Miss Slides, E6 - CPE2 Y/N

[Soeren]

The shed where my darkroom will be located is almost finished and soon I can start getting organized in there. Then it struck me how much I miss shooting color(slides) and I began thinking about getting a CPE2 processor now that Ill have room for it. I figure Ill do E6 and thats it. It will probably not be high volume so maybe stack up and then develop in batches. Will it be too much hasle? Should I go for it Y/N? My room will be heated so low temp will (hopefully) not be an issue
Best regards

 

[Svitantti]

I think it is worth a try. The process needs more care than B&W even with Jobo, meaning you have a couple more steps and rinses. However it is not as critical for the temperatures etc. as some say. I think it is easy to get acceptable-great results that way. I have used CPP-2 and I think it is about the same as CPE.

Also saves money, as the Tetenal E6-kit from nordfoto, Germany, cost us about 60-70 euros and it will develop 60 rolls. And you can push or pull as you wish without extra cost, and of course develop the films whenever you want.

You can also split the kit to multiple parts so you dont have to mix the whole ting at once. Then you dont have to have 10 rolls or so each time you develop E6, but you can just do a couple rolls at a time.

 

[Pablito]

Miss Slides, E6 - CPE2 Y/N

For a minute there I thought you were talking about a beauty contest.

 

[hans voralberg]

Me too, I thought some girl shots with slides haha.

 

[Rui Morais de Sousa]

Hi Soeren,

If you intend to only use slides, it is worth for sure to give it a try.
We used to do all our E-6 development in our studio.
Then it started to be hard to get the chemicals down here, as the importers started to change all the time and were not reliable.
Economic recession (and digital) has put business so slow, that the volume of work doesn't justify it no more.
Now I only process my B&W.
I think that you should keep in mind this: temperature control IS very important, if you wish to keep your results constant. Also the washing water temperature!
You can finetune your first development times to suit your exposure habits, push and pull and so on.
Don't change the other times and be rigorous with water baths in between.
By all means, avoid chemical contamination!
If you work sloppy, you will get sloppy results. So simple as that.
Keep in mind that some of the chemicals have a very short life of maybe two weeks...So sometimes it is better to buy smaller packets.
We had very good results (at least in my opinion) with Tetenal 3 baths (much simplifies the workflow).
If you wish, I invite you to visit my blog. My last post about studio work was (if I remember well) entirely developed with a CPP2 (if you can, maybe you should think about this model instead of the CPE2, because of the better temp control).
Wish you success,
Rui

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[Soeren]

Miss Slides, E6 - CPE2 Y/N

For a minute there I thought you were talking about a beauty contest.

Yeah I figured some would missread it 🙂 And it doesn't look rigth. Did I spell it wrong?
Best regards

 

[Soeren]

Rui and Svitantti thanks for your replies. I think Ill give it a go.
Best regards