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Posted by Michael A. Carter (Member # 5693) on December 06, 2016, 05:37 PM:
 
Hi, I'm back into developing movie film. Clip tests were made of some very old MOVIECHROME 8 to see how long I should develop it. It is ready now to shoot some exposure tests in a r8 movie camera. Not done THAT for a while!
Does anyone here home develop movie film?
Thanks
Michael
 
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on December 06, 2016, 05:39 PM:
 
Not that I've seen sadly Michael,for a LONG long while.
 
Posted by Evan Samaras (Member # 5070) on December 06, 2016, 05:43 PM:
 
Hey Michael,

I indeed home develop all sorts of film. Super 8, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm back on my Mamiya RZ67 via adapter, all the way up to 4x5.

For cinema film I use a Lomo take that allows me to loop 50' at a time on reel. The reel will take two sets of 50' So I will home develop 100' roll of 16mm cut in half (risky, but I keep an eye on the camera reading).

I have developed B&W reversal, and E6 chemistry super 8 & 16mm. Haven't had the chance to try any color negative (I guess it wouldn't be as fun projecting!)
 
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on December 06, 2016, 05:51 PM:
 
Colour is where the problem lies sadly in these days.
 
Posted by Evan Samaras (Member # 5070) on December 06, 2016, 06:00 PM:
 
Indeed Andrew. I picked up an R10 about a year ago from craigslist. It was a good deal on the camera. Just as I was finishing, the guy said, wait, I have all this film do you want it?

5 packs of Ektachrome 64t (yay for e6!)
& 3 Packs of Tri-X

I shot on roll of the 64T and have been "saving" these for the right day. Who knows when that will be.
 
Posted by Andrew Woodcock (Member # 3260) on December 06, 2016, 06:04 PM:
 
Indeed as D.C. Lee once said...

"Did you ever...see the day?..."
 
Posted by Evan Samaras (Member # 5070) on December 06, 2016, 06:44 PM:
 
At least we can keep up hope with Ferrania's Super 8 Reversal stock!
 
Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on December 06, 2016, 09:08 PM:
 
I'm getting there. Shot a couple of rolls of Super 8 last Summer and had them professionally processed. I realized pretty quickly that there would be very little Super 8 in my future if I had to send it out to get developed. The cost of shipping to the lab and back alone makes it very hard to justify.

Not having developed any film since my junior high photography class 40 years ago, I thought I should practice with stills a bit before attempting Super 8. So far I've done several B&W 35mm rolls and 3 color rolls (C41). I might try some slide film (E6) to get familiar with processing reversal stock.

Over the winter or perhaps next Spring I'll get a lomo tank. Maybe sooner if I can find one cheap enough.

I've been reading a lot lately about film photography and although I'm not happy about it, I now understand why Kodak isn't producing any reversal stock. Of the folks who are still shooting film (stills at least), very few shoot slide film, - reversal stock. People are actively discouraged from doing it on the forums I've visited. So for Kodak there's just no market.

That's not to say that slide film doesn't have its proponents, it does. But it's a small percentage of an already small number of people using film.
 
Posted by Evan Samaras (Member # 5070) on December 06, 2016, 09:19 PM:
 
Have you joined APUG Tom? It can have misinformation, but there are few former engineers from the film plans who share useful information! There are individuals even creating and coating their own emulsions in small batches.
 
Posted by Michael A. Carter (Member # 5693) on December 06, 2016, 09:55 PM:
 
Instruction manuals for Arkay and Morse G-3s along with spirals were up loaded to my Facebook site. The albums are downloadable . I could not find them on the net anymore. So much has gone missing. It has been 17 years since I did my clip tests and pencil animation tests on 8mm but I am glad I did not trust the web and printed out a thick binder of stuff. Some of it is back.
https://www.facebook.com/michael.studiocarter
 
Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on December 07, 2016, 09:22 AM:
 
No developed any recently due to trouble getting chemical kits.
 
Posted by Michael A. Carter (Member # 5693) on December 07, 2016, 11:39 AM:
 
How about this place? I do not know where they are, though.

http://www.retrocine.com/products/bw-developing-kits/
 
Posted by Tom Spielman (Member # 5352) on December 07, 2016, 01:53 PM:
 
Evan, I haven't joined APUG yet though many of my google searches have led me there. I bought my color chemicals from filmphotographyproject.com. Along with pretty good prices they have some very informative content
 
Posted by Evan Samaras (Member # 5070) on December 08, 2016, 11:19 AM:
 
Michael,

RetroCine is located in NJ. I haven't seen any other places provide chemical kits for B&W Reversal. Prices seem fair as well. I haven't purchased from them but have considering it for some time.

Tom,

FPP is pretty good. I have purchased a few items from there as well. It's usually from FPP, B&H, or Freestyle Photographic Supplies.

I've been bulk rolling some 35mm, so there are a few sources that have provided me with cheaper 100' rolls. Additionally APUG members sometimes sell their freezer storage- expired rolls. A lot of times they work just as good as fresh film. Other times- quite interesting results:

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