neghead
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I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but NT Photography in the UK are selling a Bellini ECN-2 kit for processing Kodak Vision films. I just processed my first roll of 250D last night and thought I'd share my first impressions.
First of all, if you buy bulk short-ends or recans, the film is cheap - £2 a roll or so. I bought 200ft and then picked up an Alden 200ft bulk loader. Easy peasy. I was planning on mixing up my own chems when this kit came out. The chemicals are not cheap, but this is a proper ECN-2 kit, and no one else that I'm aware of offer this.
This is the first time I've developed color at home. I think I did pretty well in regards to temperatures, etc., but I'm sure it will go smoother next time.
The prebath that they provide is great. I soaked it for about 10 minutes, shaking vigorously now and then poured it back into the bottle. Put some hot water in and the Remjet came out. I flushed it some more, but the prebath got most of it.
There were only times, no other instructions with the kit, so I used a c-41 like regime with agitation etc. After fixing, I took the film off the roll and rinsed it a bit by hand to make sure no Remjet remained.
I scanned the result on an Epson V500. My negative holder seems to be missing the lid, so I have to use tape to keep the negatives down on the edge. I need to improve this as the negatives still don't lie flat, perhaps with some glass.
Anyway, they were test shots were rather mundane - I just shot colorful things. 🙂 The film is low contrast, and I didn't have much time, so I used the Epson default settings. What surprised me is that it scans great. I've tried scanning Portra before and had a devil of a time matching the colors to a corresponding commercial scan of the same negative.
Excuse the dust on the scans, but I've attached a couple images so you can get the idea. The pictures of the ducks - the one with the tamer colors is a straight scan, the other one, I messed with a bit (probably too much). Camera was Bessa T, Canon 35mm F2.8 (chrome Serenar). Anyway, hope this is of use to someone.
-Tom
First of all, if you buy bulk short-ends or recans, the film is cheap - £2 a roll or so. I bought 200ft and then picked up an Alden 200ft bulk loader. Easy peasy. I was planning on mixing up my own chems when this kit came out. The chemicals are not cheap, but this is a proper ECN-2 kit, and no one else that I'm aware of offer this.
This is the first time I've developed color at home. I think I did pretty well in regards to temperatures, etc., but I'm sure it will go smoother next time.
The prebath that they provide is great. I soaked it for about 10 minutes, shaking vigorously now and then poured it back into the bottle. Put some hot water in and the Remjet came out. I flushed it some more, but the prebath got most of it.
There were only times, no other instructions with the kit, so I used a c-41 like regime with agitation etc. After fixing, I took the film off the roll and rinsed it a bit by hand to make sure no Remjet remained.
I scanned the result on an Epson V500. My negative holder seems to be missing the lid, so I have to use tape to keep the negatives down on the edge. I need to improve this as the negatives still don't lie flat, perhaps with some glass.
Anyway, they were test shots were rather mundane - I just shot colorful things. 🙂 The film is low contrast, and I didn't have much time, so I used the Epson default settings. What surprised me is that it scans great. I've tried scanning Portra before and had a devil of a time matching the colors to a corresponding commercial scan of the same negative.
Excuse the dust on the scans, but I've attached a couple images so you can get the idea. The pictures of the ducks - the one with the tamer colors is a straight scan, the other one, I messed with a bit (probably too much). Camera was Bessa T, Canon 35mm F2.8 (chrome Serenar). Anyway, hope this is of use to someone.
-Tom
