Kodak Vision 250D - mixed results of first roll

[CharlesDAMorgan]

I have enjoyed many photos I seen shot on movie film, which is handspooled in the UK by Nik and Trick among others. I bought 3 rolls of 30 from them, plus remjet remover, but did developing at 38C using a normal C41 Tetenal kit.

Remjet removal was OK, but too vigorous a flow of water caused the funnel end of the Paterson tank to lift letting in some light. In all I did three rinses before moving on to developer, then blix, followed by removing the film from the reel and six rinses without touching the emulsion - not fun. Then I respooled the film for the stabiliser.

Apart from the light leaks, there was an awful lot of smearing on the film - I can only assume from left over Remjet. My water is very hard and despite some photoflo in the stabiliser, I think the combination of remjet residue and hard water led to a lot more watermarks than I'm used to - I do all my own BW and C41 without real issue.

Gorgeous colours if properly exposed though (all on Leica M3 with Summaron 35mm f2.8) but any tips to avoid the smears found on photo 2 very welcome!

Brill Windmill

lots of visible smears/marks bottom right

 

[brbo]

Remjet removal...

Before development:
- pour in remjet removal, 3 inversions, leave for 1 min, pour remjet removal out
- pour water, shake vigorously for 3 sec.; repeat 5-10 times

After development (before stab):
- there will still be a small amount of remjet on
- wipe the non-emulsion side of film with soft cloth
- pay attention that you absolutely don't touch the emulsion side with anything that will have remjet on (non-emulsion side of film, your hands, cloth...)


The "after development" part is the most important. It's a pain in the ***, but if you are methodical you get no traces of remjet on the emulsion.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Thank you very much brbo - the instructions from the vendor of the Remjet removal were not quite as rigorous.

 

[brbo]

Since some remjet will be present throughout development (Kodak's remjet is much more stubborn than Fuji's), it's highly advisable to filter all the processing liquids (unless you are doing one-shot development)...

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

I'd better do that then!

 

[jamin-b]

FWIW, I always remove the remjet after developing and fixing, just before last rinse to prevent water drops on negatives. I do that with both color and b/w. Yes the ECN-2 films work quite well in b/w development ( I use HC-110) , making them even more versatile.

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