Kodak Ektachrome 100D

[timpppa]

Hi you all!

First 4 rolls of Kodak Ektachrome 100D and my first Super8 rolls ever developed at home. Oh those colors are fantastic! Before I've been shooting with SD DV cam and I think the colors are nowhere near compared to Kodak Ektachrome!

Reeling those films are still very hard but I think it's getting better and better when I get more practice.

Next I need to start doing some serious work with Super8!

[richard p. t.]

congratulations on processing e6 at home!
are you using a lomo? there are a few tricks to loading them. Have a look at these instructions I have done about processing bw reversal. They include some info about 'tuning' a lomo tank. Tuning in this way can make all the difference with regards loading.
http://artistfilmworkshop.org/images/wo ... _notes.pdf
Yes, I remember when I did my first roll of E6 - I could not believe the colours I saw.
richard

[timpppa]

Thanks!

Yes I have the Lomo tank. Processing itself is not a problem, I develop normal 35mm and 120 films also at home.

[winbert]

Hi, what is your aprrox. cost to develop one cartridge at home (without calculating the cost of equipments).

cheers,

winbert

[timpppa]

I think it's around 6-7 euros per roll, it depends a bit where you buy the chemicals and in what volumes. For me it's not the price that matters but that I can process the films right after I've shot them.

Edit:

Actually for larger volumes the price drops to 4-5 euros per roll.

[winbert]

Hi thanks for your reply.

I am a very layman in this matter, so sorry for my further question.

Can we keep the rest chemical we have used for further processing? I am asking those chemical have been mixed, poured, etc?

Is the chemical same to process Ektachrome 160?

If it is different, is it possible and easy to process Ektachrome 160 at home?

thanks

wibnbert

[richard p. t.]

Hi thanks for your reply.

I am a very layman in this matter, so sorry for my further question.

Can we keep the rest chemical we have used for further processing? I am asking those chemical have been mixed, poured, etc?

Is the chemical same to process Ektachrome 160?

If it is different, is it possible and easy to process Ektachrome 160 at home?

thanks

wibnbert

Yes, you can re-use the chemistry until it is exhausted. The Tetenal E6 is easiest in this regard. There are only 3 baths and the instructions give you the useful life of the chemistry (both in terms of number of films, and how long it will store in sealed containers in a half used state). You can easily stretch the chemistry a couple of extra films if you want to save money (when chemistry is technically 'exhaused' according to the amount I have processed at the lab, I then often process films of my own. Lately I have been processing 100' lengths of 35mm colour reversal in technically 'exhaused' chemistry and found the results quite acceptable. That is equivalent to 8 extra rolls of super 8.
Yes, you can process Em26 films (Ektachrome 160 films that say 'process em26') in E6 chemistry. The only issue is the rem-jet, but when doing this for yourself it isn't that much of a problem. You can pre-bath the film in some borax solution (I use the kodak ECNII pre-bath when I do this, so I don't know the borax formula any more ... but it is out there). Most of the rem-jet will come off in this stage. It will still leave enough to make the developer go dark, but it won't matter too much in practice.
After processing, you then need to take the rest off by physically wiping the film with a cloth or sponge. You can put all the film in one bucket, then pull it out a bit at a time and wipe it and then put it in another bucket. Whatever works there.
do it.

[timpppa]

Lately I have been processing 100' lengths of 35mm colour reversal in technically 'exhaused' chemistry and found the results quite acceptable. That is equivalent to 8 extra rolls of super 8.

Wow! How many Super 8 rolls you normally develop with 1L of working solution?

[richard p. t.]

With tetenal, you can process 5 rolls of super 8 in 1 litre of chemistry before officially exhausting the chemistry. You would find a 7th roll quite normal looking.

[timpppa]

I've used 1L kit only for 5 rolls. I might try to run 6 or 7 rolls on the next batch.