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Posted by Adam Ring (Member # 3057) on May 01, 2012, 01:45 PM:

How to develop film and other topics related to development for film.

Posted by Adam Ring (Member # 3057) on May 01, 2012, 05:13 PM:

any one know were to get the chemicals to develop an E-6 type film like ektachrome 100d film.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on May 01, 2012, 06:00 PM:

We are more film collectors than filmmakers over here, although a lot of us actually do make some.

filmshooting.com is probably more promising for something like this: they talk a lot about cameras and very little about projectors, but we are more the opposite.

Posted by Adam Ring (Member # 3057) on May 01, 2012, 10:29 PM:

Well I haven't made but it just sounded interesting

Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on May 02, 2012, 02:13 PM:

It would better to send it to a professional lab.

Posted by Adam Ring (Member # 3057) on May 02, 2012, 10:39 PM:

We're do you sugest

Posted by Alexander Lechner (Member # 1548) on May 04, 2012, 05:11 AM:

The chemistry is called Tetenal Colortec E6; you will also need some type of developing tank like a Lomo with 15 m capacity.

Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on May 04, 2012, 08:20 PM:

Here is Dwayne's Photo website in Kansas:

http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/

Posted by Harrison Bradley (Member # 3080) on May 06, 2012, 09:26 PM:

Color development is very sensitive to mixture and temperature and is very difficult to do on your own. While it is easier to do Black&White development, a professional lab will net better results . I recommend Spectra Film & Video http://spectrafilmandvideo.com/, they've given me great results when I've processed super 8 reversal with them.

Posted by Alexander Lechner (Member # 1548) on May 07, 2012, 12:43 AM:

I have been doing b/w reversal processing in the Lomo tank for quite a while now and yes: 20 +/-0.5°C is easy to establish; but you have six steps and it takes you a while. I was always reluctant to do my own E6 processing because of messages like the ones above; I got a kick by an article in the magazine "schmalfilm" and tried first time this year. It is really not that hard and far from rocket science. I am using paper developing trays as temperature stabilisation baths and this seems to be good enough as the results are really nice - no colour shifts at all and brightness is good. Time wise it is about the same effort as b/w as there is only 4 baths with the mentioned E6 kit.

Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on May 07, 2012, 09:46 PM:

Hey Larry, thanks for putting that link to Dwayne's
I found an old roll of film that probably won't turn out...but I will send it to them to check just in case. We shot it almost 20 years ago and I put it away by mistake...

Hell, at the very least, I will buy one of their shirts they are selling. [Big Grin]

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