on the glass of my old Epson 4490 scanner. I'm using a home-made cardboard negative "carrier" that goes over the negative. Not the most elegant solution, but it works.

Jim B.

 

[ABrosig]

I remember simply using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to remove the black backing and it working well, anybody else given this a try?

Also curious about the negative holder situation. To you here who have posted your scanned negatives, are you just placing them directly on the glass of a flatbed?

Bought a second cheap photo frame and use the glass to hold the neg flat. But I'm finding drying the negatives with a hand-held hair dryer leaves them pretty flat, so thinking about forgoing the glass. I haven't had problem with Newton rings (yet) on the scans, but have in the past with medium format negs.

 

[BW400CN]

May I ask how you scan the negs to get these beautiful colour?

My first attempt went out not nearly as beautiful as yours.

RF Test by Michael Relguag, auf Flickr

Scan from the positive

1st colour by Michael Relguag, auf Flickr

As you see I got colour shifts in all directions and couldn't find a right white balance nor get something close to the positive.

BTW - I use an Epson Perfection 1240U Photo and VueScan.

 

[ABrosig]

May I ask how you scan the negs to get these beautiful colour?

As you see I got colour shifts in all directions and couldn't find a right white balance nor get something close to the positive.

BTW - I use an Epson Perfection 1240U Photo and VueScan.

I use a similar setup (Perfection 2450 & VueScan OR Epson 600 & Epson software). I set for either automatic or neutral exposure, prescan/preview, then tweak the color settings until it looks right. Important is to make SMALL adjustments on the color/cast sliders. To my eye, the VueScan and Epson software both are very sensitive to adjustments. Then, further adjustment of color/contrast/etc., in Photoshop. Hope this helps.

 

[Santtu Määttänen]

I took these during last summer. Bleach seek through is intentional effect 🙂

 

[BW400CN]

I use a similar setup (Perfection 2450 & VueScan OR Epson 600 & Epson software). I set for either automatic or neutral exposure, prescan/preview, then tweak the color settings until it looks right. Important is to make SMALL adjustments on the color/cast sliders. To my eye, the VueScan and Epson software both are very sensitive to adjustments. Then, further adjustment of color/contrast/etc., in Photoshop. Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot - yes it helped. I found a way to scan the negs better, but I have to work on my bleaching too 😉.

 

[dourbalistar]

This thread was very informative. Here are a few of my results, using the Hasselblad Polaroid back. Such a shame that this film is discontinued.


2017.08.12 Roll #123-05.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr


2017.08.12 Roll #123-03.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr

 

[dourbalistar]

Hasselblad 500c/m, Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f/2.8 CF, Fujifilm FP-100C, bleached negative.


2017.08.12 Roll #123-04.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr