E to C

[Apple Juice]

Dear RFFers,

I would be grateful if I can tap into your corporate wisdom !
I am trying to experiment with various films to achieve different effects.

Does anyone know what "E to C" mean?
Below is a link to a photoalbum and I am quite interested to see how the photographer achieved the effect seen

http://www.fotop.net/winsonwong/sheko

Many thanks !!

AJ.

 

[kmack]

If I remember correctly E to C is a minor sixth?

 

[jano]

cross process e6 as c41?

 

[Sean Chan]

Dear Mr. AJ,

The 'E to C' photos in the link looked as if they have been highly 'photoshopped'.


hm........."E to C" ..my guess ........."E"xposed correctly to "C"arp?


.........oh.....Cross processing.....here you are :


Cross processing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Cross processing is a term which describes the procedure of processing photographic film in a wrong chemical solution. Cross processing is usually done in one of two methods:
- Processing negative color print film in E-6 chemicals (intended for use in processing color reversal films)
- Processing positive color reversal film in C-41 chemicals (intended for use in processing color print films)

Cross processed photographes are often characterized by unnatural colors and high contrast. The results of cross processing differ from case to case, as the results are determined by many factors such as the make and type of the film used, the amount of light exposed onto the film and the method used.


and here you can find a lots of discussion / information on this topic:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic_id=1822&category=Processing-+crossprocessing

 

[Apple Juice]

Cross Processing

Cross Processing

Thank you all for your kind comments.

Thanks Sean for the link !!

 

[Poptart]

In between E and C on the keyboard is D. Problem solved!

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Some minilab places will freak if you ask them to put an E6 (slide film) through their C41 (print film) machine.

Just put a sticky label over the film canister with C41 written on it, and most places won't even realise what's going on.

Any more bother is always solved by Googling for the manual for their machine, finding the page that says it's ok to develop E6, print the page and show it to the minilab operator. Worked for me.

BTW 'Cross Processing' is often written as 'Xpro' nowadays.