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Topic: Developing Super 8 BW reversal film at home
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Jake Mayes
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 119
From: Bath, UK
Registered: Sep 2012
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posted January 02, 2018 07:44 AM
You can develop it like any other B and W reversal. If you don't mind some processing marks, you can bunch up all the film carefully into a standard 35mm 2 reel dev tank without the reels but with the centre core, and agitate like a madman, and you will get a good result. Swirling motions ensure all film is covered as its a small space for 50 ft of film.
https://youtu.be/7XD4pzIVHMc <- E6 hand processed by above method.
B&W is easy enough as it won't require the temperature control to the degree E6 does. Some do it in buckets, even. Ensure temperature is 20C at least for good contrast.
Reversal films are easy to develop, a piece of cake once you know the process. For colour, you buy tetenal E6 chemicals at £40 for 2.5L, you can get about 15 S8 cartridges out of this at my testing if you use them to exhaustion. For B&W S8 reversal, the foma reversal kit can be used. You can also push process as required.
I could only afford reversal if i processed my own! It averages out very cheap for me.
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