I´ve developed two rolls of 35mm Ektachrome with a kit fram Bellini. The first was a test roll that i cut in the dark mid-roll inspired by your video and the second a "legit" roll. I´m very pleased with the result and I can stop worrying about tracking the parcel to and from the lab, delayed/lost films from lab etc. A friend sold me a Mamiya c3 that sounded like it only had one shutter speed. I´ve taken the shutter apart and cleaned and lubricated and now I´m trying it out with some Ektachrome too. I was surprised to see you had one aswell and the worrying of shutter performance is relatable;) Will develop mid week and know for sure
@TadTadd
28 күн бұрын
Super cool! Color slide film at home sounds like a bold move, but I'm glad it turned out to be a good one. There's something so neat about being able to see our photos an hour or two after we get home. And good luck with the C3. The good thing is, if your shutter is not happy, you can buy new lenses inexpensively and each one comes with its own shutter. Happy shooting!
@Jennifer_Prentice
3 ай бұрын
Yay you did it :). I dev all my film now too.. I tried sending it in my first year I shot film and the cost was just insane and took too long. I like the hands on experience that you get doing it yourself. Great results you got :).
@TadTadd
3 ай бұрын
No way I want to wait for mail-order developing if there are tools available that a diligent amateur photographer can use. This color chemistry blew me away! I am hooked.
@SnepperStepTV
16 күн бұрын
i'm getting up the courage to develop my bunch of rolls. i love my localfilm developing camera store, but since they only develop on fridays i'm hoping to get my skill level up and help them with another day or two.
@TadTadd
16 күн бұрын
Film developing turns out to be super easy, with B&W the easiest of all. Give it a shot, you'll be happy! I do these videos to encourage others--I didn't know how to do any film processing or darkroom prints early this year, and I'm just an ordinary Joe, so if I can do it, you can too.
@PhotoTrekr
3 ай бұрын
Congratulations. It's definitely harder to develop color film than B&W. It's much more sensitive to temperature. I had a darkroom many years ago. But, gave it up when digital cameras came along. I loved developing B&W film and making B&W prints. Color, not so much.
@TadTadd
3 ай бұрын
I envy those who have a proper darkroom in order to make B&W prints--that's where half of the art is. However, unless I am willing to give up my basement machine shop, there just isn't any room for a dedicated darkroom. With that said, it's amazing that today we can use digital camera scanning to quickly handle everything after the film is developed. If I ever want real prints I'll send them to a proper lab. The irony of me using a high quality digital camera to photograph my grainy negatives is not lost on me. But it's fun!
@b6983832
3 ай бұрын
Actually, in C-41, the stabilizer is not just Photo-Flo. It is Photo-Flo and a fungicide to prevent mold growing on your negatives. Before about 1994. there was also formalin in these stabilizers - hence the name. It was needed to prevent dyes from fading. In modern film, this is already in the film emulsion. In E6 slide film though, this is not the case. In proper 6 bath process, this is performed in the middle of the process with conditioner/pre bleach. But in simplified home kits with blix, this must be done with formalin in the final rinse. Some cheap home kits lack this, and there is a risk of pictures fading. Don't use just Photo-Flo with color film, as this lacks the fungicide component. It is not necessary for black and white film as silver is a potent fungicide. In color film though, there is no silver left in negatives, as this is bleached and fixed, and only dyes remain.
@TadTadd
3 ай бұрын
I will absolutely be following the rules to a T until I know enough to know where not to. That means I am using their stabilizer exactly how they say to use it. Thanks for the info!
@b6983832
3 ай бұрын
I started developing color in the lats 1990's, when I was probably 13 or 14. Even then, everybody in the photo community had an incorrect opinion that color is almost impossible. It is not, and I am still printing RA-4 at home. When I started, there was no digital technology available to normal people yet, so the analog process was the way to go. I am still stuck with my old habits and don-t want to change my lab to a computer. It is not as fun as doing this in a darkroom. Just stick to good procedures (temperature, times, agitation, etc) and use quality products. Expired film with a 30 times used Cinestill powder kit won't do any good results. If you ever want to print your negatives, correcting badly developed ones is a pain in ass. Many of the new people to color are sloppy with developing, as they can correct many mistakes in Photoshop. That said, a warm welcome to the community of people shooting and developing color film.
@TadTadd
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the guidance. In my distant past I was a machinist (I have a few machining videos posted here) and I would say color photography is to black and white as metalworking is to woodworking: the former is a much more precise version of the latter. Being accustomed to working with precision and within tolerances, I know that one day I will master this. With that said, there is definitely a learning curve, such as how to get the chemicals in the Patterson tank in a repeatable uniform manner, not to mention figuring out how to work with chemicals as they age. I will follow your sage words though and try to run a tight ship on the color side.
@olleinsulander
3 ай бұрын
It takes a machinist to start measuring the film thickness;)
@TadTadd
3 ай бұрын
I was wondering if someone would catch that! Yes, indeed, I had my micrometer out and was checking the film thickness. I think it would be great shim stock in certain circumstances!
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