[Frameworks] Post Last Word: E6 Processing

[nicky.hamlyn at talktalk.net]

Are these the same kits we're talking about? You mentioned re-exposure at one point, but the current Tetenal four bath one litre kit: 1st Dev, Blix, 2nd Dev, Stabiliser, does not require re-exposure. This is the one I have used to do up to six rolls of Super 8 perfectly. Tetenal don't recommend extending dev time beyond the volume the kit is stated to be able to do. You could say "well they would day that wouldn't they?", however...  

NIcky.

 

 

 

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From: Ken Paul Rosenthal <kenpaulrosenthal at hotmail.com>
To: Frameworks Postings <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
Sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:36
Subject: [Frameworks] Last Word: E6 Processing


Reviewing said Development Table at the end of my hand processing article:  http://www.kenpaulrosenthal.com/antidote.htm  I recalled what I had figured out many (many) years ago regarding the amount of rolls that can be processed before the chemicals become exhausted. At the top of the chart, you'll see three columns labeled; '1st Third', '2nd Third', and '3'rd Third'. Per the 4 x 1-liter kit's enclosed instructions, those kits were configured to process 9 rolls of 35mm, 36-exposure E6 reversal film. So the first three rolls should be processed under the development times in the '1st Third' column, rolls 4, 5, and 6 should be processed under the development times in the '2nd Third' column, and so on. 


Regarding the comparative roll capacity of Super 8 using the same kit, I recall taping down flat a strip of 35mm, 36-exposure film, then cutting equal lengths of a 50-foot roll of super 8 film and laying them over the 35mm to compare the surface area--and low and behold, they were equivalent (give or take). So one can similarly process 9 rolls of super 8 film while respecting the capacity of the chemistry--according to the kit's instructions. Keep in mind that these kits were designed for processing spotless 35mm slides, rather than privileging those who are more experimental minded.


I always processed up to 15 rolls of Super 8, accounting for the exhaustion of chemistry by adding the same increment of development time increase per the chart for rolls 1 through 9. At some point, 'quality' becomes entirely relative, and I would just intuitively add even more time, based on what I observed/discerned from examining my results. Personally, the older the chemistry, the more I came to appreciate the resulting 'mess'.


Ken Paul 'Process is Content' Rosenthal

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