Positive news: Tetenal E6 development kit

[HHPhoto]

Hi,

a photographer at the flickr "I shoot film" group made a long term Experiment with the 1 litre Tetenal E6 3 bath kit.
With excellent results:
He developed 14 rolls of film successfully with the kit (official capacity: 12 rolls) in a time span of 9 months:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ishootfilm/discuss/72157633292737548/

Home development of E6 is a very attractive and economical solution.
Macodirect e.g. is shipping both the Tetenal and the Fuji Hunt kits internationally:
http://www.macodirect.de/colour-chemistry-c-765_768.html?osCsid=d59b40863bea4722d640e372e1e42d17

Cheers, Jan

 

[Skiff]

I can confirm the results of the photographer in the link above.
The Tetenal E6 3 bath is indeed very good, very economical with a good shelf life.
With the Fuji Hunt E6 6-bath the picture quality is even a bit better (the colours even a bit more brillant). Well, the difference is very small and can be only seen in direct comparison, but it is there.
So simple result:
Tetenal: very good quality at very low prices, perfect for amateur use.
Fuji Hunt: Perfect quality for professional needs.

For international shipping I've very good experiences with www.macodirect.de , too.
They offer both the Tetenal and Fuji Hunt E6 kits.

 

[brbo]

I use Fuji Hunt, but will definitely try Tetenal.

As for the scans from the flickr thread of a guy using a 9-month-old Tetenal chemistry... They look pretty bad, imho. Don't know if it's expired film, scanning or chemistry at fault. Still, densities do seem OK so maybe the chemistry does indeed last a lot longer than advertised.

I use my E-6 chemistry one-shot 2 rolls at a time in a 1520 Jobo tank. One user here (sevo) pointed out that this is probably the wrong way to develop E-6 and his reasoning seems valid, but I just follow Jobo's instructions and get good results (consistently). But mixing 1L or more and using it in the span of a couple of months would make it almost as convenient as C-41.

 

[sanmich]

I'm concerned about the long term stability of the processed image.
Any insights on the issue?

 

[Skiff]

I'm concerned about the long term stability of the processed image.
Any insights on the issue?

Well, you have to ask that someone who have used the Tetenal kit 20 years ago......😉 . Well I didn't, at that time I used prof. labs, and my slides are excellent after all the years.

For my professional work I use Photostudio 13 now. They use extended 2-bath fixing and extended 4-bath cascade watering for best long term stability (of course you can do the same with home developing).
Slides developed by them look perfect even after decades.